Here’s video of the Ig Nobel Face-to-Face event that happened at the MIT Museum on September 20, 2025, two days after the 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded. Ig Nobel Prize winners asked each other questions about their work, and answered questions from the audience.
The event consisted of two sessions:
Session 1:
Marc Abrahams (Ig Nobel Prizes founder)
Karen Hopkin (moderator)
Giacomo Bartolucci (Physics Prize co-winner)
Tomoki Kojima (Biology Prize co-winner)
Gary Beauchamp (Pediatrics Prize co-winner)
Three bananas (time keepers)
Session 2:
Edmund Golaski (moderator)
Marcin Zajenkowski (Psychology Prize co-winner)
Julie Mennella (Pediatrics Prize co-winner)
Francisco Sánchez (Aviation Prize co-winner)
Three bananas (time keepers)
Upcoming Ig Nobel Face-to-Face Events
Additional Ig Nobel Face-to-Face events will happen in London (October 31), Berlin (November 6), and Tokyo (January 2026), and possibly in other places (Paris and Perugia) at other times. Details are, or will be, on our events listing page.