ESOF 2016, 24-27 July 2016, Manchester
The Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) is Europe’s largest, general science meeting and is held in a major European city every two years. The main conference days of ESOF 2016 will run between the 24-27 July 2016.
ESOF brings together over 4,500 leading thinkers, innovators, policy makers, journalists and educators from more than 90 countries, to discuss current and future breakthroughs in contemporary science.
European Commission presence
You can find at our General information stand and you can attend the Sessions hosted by the European Commission/ Agencies and the Sessions with EU keynote speakers.
Monday 25 July
- Can science technology and innovation help eradicate poverty and secure sustainable development?
Keynote speaker: Robert-Jan Smits, Director General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission - Open science and innovation – broader issues for the EU and the challenges it faces
Keynote speaker: Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation - Smart cities growing smart businesses
- Flying cars and quantum computers: when disruptive technologies meet regulation
Keynote speaker: Vladimir Sucha, Director General, Joint Research Centre, European Commission - Women in science: how to reboot the system?
Keynote speaker: Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council - Personalised medicine: hope or hype?
- Future & emerging technologies
- Big projects – going beyond the realm of science
Keynote speaker: Robert-Jan Smits, Director General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission - Deep earth dynamics: what is happening beneath our feet?
- Future technologies – get ready for tomorrow
Tuesday 26 July
- The sustainability and value of global and local food chains
- Bringing nature back to cities – what’s in it for business?
- Me and my microbes: health, disease and the human microbiome
- Regression to the pre-antibiotic era: time to panic?
- No soil, no life
- Can we stimulate the human brain?
- Scientific advice for EU policies
Keynote speaker: Robert-Jan Smits, Director General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission - Foresight as a tool for responsible policy development
- Biosensors for healthy oceans
- What drives interdisciplinary excellence?
Keynote speaker: Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council - International climate negotiations – science behind the scenes
- Will 2D materials change the world?
Wednesday 27 July
- Biomaterials for healthy hearts
- The future of science and innovation policy – towards radical change
Keynote speaker: Robert-Jan Smits, Director General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission - Tatoos – not just body art?
- Prevention is cheaper than cure
- Cleaning our seas and oceans through enhanced ocean literacy
