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• New agreement will see countries鈥� leading research centres deepen collaboration
• National governments sign five-year accord to work together to improve digital services
• London start-up accelerator Entrepreneur First to open fifth international office in Paris

Digital Secretary Matt Hancock will today visit Paris to announce a package of measures to strengthen ties between the UK and France鈥檚 digital industries.

皇冠体育app aim is to boost both countries鈥� digital economies and forge closer links between cutting-edge companies from both nations.

Mr Hancock will address a landmark bilateral conference on data and the digital economy alongside his French counterpart, Mounir Mahjoubi. He will confirm the UK鈥檚 world-leading centre for AI and data, 皇冠体育app , is signing an agreement with the , to promote collaboration between the French and British sectors.

It will see the two organisations pursue collaborative research in areas of shared interest - for example, in fairness and transparency in the design and implementation of algorithms.

皇冠体育appy will also work together to share expertise, paving the way for visiting researchers to spend time at each Institute and hosting joint workshops and funding calls.

At the UK-France Digital Colloque - a summit of more than 350 businesses, researchers and officials from both countries - Mr Hancock and Mr Majoubi will also sign an accord on digital government. This will commit to extending their cooperation in the digital sector - on innovation, artificial intelligence, data and digital administration.

Mr Hancock will also confirm London-based , a beacon for the UK鈥檚 excellence in developing tech talent, is to continue its global expansion with a new Paris office. He will also bang the drum for British tech and promote the opportunities for business-to-business collaboration at a breakfast meeting with business leaders.

Digital Secretary Matt Hancock said:

皇冠体育app UK is a digital dynamo, increasingly recognised across the world as a place where ingenuity and innovation can flourish. We are home to four in ten of Europe鈥檚 tech businesses worth more than $1 billion and London is the AI capital of Europe.

France is also doing great work in this area, and these new partnerships show the strength and depth of our respective tech industries and are the first stage in us developing a closer working relationship. This will help us better serve our citizens and provide a boost for our digital economies.

Alan Wilson, CEO of 皇冠体育app Alan Turing Institute, said:

皇冠体育app fundamental goal behind all our research is to build a data and AI enriched world for the benefit of all. In order to do this, it is critical to forge international collaborations and share our knowledge, expertise and ideas with other research centres around the world.

皇冠体育app Institute and DATAIA both share a vision for building research in data science and AI which crosses disciplinary boundaries and recognises the societal implications of data and algorithms. It is a pleasure to kickstart this engagement and we look forward to working with them to advance UK and French excellence in this area.

Matt Clifford, EF co-founder and CEO, said:

EF exists to enable the world鈥檚 most ambitious people build extraordinary companies. It was founded in London, where we鈥檝e already helped spark the development of high growth companies from scratch.

As we continue our global expansion we鈥檙e looking forward to working with France鈥檚 future founders and strengthening the ties between business and investors in both countries.

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Digital Colloque

皇冠体育app UK and France are world leaders in the digitisation of public services and are developing a data ecosystem which supports policy makers, corporates and startups using data from across the spectrum of closed, shared and open data.

皇冠体育app Digital Colloque will see leading policymakers and industry experts discuss the technologies revolutionizing the world.

It follows the commitment made by the President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister 皇冠体育appresa May during the France-UK Summit in January 2018 to boost cooperation in these fields.

This Colloque builds on the success of the inaugural UK France Data Summit 2017 in London and the UK-France Summit in Sandhurst in January 2018, where both countries agreed to foster bilateral discussions on digital issues.

It comes ahead of the French presidency of the G7 in 2019 and British presidency in 2021 to promote their shared vision on Global challenges.

More than 350 businesses, researchers and officials from both the UK and France are due to attend the Colloque.

Entrepreneur First

was founded in London in 2011 by Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck to connect the world鈥檚 most ambitious technologists to the best investors globally. EF鈥檚 bespoke programme, the first of its kind in the world, helps outstanding individuals to find co-founders and investment, and build high growth technology companies from scratch.

Entrepreneur First, started in London in 2011, is a beacon for the UK鈥檚 excellence in developing tech talent, and already has sites in Singapore, Berlin and Hong Kong.

Its alumni include Magic Pony Technology, led by Rob Bishop and Zehan Wang, which was acquired by Twitter for 拢150m. Magic Pony鈥檚 founders, Rob Bishop and Zehan Wang, studied together at Imperial College, and met at Entrepreneur First.

To date EF - which opened its Singapore office in 2016 and this year opened in Berlin and Hong Kong - has helped over 1,000 individuals build over 150 companies with a total valuation of over $1 billion. EF鈥檚 companies have been funded by some of the world鈥檚 leaving venture investors in Europe and Silicon Valley.

And EF itself has also raised from some of the world鈥檚 best investors,including Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn), Demis Hassabis (founder of DeepMind), Greylock Partners, Mosaic Ventures, Founders Fund, Lakestar and more.