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\r\nEPFL and NCCR MARVEL have the pleasure to invite you for the seventh time to the Ig Nobel Award Tour Show.
\r\nThe show is in English.
\r\nFree tickets will be available online from 14 April (max. 2 tickets per person). Link will be provided here in due time.
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\r\nThis event is part of the 2026 Ig Nobel EuroTour. This year's program invites you to discover:
\r\nMarc Abrahams
\r\nFather of the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony and editor of Annals of Improbable Research
\r\nMariska Kret, Leiden University, NL
\r\n2022 Applied Cardiology Prize winner for seeking and finding evidence that when new romantic partners meet for the first time, and feel attracted to each other, their heart rates synchronize
\r\nMarcin Zajenkowski, University of Warsaw, PL
\r\n2025 Psychology Prize winner for investigating what happens when you tell narcissists — or anyone else — that they are intelligent
\r\nChris McManus, University College London, UK
\r\n2002 Medicine Prize winner for his excruciatingly balanced report, \"Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and in Ancient Sculpture\"","image_description":"Ig Nobel","creation_date":"2025-12-18T16:31:45","last_modification_date":"2026-03-17T15:44:33","link_label":"Ig Nobel Award Tour Show 2026","link_url":"https://nccr-marvel.ch/events/ig-nobel-2026","canceled":"False","cancel_reason":"","place_and_room":"Forum Rolex","url_place_and_room":"http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=forum+rolex","url_online_room":"","spoken_languages":["https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=json"],"speaker":"Marc Abraham, Mariska Kret, Marcin Zajenkowski, and Chris McManus","organizer":"EPFL, NCCR MARVEL","contact":"Lidia Favre-Quattropani, info@nccr-marvel.ch","is_internal":"False","theme":"","vulgarization":{"id":1,"fr_label":"Tout public","en_label":"General public"},"registration":{"id":1,"fr_label":"Sur inscription","en_label":"Registration required"},"keywords":"Grand public","file":null,"icalendar_url":"https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/119099/","category":{"id":19,"code":"PUBLICSCIENCE","fr_label":"Evènements scientifiques grand public","en_label":"Public Science Events","activated":true},"academic_calendar_category":null,"domains":[],"mementos":["https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=json","https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/3/?format=json","https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=json","https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=json","https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=json","https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/170/?format=json","https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/145/?format=json","https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/22/?format=json","https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/27/?format=json","https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/290/?format=json"]},{"id":71385,"title":"EPFL Space Day 2026 – “From Classroom to Cosmos”","slug":"epfl-space-day-2026-from-classroom-to-cosmos","event_url":"https://memento.epfl.ch/event/epfl-space-day-2026-from-classroom-to-cosmos","visual_url":"https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32735/200x112.jpg","visual_large_url":"https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32735/720x405.jpg","visual_maxsize_url":"https://memento.epfl.ch/image/32735/max-size.jpg","lang":"en","start_date":"2026-05-08","end_date":"2026-05-08","start_time":"09:00:00","end_time":"17:00:00","description":"Bringing the EPFL Space Community Together
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\r\nEPFL’s space ecosystem blends education, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship, from student projects to orbital missions, across disciplines. United by a passion for exploration and sustainability, we aim to inspire the next generation of space pioneers.
\r\nJoin us for exciting presentations during the day with an exhibition area, including EPFL startups, student associations and PhDs.
\r\nThis event strengthens connections, highlights achievements, and reflects the EPFL Space Center’s mission: to educate, innovate, lead in sustainability, and engage with society.
\r\nLet's bring the EPFL Community together, from Classroom to Cosmos!
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\r\nProgramme
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\r\n9:00–9:15 — Welcome Address
\r\nFrom the EPFL Presidency, Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral
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\r\n9:15–9:30 — Opening Remarks
\r\nEmmanuelle David, EPFL Space Center Executive Director: Introducing “From Classroom to Cosmos”
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\r\n9:30–10:15 — Keynote
\r\nDaniel Neuenschwander, Prof. of Practice
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\r\n10:15–10:45 — Coffee Break & Networking
\r\nExhibition area open
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\r\n10:45–12:15 — \"From Classroom to Cosmos\"
\r\nStudent teams present satellite projects, analog missions, and more
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\r\n12:15–13:15 — Lunch & Networking
\r\nExhibition area open
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\r\n13:15–13:45 — Presentation of EPFL Minor in Space Technologies
\r\nCurriculum, student stories, career pathways
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\r\n13:45–14:00 — EPFL Startups Showcase
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\r\n14:00–14:45 — EPFL PhD Lightning Talks
\r\nCutting-edge research with mission or startup potential
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\r\n14:45–15:15 — Coffee Break & Networking
\r\nExhibition area open
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\r\n15:15–16:45 — Round Table: “Let’s Talk Space! Charting EPFL’s Strategic Vision — From Classroom to Cosmos”
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\r\n16:45–17:00 — Closing Remarks
\r\nEmmanuelle David, EPFL Space Center Executive Director: Reinforcing collaboration and innovation
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