AVTECH Summit 2026: A look back at SaaSOffice's participation in Biarritz
On 4 and 5 November 2026, SaaSOffice took part in the AVTECH Summit in Biarritz, the business event dedicated to the digitalisation and management of Smart Workplace and Smart Building properties. Over two days, the team presented three complementary building blocks: the SaaSOffice app, NOVA, the employee AI assistant, and Welcomr by SaaSOffice, high-security mobile access control.
One theme ran through every conversation: how to make a building smarter without replacing everything, by finally getting the tools and equipment already in place to work together.
AVTECH Summit, the smart building event in Biarritz
Every year, the AVTECH Summit brings together solution providers and commercial real estate decision-makers at the Le Bellevue congress centre in Biarritz. The 2026 edition, the fifth, took place on 4 and 5 November.
The format is built around qualified business meetings, alongside conferences, case studies and small-group expert talks. Topics include digital building management, energy optimisation, Building as a Service and occupant services.
For SaaSOffice, it is the ideal setting: smart buildings are not discussed in theory here, but through real projects led by the people who operate, manage or equip office buildings.
The question at the heart of every conversation: how do you do better with what you already have?
Most visitors to our stand did not come with an abstract project. They had a very real building in mind, with all its constraints:
- tools already in place, often chosen at different times by different teams;
- equipment you cannot replace overnight: badge readers, doors, car park barriers, lifts;
- teams juggling several apps to book a room, open a door or report an issue.
Behind these situations, the same question kept coming up: how can you improve the occupant experience and building management without starting from scratch? That is exactly the approach we came to Biarritz to share.
What we presented at AVTECH Summit
Three building blocks were on demo at our stand. Each one addresses part of the problem, and they work together.
The SaaSOffice app: every building service in one place
The SaaSOffice app brings all building services together in a single interface: digital badge, space booking, visitor management, incident reporting and everyday services.
For employees, it is a single entry point instead of a collection of apps. For managers, it is one central place to run the building.
NOVA: the employee AI assistant, connected to existing tools
NOVA makes these services available by voice. Booking a room, inviting a visitor or reporting a fault takes a single sentence, with no form to fill in.
Above all, NOVA does not add yet another tool to the stack: it connects to the ones already there. It works with productivity suites such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, as well as with the building's technical systems: BMS, CMMS, BOS and access control. The result: fewer forms, more useful time.
Welcomr by SaaSOffice: mobile access control on the equipment already installed
Welcomr by SaaSOffice delivers high-security mobile access control. The smartphone becomes the badge, opening doors, car parks and lifts.
What sets it apart: it installs directly on existing equipment. There is no need to replace the infrastructure to go badge-free. Access rights are then managed from the platform, through the SaaSOffice access control module.
Making a building smart does not mean changing everything
This is the conviction behind our approach, and the conversations in Biarritz reinforced it. A building becomes smarter when what is already there finally works together: equipment, technical systems and everyday tools.
In practice, this changes three things:
- For employees, a seamless experience: one app and one voice to access every service, instead of a growing number of interfaces.
- For operators, a gradual transformation: building on existing assets rather than committing to a long and costly replacement.
- For the building, connected data at last: access, bookings and requests all go through the same platform.
We explore this unified approach in our article How AI unifies the entire office experience.
Thank you to everyone we met in Biarritz
We are leaving these two days with very concrete feedback and a strong desire to continue the conversations started at our stand.
Thank you to the AVTECH Summit teams for the organisation, and to the SaaSOffice team at the event: François Géry, Tristan Doré and Hugo Lemeunier.
Couldn't make it to our stand?
Let's pick up the conversation where it matters most: starting from your building and your tools. Our team will show you how SaaSOffice, NOVA and Welcomr fit into your existing environment.
