she spoke with several influencers, including maurice levy. board at a large advertising publicis group. maurice: the tech world is now beginning in paris, and we start tomorrow we say with a very important meeting with president macron and how security has people to have a better life. and from thursday to saturday, we will have the tech world meeting in paris. and we are expecting to get mark zuckerberg many others, 6000 startups, more than 2000 investors, etc., etc. it is something which will be extremely important, and it shows that france is committed to be ready for technology, for startups, for entrepreneurship. this is something that is rather new, very fresh. only three years. we expect all the planet to have their eyes looking at paris. caroline: what policies have president macron brought in to make it a better place for startup companies? maurice: i think the first thing that he did was peace of mind. to change the opinion that even the french could have about entrepreneurship and being successful. in france, it was not so good to

plus, maurice lÉvy, a legend in the ad industry, speaks to bloomberg from paris.advice does he have for mark zuckerberg? this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: welcome back to the best of "bloomberg technology." i'm emily chang. in the wake of brexit and president trump's complicated relationship with silicon valley, firms are expanding their presence in paris. google and facebook are making a large investments in france. luring tech talent to the research -- the region. on monday, caroline hyde previewed what would be a big week for paris and tech. ♪ caroline: french president emmanuel macron is looking to become the go-to head of state for global tech. this week he is hosting the heads of google, microsoft, and other notable firms at the presidential palace. the meetings will be followed by the visa technology summit that could signal a big shift for the country. for years, the french tech scene has operated in the shadow of the rest of the world, but macron is capitalizing on a void left by president trump's well complicated relationship with global tech. france has had o

maurice levy joined bloomberg television from paris and talked about what he hoped to accomplish. the tech world is now meeting in paris. we start tomorrow with a very important meeting with president macron about tech for good. how technology can help people to have a better life. and from thursday through saturday, we will have the tech world meeting in paris. we are expecting to get -- 6000 startups, more than 2000 investors. it is something which will be extremely important and it shows that france is committed to be ready for technology, for startups, entrepreneurship. this is something that is rather new, fresh. only three years. we expect all the planet to have their eyes looking at paris. caroline: what policies has president macron brought on to make it a better place for startup companies? maurice: i think the first thing he did was piece of mind. change the opinion that even the french can have about entrepreneurship and being successful. in france, it was not so good to be successful. success was not celebrated to say the least. sometimes people were blamed because they