EuroScience

Open Forum

2024

Life changes science

12–15 June 2024

Katowice, Poland

EuroScience

Open Forum

2024

Life changes science

12–15 June 2024

Katowice, Poland

EuroScience

Open Forum

2024

12–15 June 2024

Katowice, Poland

Photo by UM Katowice

Discover ESOF2024

We are excited to invite you to the 11th edition of the EuroScience Open Forum. ESOF2024 is one of the most significant international conferences, having an impact on the science and world transformation. During the event, scientists, entrepreneurs, politicians, journalists and inhabitants are going to discuss the latest scientific achievements, the arts and their impact on society. The participation in ESOF2024 is free of charge.


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25 Feb, 2024
We have a special offer for ESOF2024 participants. The ESOF2024 trail will lead you to hidden gems , i.e. places where you can discover Katowice – the European City of Science 2024 and its obvious assets, as well as seemingly inconspicuous institutions and spaces that contribute to the city’s unique atmosphere and character. All the institutions are preparing special offers to provide some insight into the cultural, geographical, architectural, and culinary heritage of this unique part of the world for the duration of the conference.
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22 Jan, 2024
The call for applications has been extended to 12 February 2024. The list of speakers and the conference programme will be established thereafter. If you want to participate in the most significant scientific event in 2024, we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience.
A photo from the opening of the ECSK
22 Jan, 2024
We have officially started the year of science in Katowice, the European City of Science 2024, with the science and music spectacle KATOPOLIS. The event was part of the 7th Silesian Science Festival, which took place on 9-11 December in the International Congress Centre in Katowice and attracted nearly 70,000 visitors who could meet almost 2700 speakers and enjoy over 700 exhibitions, workshops, debates, meetings and lectures. The Spectacle featured all ECSK organisers: representatives of EuroScience, the City of Katowice, and the Academic Consortium Katowice – City of Science 2024.

Discover ESOF2024

We are excited to invite you to the 11th edition of the EuroScience Open Forum. ESOF2024 is one of the most significant international conferences, having an impact on the science and world transformation. During the event, scientists, entrepreneurs, politicians, journalists and inhabitants are going to discuss the latest scientific achievements, the arts and their impact on society. The participation in ESOF2024 is free of charge.


Jump to topic

Latest

25 Feb, 2024
We have a special offer for ESOF2024 participants. The ESOF2024 trail will lead you to hidden gems , i.e. places where you can discover Katowice – the European City of Science 2024 and its obvious assets, as well as seemingly inconspicuous institutions and spaces that contribute to the city’s unique atmosphere and character. All the institutions are preparing special offers to provide some insight into the cultural, geographical, architectural, and culinary heritage of this unique part of the world for the duration of the conference.
The photo with the Registration word
22 Jan, 2024
The call for applications has been extended to 12 February 2024. The list of speakers and the conference programme will be established thereafter. If you want to participate in the most significant scientific event in 2024, we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience.
A photo from the opening of the ECSK
22 Jan, 2024
We have officially started the year of science in Katowice, the European City of Science 2024, with the science and music spectacle KATOPOLIS. The event was part of the 7th Silesian Science Festival, which took place on 9-11 December in the International Congress Centre in Katowice and attracted nearly 70,000 visitors who could meet almost 2700 speakers and enjoy over 700 exhibitions, workshops, debates, meetings and lectures. The Spectacle featured all ECSK organisers: representatives of EuroScience, the City of Katowice, and the Academic Consortium Katowice – City of Science 2024.

Keynote speakers

Welcome to ESOF2024

Dariusz Niebudek, one of the most recognisable actors in Silesia, invites you in the Silesian language to participate in ESOF2024. He is a stage personality known not only for his acting and directing, but also for his enthusiastic dedication to the region's affairs: the language, history and culture of Silesia.

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Be a part of ESOF2024

Discover six thematic areas of the ESOF2024 conference and become a speaker. Apply before 12 February 2024.

Call for Applications
  • energy transition

    The energy transition means changing the way energy has been delivered and used so far. In the common understanding, it is associated with solar energy obtained from photovoltaic panels, electric cars, and smog. But also, especially in coal regions, it is associated with the closing of coal mines and power plants, as well as unemployment.  


    Undoubtedly, the energy transition affects many companies, areas of activity, local communities, employees and families. Its success therefore requires a balanced approach, both technological and social, based on dialogue to develop common solutions that serve both current and future generations. 


    Area description and session themes

  • sustainable environment

    Each human activity, especially leading to improvement of the quality of human life, puts inevitable pressure on the natural environment. The effects of such pressure are visible in the form of constantly growing environmental pollution with new materials and substances that are hard to identify, decreasing accessibility of water ensuring survival for all living beings, global climate change, decreasing biodiversity and many other adverse phenomena. 


    The ESOF conference gives an opportunity to look at them from different points of view, understand, consider and either try to adapt to them or slow them down.  


    Area description and session themes

  • cultural identity and societal transformation

    What power lies in the arts and design – what can they change and how can they help in discovering identity? A collective reflection on the impact of creative activities on how we perceive the environment in which we function every day is barely the beginning of the searches for tools to change the region's image and the way we think about it. 


    The arts and design combined with science can disenchant complex topics, be an impulse to look further and deeper, and ask uncomfortable questions. They can initiate the process of transforming social stereotypes and make the feeling of being ‘from here’ something to be proud of. 


    Area description and session themes

  • changes within scientific excellence

    In today’s ever-changing world, our understanding of scientific excellence is constantly subject to transformations due to emerging challenges related to research methods, technological development, scientific evaluation, ethics of scientific research, digital era, and AI. 


    We would like to analyse the newest trends and conditions for excellent scientific research, look into the key scientific policies and the changes currently taking place in world’s science; we will attempt to understand their causes and effects.


    Area description and session themes

  • healthy society

    Innovative research in chronic disease prevention, strategies for promoting mental health, health education, epidemiologic studies, health needs assessment, and the impact of environmental factors on health are the major topics of the conference sessions. 


    Experts from various fields of science and medical specialities were united by the desire to find effective solutions in the uneven struggle against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and other illnesses. They will discuss therapeutic techniques, physical activity as a way to improve one’s mental health and the significance of environmental protection for public health. The goal is to identify effective strategies for disease prevention and improve the quality of life in society. 


    Area description and session themes

  • digital transformation

    Digital transformation is the development of information and communication technologies and the introduction of digital carriers in virtually all areas of the economy and social life. The networked world, increasingly saturated with digital sensors monitoring all areas of human functioning, is changing its face.  


    The Internet of Things, combined with the implementation of machine learning methods and artificial intelligence models, opens up a new range of commonly available participation opportunities. This is especially true for the challenges of being flooded with all kinds of data.


    Area description and session themes


Be a part of ESOF2024

Discover six thematic areas of the ESOF2024 conference and become a speaker.

Call for Applications
  • energy transition

    The energy transition means changing the way energy has been delivered and used so far. In the common understanding, it is associated with solar energy obtained from photovoltaic panels, electric cars, and smog. But also, especially in coal regions, it is associated with the closing of coal mines and power plants, as well as unemployment.  


    Undoubtedly, the energy transition affects many companies, areas of activity, local communities, employees and families. Its success therefore requires a balanced approach, both technological and social, based on dialogue to develop common solutions that serve both current and future generations. 


    Area description and session themes

  • sustainable environment

    Each human activity, especially leading to improvement of the quality of human life, puts inevitable pressure on the natural environment. The effects of such pressure are visible in the form of constantly growing environmental pollution with new materials and substances that are hard to identify, decreasing accessibility of water ensuring survival for all living beings, global climate change, decreasing biodiversity and many other adverse phenomena. 


    The ESOF conference gives an opportunity to look at them from different points of view, understand, consider and either try to adapt to them or slow them down.  


    Area description and session themes

  • cultural identity and societal transformation

    What power lies in the arts and design – what can they change and how can they help in discovering identity? A collective reflection on the impact of creative activities on how we perceive the environment in which we function every day is barely the beginning of the searches for tools to change the region's image and the way we think about it. 


    The arts and design combined with science can disenchant complex topics, be an impulse to look further and deeper, and ask uncomfortable questions. They can initiate the process of transforming social stereotypes and make the feeling of being ‘from here’ something to be proud of. 


    Area description and session themes

  • changes within scientific excellence

    In today’s ever-changing world, our understanding of scientific excellence is constantly subject to transformations due to emerging challenges related to research methods, technological development, scientific evaluation, ethics of scientific research, digital era, and AI. 


    We would like to analyse the newest trends and conditions for excellent scientific research, look into the key scientific policies and the changes currently taking place in world’s science; we will attempt to understand their causes and effects.


    Area description and session themes

  • healthy society

    Innovative research in chronic disease prevention, strategies for promoting mental health, health education, epidemiologic studies, health needs assessment, and the impact of environmental factors on health are the major topics of the conference sessions. 


    Experts from various fields of science and medical specialities were united by the desire to find effective solutions in the uneven struggle against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and other illnesses. They will discuss therapeutic techniques, physical activity as a way to improve one’s mental health and the significance of environmental protection for public health. The goal is to identify effective strategies for disease prevention and improve the quality of life in society. 


    Area description and session themes

  • digital transformation

    Digital transformation is the development of information and communication technologies and the introduction of digital carriers in virtually all areas of the economy and social life. The networked world, increasingly saturated with digital sensors monitoring all areas of human functioning, is changing its face.  


    The Internet of Things, combined with the implementation of machine learning methods and artificial intelligence models, opens up a new range of commonly available participation opportunities. This is especially true for the challenges of being flooded with all kinds of data.


    Area description and session themes 

Be a part of ESOF2024

Discover six thematic areas of the ESOF2024 conference and become a speaker.

  • energy transition

    The energy transition means changing the way energy has been delivered and used so far. In the common understanding, it is associated with solar energy obtained from photovoltaic panels, electric cars, and smog. But also, especially in coal regions, it is associated with the closing of coal mines and power plants, as well as unemployment.  


    Undoubtedly, the energy transition affects many companies, areas of activity, local communities, employees and families. Its success therefore requires a balanced approach, both technological and social, based on dialogue to develop common solutions that serve both current and future generations. 


    Area description and session themes

  • sustainable environment

    Each human activity, especially leading to improvement of the quality of human life, puts inevitable pressure on the natural environment. The effects of such pressure are visible in the form of constantly growing environmental pollution with new materials and substances that are hard to identify, decreasing accessibility of water ensuring survival for all living beings, global climate change, decreasing biodiversity and many other adverse phenomena. 


    The ESOF conference gives an opportunity to look at them from different points of view, understand, consider and either try to adapt to them or slow them down. 


    Area description and session themes

  • cultural identity and societal transformation

    What power lies in the arts and design – what can they change and how can they help in discovering identity? A collective reflection on the impact of creative activities on how we perceive the environment in which we function every day is barely the beginning of the searches for tools to change the region's image and the way we think about it. 


    The arts and design combined with science can disenchant complex topics, be an impulse to look further and deeper, and ask uncomfortable questions. They can initiate the process of transforming social stereotypes and make the feeling of being ‘from here’ something to be proud of. 


    Area description and session themes

  • changes within scientific excellence

    In today’s ever-changing world, our understanding of scientific excellence is constantly subject to transformations due to emerging challenges related to research methods, technological development, scientific evaluation, ethics of scientific research, digital era, and AI. 


    We would like to analyse the newest trends and conditions for excellent scientific research, look into the key scientific policies and the changes currently taking place in world’s science; we will attempt to understand their causes and effects.


    Area description and session themes

  • healthy society

    Innovative research in chronic disease prevention, strategies for promoting mental health, health education, epidemiologic studies, health needs assessment, and the impact of environmental factors on health are the major topics of the conference sessions. 


    Experts from various fields of science and medical specialities were united by the desire to find effective solutions in the uneven struggle against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and other illnesses. They will discuss therapeutic techniques, physical activity as a way to improve one’s mental health and the significance of environmental protection for public health. The goal is to identify effective strategies for disease prevention and improve the quality of life in society. 


    Area description and session themes

  • digital transformation

    Digital transformation is the development of information and communication technologies and the introduction of digital carriers in virtually all areas of the economy and social life. The networked world, increasingly saturated with digital sensors monitoring all areas of human functioning, is changing its face.  


    The Internet of Things, combined with the implementation of machine learning methods and artificial intelligence models, opens up a new range of commonly available participation opportunities. This is especially true for the challenges of being flooded with all kinds of data. 


    Area description and session themes

Join EU Talent Fair

One of the side events of the ESOF2024 conference will be the 2nd edition of the EU Talent Fair. The event is addressed to novice academics and people interested in taking up research work. Participants will have the chance to discover various personal development opportunities and career options in science.

About the EU Talent Fair

Save the date: 13 June 2024 | 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m (CEST)

EU Talent Fair

One of the side events of the ESOF2024 conference will be the 2nd edition of the EU Talent Fair. The event is addressed to novice academics and people interested in taking up research work. Participants will have the chance to discover various career options in science.

About the EU Talent Fair About the EU Talent Fair

Save the date: 13 June 2024 | 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m (CEST)

European City of Science Katowice 2024 logo

Katowice
Visit the city of ESOF2024

Explore Katowice – the European City of Science 2024 hosting the ESOF2024 conference. This modern capital of one of the most dynamically developing regions of Poland fascinates with its architecture, unique atmosphere and bold combination of modernity and tradition.


More about the city


European City of Science logo

Katowice
Visit the city of ESOF2024

Explore Katowice – the European City of Science 2024 hosting the ESOF2024 conference. This modern capital of one of the most dynamically developing regions of Poland fascinates with its architecture, unique atmosphere and bold combination of modernity and tradition.


More about the city

Photo by Radosław Dybała 

European City of Science Katowice logo

Katowice
Visit the city of ESOF2024

Explore Katowice – the European City of Science 2024 hosting the ESOF2024 conference. This modern capital of one of the most dynamically developing regions of Poland fascinates with its architecture, unique atmosphere and bold combination of modernity and tradition.


More about the city

Photo by Radosław Dybała

Organisers

ESOF2022 in short

The previous edition of ESOF2022 took place in Leiden, the Netherlands, hosting over 1,500 delegates on-site and almost another thousand online. The conference's motto was: Crossing borders, engaged science, resilient societies. ESOF2022 allowed us to refresh our scientific contacts, make new friends, and spread enthusiasm for science.


ESOF2022 Aftermovie

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