[PUBLIC EVENT] The 2023 Science Fair brings sport to the city of Lyon and the Rhône departement!

From October 6 to 16, come and enjoy around 300 free and fun activities open to everyone in Lyon and the Rhône region. Stroll through the departement’s 21 towns and cities and meet the men and women who are involved in science, or at least able to explain it!
 

A nationwide theme: “Sports and science”

With the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games just around the corner, the Science Fair is putting the spotlight on sports. Whether it’s recreational or high-level, fun or educational, amateur or professional, sport plays a central role in our daily lives and in our society. It radiates through its social, economic, cultural and scientific omnipresence.

Under this theme, the general public will have the opportunity to meet those involved in research and learn about the latest advances in pharmacology, neuroscience, psychology, medicine... as well as many other disciplines.

Full program (in French)

Find out more on the Pop'Sciences website (in French)

Cécile Ottogali-Mazzacavallo, scientific ambassador for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in 2023

Cécile Ottogalli-Mazzacavallo is an Associate Professor at the Science and Technology of Sport and Exercise Training and Research Unit (UFR STAPS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, and a specialist in sports history and gender studies. Her research focuses on the unequal access, treatment, and recognition of women in the sport movement, as well as emancipation strategies from the past to the present.

A look back at the 2022 Science Fair

The 31st Science Fair was held on October 7 to 17 2022, in the Métropole de Lyon and the Rhône, as a 100% in-person event after two years marked by the pandemic. The event focused on climate change, mitigation and adaptation and drew over 40,000 people, including more than 10,000 school children!

Check out photos from the 2022 Science Fair