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August 29, 2026, 7:30 pm |
LAcon, Anaheim Convention Center Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA — Improbable Research: Ig Nobel Award Dramatic Readings, with Annalee Newitz, Cat Woman, David D. Levine, Geri Sullivan, Mason A. Porter (moderator), Sara Callori, Ursula Vernon, and perhaps other dramatic readers. |
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August 31, 2026, 5:00 pm |
MIT Club of Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland. Fireside Chat with Ig Nobel Prize founder Marc Abrahams. |
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September 3, 2026, 7:00 pm Central Europe Time |
THE 36th FIRST ANNUAL IG NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY (and webcast, in English and also in Japanese), Kongresshaus, Zurich, SWITZERLAND — Ig Nobel Prizes will be awarded to ten new winners. Each has done something so surprising that it makes people LAUGH, then THINK. There will be OFFICIAL WATCH PARTIES in Flanders (University of Antwerp), The Netherlands (Utrecht University), Germany (DESY, Hamburg), France (Université Paris Science & Lettres), Cambridge, Massachusetts (Swissnex), and other places to be announced — and many unofficial watch parties (create you own!) in lots of places. |
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September 4, 2026, Friday, 2:00 pm |
Ig Nobel Face-to-Face, Zurich, SWITZERLAND — The new Ig Nobel Prize winners ask each other about their work, and answer questions from the audience. |
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September 20, 2026, Sunday |
Ig Nobel Face-to-Face, Miraikan science museum, Tokyo, JAPAN, SWITZERLAND — Ig Nobel Prize winners ask each other about their work, and answer questions from the audience. Details TBA. |
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September 24, 2026, Thursday, 6:00-7:00 pm, then light refreshments. (Doors open 5:30 pm) |
Bost-Ig (a celebration of the new Ig Nobel Prizes, with short talks by Ig Nobel Prize winners, songs by Tom Lehrer, and paintings from MOBA, the Museum of Bad Art) — at the Swiss Consulate, Swissnex, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. |
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November 6-9, 2026 |
Falling Walls Science Summit, Berlin, GERMANY — Details TBA. |
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November 8, 2026, Sunday |
Berlin Science Festival, Berlin, GERMANY — Details TBA. |
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November 14, 2026, 3 pm. |
STEM Teacher Training Day for secondary school teachers, LUXEMBOURG — Marc Abrahams will give the keynote talk, about improbable research. |
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November 27, 2026, Friday. |
Science Friday — day-after-Thanksgiving Ig Nobel Prize ceremony highlights broadcast [public radio, USA — and on the internet] — The now-36-year tradition continues, this year with edited highlights from the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel prize ceremony.. |
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December 9, 2026, Wednesday |
Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA — Marc Abrahams will blather about improbable research and the Ig Nobel Prizes. Details TBA. |
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February, 2027, exact date TBA |
AAAS Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA — Improbable Research Show, with Marc Abrahams (founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes) and several Ig Nobel Prize winners. Details TBA. |
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Spring (Northern hemisphere), 2027, dates TBA |
The 2027 Ig Nobel EuroTour — Marc Abrahams and various Ig Nobel Prize winners will do public events in Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Italy, and perhaps other European countries. Details TBA. |
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September 5, 2027, Sunday |
The 37th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium — Details TBA. |
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