IPhO 2025 Steering Committee

Pierre Chavel

Co-Chairperson of the IPhO 2025 organizing committee
Director of Laboratoire Charles Fabry, CNRS, Institut d'Optique

Dominique Obert

Co-Chairperson of the IPhO 2025 organizing committee
General Inspector for Education, Sport and Research

Julia Roussel

Event Project Manager

Yannick Alméras

Chairperson of the IPhO 2025 Scientific Committee
General Inspector for Education, Sport and Research

Silke Biermann

Head of the Department of Physics at Ecole Polytechnique

Aristide Cavailles

General Inspector for Education, Sport and Research

Elisabeth Giacobino

Vice-President of the Société Française de Physique
Emeritus Research Director, CNRS, LKB

Daniel Rouan

President of the Société Française de Physique
Emeritus Research Director, CNRS
Chair of the Executive Committee

Kees van der Beek

Vice-Provost for Research at Ecole polytechnique
Vice-President Research at Institut Polytechnique de Paris

Olivier Marco

Head of the Science and Society Department, DGRI

Manuel Brossé

Head of Artistic and Cultural Education Mission,
Ministry of National Education and Youth,
DGRI

IPhO 2025 Organizing Committee

Pierre Chavel

Co-Chairperson of the IPhO 2025 organizing committee
Director of Laboratoire Charles Fabry, CNRS, Institut d'Optique

Dominique Obert

Co-Chairperson of the IPhO 2025 organizing committee
General Inspector for Education, Sport and Research

Julia Roussel

Event Project Manager

Yannick Alméras

Chairperson of the IPhO 2025 Scientific Committee
General Inspector for Education, Sport and Research

Alexis Bardeur

Communications Officer

Silke Biermann

Head of the Department of Physics at Ecole Polytechnique

Aristide Cavailles

General Inspector for Education, Sport and Research

Gabriel Chardin

Research Director, CNRS

Sylvie Dancre

Senior Lecturer, Lycée Louis-le-Grand

Elisabeth Giacobino

Vice-President of the Société Française de Physique
Emeritus Research Director, CNRS, LKB

Sophie Rémy

Senior Lecturer in Physics

Daniel Rouan

President of the Société Française de Physique
Emeritus Research Director, CNRS
Chair of the Executive Committee

Yves Sacquin

Experimental Physicist in IRFU's Particle Physics Department, CEA-Saclay

Kees van der Beek

Vice-Provost for Research at Ecole polytechnique
Vice-President Research at Institut Polytechnique de Paris

Catherine Velay

Senior Lecturer, Lycée Louis-le-Grand MPSI

Mayline Verguin

Communications Manager

Guy Wormser

Director of research, CNRS, IJCLab

IPhO 2025 Scientific Committee

The scientific committee is responsible for drawing up the subjects for the theoretical and experimental tests, in line with precise specifications.

The subjects are then discussed at two meetings attended by all the delegations. During these meetings, the subjects are adjusted to suit the majority of delegations; each decision to amend the subjects is subject to a vote.

The scientific committee is also in charge of proposing a solution and a marking scheme for each of the two tests. A French team of markers is responsible for evaluating the candidates' papers before moderation with the team leaders.

The full composition of the scientific committee will be announced at the end of the International Physics Olympiad.

Yannick Alméras

Chairperson of the IPhO 2025 Scientific Committee
General Inspector for Education, Sport and Research