—> All scheduled people-gathering-in-a-physical-location events are of course subject to what happens with the COVID-19 pandemic. We will update details here as soon as we know them.
| September 15, 2022, Thursday. | The 32nd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony — Webcast. |
| September 30, 2022, Wednesday. | Sharper Night, Italy — Students, together with experienced scientists and science communicators, in collaboration with Improbable Research, tell stories about unexpected discoveries and uncommon questions. This will happen in 14 Italian cities: Ancona, Camerino, Cagliari, Catania, Genoa, L’Aquila, Macerata, Nuoro, Palermo, Pavia, Perugia, Sassari, Terni and Trieste. |
| October 1-November 13, 2022. | Ig Nobel Prize Special Exhibition, Osaka Japan, at the Shinsaibashi Parco. |
| October 12, 2022, Wednesday. | Café Scientifique, Muret, France — Marc Abrahams will be part of a discussion about the Ig Nobel Prizes, teledistantly. Details TBA. |
| November 24, 2022, Thursday. | Heinz Oberhummer Award Ceremony, Stadtsaal, Vienna, Austria — The Heinz Oberhummer Award is for “outstanding scientific communication”. In 2022 it will be awarded to the Ig Nobel Prize. The ceremony will be webcast live. |
| November 25, 2022, Friday. | “Science Friday” radio program — Specially edited version of the 2021 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. See the Science Friday web site for broadcast times. PLEASE NOTE: In most (but not all) cities, Science Friday is a two-hour-long program. In those cities, the Ig Nobel ceremony will be in the SECOND hour of the two-hour program. |
| March-April, 2023. | 2023 Ig Nobel Euro (and Brexitannia) Tour — Details TBA. |
| August 15, 2023, Tuesday. | American Chemical Society (ACS), San Francisco, California, USA — Marc Abrahams will give the keynote talk during Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN)’s 100th anniversary celebration. |
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