Créathon 2026: A Different Way to Travel
From June 22 to 26, 2026, our third-year engineering students will participate in the latest edition of the Créathon, a week dedicated to creativity, innovation, and teamwork.
Following the 2025 edition, which focused on music, the Créathon returns this year with the theme “Traveling Differently”, a theme centered on the local region, mobility, and new ways of traveling.
The goal: to invite students to imagine innovative projects that rethink our relationship with tourism, travel, and the (re)discovery of a local region.
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A Week to Reinvent Travel
Over the course of five days, our students will work on a project based on the idea that it is possible to discover and explore while incorporating environmental and local perspectives into their approach to travel.
The purpose of choosing this theme is to highlight the region, rediscover the spaces around us, and rethink travel time as moments of discovery or encounter. Proposals must therefore incorporate sustainable, human, and regional considerations at the heart of the Créathon’s identity.
Projects may take various forms: a service, an object, an itinerary, a system, or an innovative concept. They must address issues related to tourism, regional planning, sustainable mobility, or the promotion of local heritage.
Partners Committed to the Region and Mobility
To support this edition, several partners will share their expertise with the students:
- ADAV, an organization advocating for the right to cycle, focusing on cycling as a means of getting around;
- Alstom, focusing on the passenger experience;
- CAPH/CAPH Tourisme, focusing on the promotion of the Wallers-Arenberg mining site;
- CAVM/Valenciennes Tourism and Convention Bureau, focusing on art and nature.
Through these different perspectives, our students will be able to explore alternative ways of traveling: by bike, by train, through cultural heritage, or by experiencing the intersection of art, nature, and the local landscape.
A jury composed of experts and users
Throughout the week, our engineering students will receive guidance as they develop their ideas. At the end of the program, they will present their projects to a jury composed of faculty members, experts on various issues such as tourism, land-use planning, and technical aspects, as well as users such as cyclists, train passengers, and visitors to the region.
A selection of projects will then be highlighted during the grand jury session, to be held on the afternoon of Friday, June 26.
With this new edition, Créathon reaffirms its commitment to using innovation to address important societal issues, while encouraging students to take a fresh look at their immediate surroundings.