Engineering for Health Annual Forum 2026
If you're a researcher, clinician, engineer, entrepreneur or industrial player, come and discover the research projects underway at Institut Polytechnique de Paris in the fields of life sciences and health, and discuss the major research and social issues relating to health.
Partners' Village & Poster Session: everything to spark new collaborations.
Visit our Partners' Village, featuring industrial companies, startups, and innovation support organizations.
Don't miss our Poster Session, showcasing the diversity of ongoing research projects in life sciences and healthcare within the schools of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris.
The Forum is organized in partnership with Inria and the Saint-Joseph & Marie-Lannelongue Hospitals, founding members of the E4H Center, with the support of the École Polytechnique Foundation and the French National Research Agency (ANR)*.
Presentations will be in French, but simultaneous English translation will be available. For those who need it, parking spaces can be reserved by indicating your request during registration.
* The E4H Annual Forum has received funding from the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the France 2030 plan, whose reference is ANR-22-EXES-0013.
The 2026 Programme
The programme for the 2026 edition is currently being finalised, please see below:
| 8.45 | Welcome coffee |
| 9.30 | OPENING
|
| 9.45 |
|
| 10.45 | Coffee break |
| 11.15 | Round tableBridging Physics and Data: Methodological Challenges for Healthcare Digital Twins speaker to be confirmed |
| 12.15 | Presentations
|
| 13.10 | Lunch & Poster session |
| 14.30 | Scientific presentation
|
| 15.00 | Partner's round table
|
| 15.45 |
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| 16.30 | Poster awards ceremonyTo recognise the best poster, as selected by a jury of researchers, an awards ceremony will bring the day to a close. |
| 16.45 | Closing |
Poster Session
Researchers, engineers, clinicians, students, start-ups and industrial partners will be presenting their research topics at a poster session to be held from 12 noon to 2 pm in the atrium. This year, some sixty posters will be presented.
For poster presenters:
- Fill out this form
- Poster submission closed on October 9, 2026.
- Posters should preferably be in A0 vertical format.
- Numbered displays and fasteners will be available.
Prizes for the best posters 🏅
PhDs, post-docs and medical interns are eligible for the best poster awards.
Forum participants will be able to vote, live and using their smartphones, at 2pm at the opening of the afternoon session.
Partner Stands
We are organizing a village of stands for the E4H Center's partners.
We'll be welcoming healthcare manufacturers, start-ups and institutional players in the field of innovation, as well as a new service for IP Paris researchers.
Request a Stand
If you would like to staff a booth, please fill out this form by October 23.
How to get to the Forum
The annual E4H Forum will be held in the magnificent EDF Lab Paris-Saclay conference center.
- Pedestrian access: 7 boulevard Gaspard Monge, Palaiseau
- Visitor parking: 2 rue Jean Pacilly, Palaiseau
- By public transport from Paris: RER B or C stop Massy/Palaiseau; then Bus 4606 stop Palaiseau-Campus
The 2026 Programme
The programme for the 2026 edition is currently being finalised, please see below:
| 8.45 | Welcome coffee |
| 9.30 | OPENING
|
| 9.45 |
|
| 10.45 | Coffee break |
| 11.15 | Round tableBridging Physics and Data: Methodological Challenges for Healthcare Digital Twins speaker to be confirmed |
| 12.15 | Presentations
|
| 13.10 | Lunch & Poster session |
| 14.30 | Scientific presentation
|
| 15.00 | Partner's round table
|
| 15.45 |
|
| 16.30 | Poster awards ceremonyTo recognise the best poster, as selected by a jury of researchers, an awards ceremony will bring the day to a close. |
| 16.45 | Closing |
Poster Session
Researchers, engineers, clinicians, students, start-ups and industrial partners will be presenting their research topics at a poster session to be held from 12 noon to 2 pm in the atrium. This year, some sixty posters will be presented.
For poster presenters:
- Fill out this form
- Poster submission closed on October 9, 2026.
- Posters should preferably be in A0 vertical format.
- Numbered displays and fasteners will be available.
Prizes for the best posters 🏅
PhDs, post-docs and medical interns are eligible for the best poster awards.
Forum participants will be able to vote, live and using their smartphones, at 2pm at the opening of the afternoon session.
Partner Stands
We are organizing a village of stands for the E4H Center's partners.
We'll be welcoming healthcare manufacturers, start-ups and institutional players in the field of innovation, as well as a new service for IP Paris researchers.
Request a Stand
If you would like to staff a booth, please fill out this form by October 23.
How to get to the Forum
The annual E4H Forum will be held in the magnificent EDF Lab Paris-Saclay conference center.
- Pedestrian access: 7 boulevard Gaspard Monge, Palaiseau
- Visitor parking: 2 rue Jean Pacilly, Palaiseau
- By public transport from Paris: RER B or C stop Massy/Palaiseau; then Bus 4606 stop Palaiseau-Campus