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Public talks 2026

What’s so intelligent about the human brain?
Sophie Scott
Commander of the British Empire
Professor at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, United Kingdom

November 2, 2026 - 18:30

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The Making of a Memory
Sheena Josselyn
Senior Scientist, Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada

November 3, 2026 - 18:30

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The Collective Mind:How Groups Make Decisions
Iain D. Couzin
Professor at Department of Collective Behaviour
Max Plank Institute of Animal Behaviour, and Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Germany

November 4, 2026 - 18:30

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The Nature of Artificial intelligence 
Melanie Mitchell
Professor at Santa Fe Institute, United States

November 5, 2026 - 18:30

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Intelligence, Consciousness, and the Future of the Mind
Thomas Metzinger
Professor Emeritus at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
German National Academy Leopoldina, Germany

November 6, 2026 - 18:30

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Previous editions

2024

Symétries

2022

Les cinqs éléments

2021

Le hasard existe-t-il vraiment?

2020

L'art des maths

2018

Gravity, l'attraction universelle

2016

La révolution génomique

2014

Les secrets du soleil

2012

Architecture moléculaire

2010

La révolution quantique

2008

Grandes épidémies: le retour ?

2006

[r]évolution climatique ?

2004

Cellules souches et médecine rgénératrice

2002

Aux Portes du Nano-Monde