Events and Student Challenges

Academic activities and planned student challenges at AI2.

Events & student challenges

Hackathons, conferences and institutional events

AI2 students and faculty take part in national hackathons, academic conferences and institutional meetings that connect the programmes with industry, public institutions and partner universities in France, India, Sri Lanka and the Gulf. This page records the activities of the 2025–2026 academic year and the events planned for the months ahead.

Student challenges: the CND hackathon of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces (November 2025) and the GAIA generative-AI hackathon at the Salon International de l’Agriculture (February 2026).
Conferences and keynotes: IEEE World Skills Conference in Indore, masterclass in Pune, public conference in Nogent-le-Rotrou.
Institutional events: the 2026 academic tour in India and Sri Lanka and the September 2026 MSc cohort kick-off in Écouen.

Yacine Aslimi delivering a keynote at the IEEE World Skills Conference, Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore — Keynote “From Data to Decisions – Building the Human Skills Industry 5.0 Demands”, IEEE World Skills Conference, Indore, September 2026.

Press, partners and students

Practical dates and participation arrangements are communicated to the students concerned. For press or partnership requests, write to the AI2 team.

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Highlights 2025–2026

AI2 conference on artificial intelligence at the Université du Temps Libre de Nogent-le-Rotrou

1 October 2026 · Conference

AI culture for everyone

AI2 gave a public conference at the Université du Temps Libre de Nogent-le-Rotrou on how artificial intelligence works, its real uses and the changes it brings to professions and society.

IEEE World Skills Conference at Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore

September 2026 · Keynote

IEEE World Skills Conference, Indore

AI2’s founding president delivered the keynote “From Data to Decisions” on the three waves of AI and the skills equation of Industry 5.0, with the IEEE Computer Society Madhya Pradesh Section.

AI2 masterclass for students at Symbiosis Skills & Professional University, Pune

September 2026 · Masterclass

Build Skills That Travel, Pune

World Classroom Series session for students of Symbiosis Skills & Professional University on global careers in data and AI.

Students in class at the AI2 campus in Écouen

7 September 2026 · Campus

New MSc cohort kick-off

The new Master of Science cohort started on 7 September 2026 at the Val d’Oise Numérique campus in Écouen: machine learning, generative AI, data engineering and IoT, with company projects and work-study.

AI2 students at the GAIA generative AI for agriculture hackathon, Paris 2026

24–25 February 2026 · Hackathon

GAIA hackathon, Salon International de l’Agriculture

Organised by La Ferme Digitale with the Chambre d’agriculture de Normandie, 48 hours to build a tool measuring the technical and economic impact of a grassland transition for livestock farms, based on INOSYS case studies.

AI2 student team at the CND 2025 hackathon of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces

18–20 November 2025 · Hackathon

CND Hackathon 2025, Mont-Valérien

A team of five Master 1 students represented AI2 at the national hackathon of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces: an AI solution to anticipate failures and optimise the resources of a military network, alongside schools such as 42, ESIEA, Dauphine-PSL and ECE.

Calendar of events and activities

Date	Event	Place	Status
January, May, September 2027	International portfolio intakes; campus visits arranged on request	Écouen campus, Paris region	Planned
November 2026	Cryptography hackathon, Defence Digital Commission of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces: planned participation of AI2 cybersecurity students	France	Planned
1 October 2026	Public conference on artificial intelligence, Université du Temps Libre	Nogent-le-Rotrou, France	Held
September 2026	Visit to UKCBC Dubai Campus with Waymaker Education Consultancy: academic progression pathways to France	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Held
September 2026	Keynote at the IEEE World Skills Conference on Universal Data Analytics and Sciences	Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore, India	Held
September 2026	Masterclass “Build Skills That Travel – Global Careers in Data and AI”, World Classroom Series	Symbiosis Skills & Professional University, Pune, India	Held
7 September 2026	Kick-off of the new Master of Science cohort	Val d’Oise Numérique campus, Écouen	Held
June – August 2026	Academic tour in India and Sri Lanka: memoranda of understanding and institutional visits (see academic partners)	Pune, Jaipur, Indore, Mysuru, Bengaluru, Colombo	Held
June 2026	Student exhibition at the Sort My College Summit with Meridean Overseas Education Consultants	India	Held
24–25 February 2026	GAIA hackathon (Generative Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture), La Ferme Digitale, Salon International de l’Agriculture	Paris	Held
18–20 November 2025, project phase until 31 March 2026	CND Hackathon 2025, French Ministry of the Armed Forces: “Anticipating failures with AI”	Mont-Valérien fortress, Suresnes	Held
November 2025	Webinar with SAS France on data science with SAS Viya, SAS Studio and the SAS language	Online, AI2	Held
17 November 2025	Launch of the BootCamp NextGen Data Analyst & Scientist: 12 weeks, 415 hours, 11 participants	AI2 Paris campus	Held