Conferences

These lectures on fundamental physics for third-year undergraduate and first-year graduate students are open to everyone. They take place from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall A1 of Building 625.

Article mis à jour le 03.11.2026 Publié le 23.06.2025

2026–2027 Program

Preliminary program (still incomplete)

  • Wednesday, September 16. Annina Salonen (ESPCI), "How foams age in complex fluids," Soft Matter (12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. – Lecture Hall A1, Building hbar-625).
  • Wednesday, September 23. Bertrand Thirion (Inria, French Academy of Sciences), AI and brain imaging (12:30 PM–1:30 PM – Lecture Hall A1, Building hbar-625).
  • Wednesday, October 7. Manuel Valentin (National Museum of Natural History), The Soleil Synchrotron for Anthropology.
  • Wednesday, October 14. Laura Bernard (CNRS, Paris Observatory), Gravitational Waves and Alternatives to General Relativity.
  • Wednesday, November 18. Jean-Christophe Antona (Alcatel), Submarine fiber-optic networks.
  • Wednesday, November 25.
  • Wednesday, December 2. Walid Abdel Maksoud (CEA), Superconducting magnets for fusion and large research facilities.
  • Thursday, December 10. Alain Bouyssy Symposium.
  • Wednesday, December 16. Roland Lehoucq (Irfu, CEA), Science Fiction: The World of (Im)measurement.
  • Wednesday, January 20.
  • Wednesday, January 27. Nathanaelle Schneider (IPVF) on photovoltaics
  • Wednesday, February 3.
  • Wednesday, February 24.

Archives 2025–2026

Archives 2024–2025

  • Wednesday, September 25: Chris Greene, Professor at Purdue University (USA). Broadening our understanding of the remarkable Efiov effect.
  • Wednesday, October 2, Marc Ernoult, IJCLab, UPSay, Various electro-nuclear scenarios.
  • Wednesday, October 9, David Rousseau, IJCLab, UPSay, Machine learning for physics.
  • Wednesday, October 16, Emmanuelle Gouillart, Scientific Director of Saint-Gobain Research.
  • Wednesday, November 13, Bart Van Tiggelen, Publications and “Open Science”
  • Wednesday, November 20, Jacques Laskar, Paris Observatory and the French Academy of Sciences. “In Search of a Coherent Scenario for the Evolution of the Earth-Moon System”.
  • Wednesday, November 27: Christophe Daussy, Laser Physics Laboratory, Paris-Nord University. The European fiber-optic metrology network REFIMEV.
  • Wednesday, December 4: Rodolphe Gilbin, IRSN. Environmental consequences of nuclear accidents.
  • Wednesday, January 22: Lou Barreau, ISMO, Paris-Saclay University, attosecond physics.
  • Wednesday, February 5: Albert Polman, AMOLF Institute in Amsterdam, Photovoltaics.
  • Wednesday, February 12: Loïc Bertrand, PPSM ENS Paris-Saclay, Physical chemistry of ancient materials and cultural heritage.
  • Wednesday, February 19: Roberto Zenit, Brown University, Bubble hydrodynamics for physics, art, and biology.
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