IP Paris partners with the 2026 edition of the Paris Saclay Summit Choose Science

For the third consecutive year since the event's inception, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris is partnering with the Paris Saclay Summit Choose Science, which will be held on February 18 and 19, 2026, at CentraleSupelec in Gif-sur-Yvette. 

A major scientific event in France, the Paris Saclay Summit Choose Science is a forum dedicated to scientific and technological sovereignty, at the crossroads of research, industry, and political decision-making. It also aims to make scientific knowledge accessible to as many people as possible.

European cooperation 

The 2026 edition goes well beyond France's borders, dedicating a day and one of its spaces to European scientific cooperation and calling for the formation of a consortium of stakeholders to enrich the debate around the next Horizon Europe 2028-2034 framework program. 

It thus highlights the strategic importance of such cooperation in developing new technologies, providing collective and transnational responses to the challenges of innovation and competitiveness, and rebuilding solid and lasting confidence in science.

At a time when Thierry Coulhon, Chairman of the IP Paris Executive Board, is taking up the rotating presidency of the EuroTech Universities Alliance network of excellence with the ambition of strengthening the integration of research and technological innovation at the European level, IP Paris is fully committed to the Paris Saclay Summit initiative. 

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris is also a major scientific partner of the event as a key player in the science-society dialogue and a driving force in engineering sciences and the development of disruptive technologies. 

High-level scientists, including nine from the IP Paris ecosystem

This year, 130 scientific figures will speak at the Paris Saclay Summit during round tables, master classes, and other presentations. They will cover topics representative of the scientific strengths of the Saclay plateau: health and biotechnology, energy, climate and environment, digital technologies, agritech and food, aeronautics, defense and space, and mobility. 

Among them, representatives and researchers from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris are expected to attend : 

• Marie-Paule Cani – Professor at Computer Science Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique (LIX*).
  18/02 - 10h50-11h30
  "Virtual worlds: will artificial intelligence weaken creation?"
  
  >> Read: Computer graphics for creativity
   
• Amaury Hayat – Researcher at CERMICS**, École nationale des ponts et chaussées
  18/02 - 11h05-12h00
  "Intuition vs. calculation: does AI mark the end of human mathematics?"
   
• Jamal Atif - Vice President of Research and Innovation at Institut Polytechnique de Paris
  18/02 - 11h30-12h30
  "Scientific rearmament: Paris-Saclay, at the forefront of innovation"
  18/02 - 16h20-17h00
  "Building Europe’s strategic autonomy: the challenge of AI and cybersecurity"
   
• Patrick Olivier – Director of Télécom Paris   
  18/02 - 12h-12h30 
  "Data and AI: the new vital signs of medicine of tomorrow"
   
• Estelle Iacona – Executive Director of ENSTA
  18/02 - 14h50-15h30
  "Marine renewable energy: taming the ocean to save the climate?"
   
• Loïc Landrieu – Researcher at Gaspard Monge Cmputer Science Laboratory (LIGM***), ENPC
  18/02 - 19h-19h30
  "Observing the planet: AI watching over our forests"
  
  >> Read : The Earth seen from the sky: monitoring and protecting our planet
   
• Laura Chaubard – Executive Director of Ecole Polytechnique
  19/02 - 15h30-16h15 
  "How scientists and engineers commit themselves to serving society"
   

• Adriana Tapus – Professor at Computer science and system engineering department (U2IS****) de l’ENSTA 
  19/02 - 16h20-16h50
  "Will the robots of the future be able to tell us jokes?"

  >> Read : Social robots to assist humans in their daily lives

• Enzo Tartaglione – Lecturer at Information Processing and Communications Laboratory (LTCI*), Télécom Paris
  19/02 - 16h50-17h50
  "Digital architectures: how to consume less and think fast"

  >> Read : Putting power-hungry AI on an energy diet