EuroScience, the association behind the European Science Open Forum (ESOF), Europe’s largest science conference has gone bankrupt after failing to secure funding for the 2026 event.
This year’s ESOF will go on as planned in Katowice, Poland, but uncertainty looms over the future after the European Commission, a co-funder of the conference, changed the way it allocates money for the biennial event, prompting other supporters to pull out.
EuroScience was set up in 1997 by a group of 250 scientists and research professionals from 25 European countries, with the goal of bringing together people interested in science, technology and the humanities. The association has actively participated in shaping science and technology policy…
