"Intelligence(s)": the 2025 national science festival at the School
To celebrate the Fête de la Science (Science Festival) on the theme of “Intelligence(s)”, École nationale des ponts et chaussées is opening its doors on Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 2pm to 6pm, together with ENSG-Géomatique, offering workshops, exhibitions, demonstrations and tours to discover the results of research and the way it is developed.
The School is also offering an “Hors les murs” program with partners, from October 6 to 10, and is hosting the Cordées de la Réussite on Friday, October 10, as part of a day dedicated to schoolchildren.
Discover the detailed program on the Fête de la science website
Science village
(freely accessible at all times)
How does AI work? Example of handwriting*
Flight delays: what if AI were to find the solution?*
Documents from the past, AI for the future*
From splash to storm: create waves to order
The Internet and collective intelligence: when the virtual connects us*
LEGO, get in the water!
The mysteries of vibrations
Discover 3D printing
When walls pollute: that's the last straw!
Levitating on the Fermi Sea: a superconductivity experiment
Plastic: single-use intelligence
The agricultural use of our urine and human feces: a key to ecological transition
LIVE ILLUSTRED TALK - When mathematics tells the story of nature* (from age 6)
Workshops
(Registration on October 11 at the reception desk)
Computer-generated puzzles*
Intelligence can't be improvised... or can it?*
Making data intelligible, from yesterday to today*
Visits
(Registration on October 11 at the reception desk)
Foundations that lower electricity bills
Dive into the heart of the waves: discover the swell channel
Discovering the invisible
Journey to the heart of the rain
*as part of the theme “Intelligence(s)”
With Government support.
The Science Festival at Institut Polytechnique de Paris, October 4th
On Saturday October 4th, researchers and laboratory staff from the IP Paris schools will welcome the general public to the Grand Hall of the École polytechnique to share their passion for science.