Conference Agenda

The Instituto Tecnológico de Puebla (ITP), a public institution belonging to the Tecnológico Nacional de México, has consolidated for more than three decades an institutional model of scientific outreach aimed at fostering early interest in engineering careers. Since the early 1990s, ITP has organized an annual science and technology event coordinated by the Department of Basic Sciences. This initiative later became integrated into the national strategy for science outreach and is currently part of the State Knowledge Days promoted by the Ministry of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation.

Over time, this event has evolved into a regional space for interaction among basic education, upper-secondary education, and higher education, strengthening the K-12–university connection through project-based learning experiences, scientific demonstrations, specialized workshops, and conferences delivered by academics and professionals from industry.

The 2025 edition, dedicated to the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, gathered 9,711 students from different educational levels. During the event, 46 demonstration projects in basic sciences were presented, along with 12 keynote lectures, 28 institutional conferences, and 6 specialized workshops involving experts from scientific institutions, universities, and technology companies.

The results show that this model strengthens the training of ITP engineering students by engaging them in science communication processes while motivating children and young people to consider engineering as a future professional pathway from early stages of their education.