The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2018, the largest interdisciplinary science meeting in Europe, was held in Toulouse, France, from 9 to 14 July 2018. Organized every two years by EuroScience, the biggest grassroots science organization in Europe, ESOF is attended by scientists, innovators, policy makers, business people, and the general public. ESOF2018 marked the first time Editage collaborated with EuroScience to provide active support to the European science community.
A distinguished EuroScience jury selects winners of the prestigious annual European Young Researchers’ Awards (EYRA) for PhD candidates and postdocs (in alternate years). Editage was given the opportunity to showcase the work of the 2017 PhD and 2018 postdoctoral EYRA winners via a package of enriched content assets such as videos and infographics. Editage also helped the 2018 EYRA finalists with engaging audio-visual presentations on the basis of which a special EYRA 2018 Popular Prize was awarded. In acknowledgement of Editage’s contribution to the cause of young scientists, Satyajit Rout, Head – Research Communication Services, addressed an invitation-only gathering of top grantees and European funders on the topic of science communication practices.
“ESOF2018 was a fantastic opportunity to understand the landscape of scientific research in Europe by having engaging conversations with early and mid-career researchers and exchanging notes with funders, policy makers, and science journalists. It is rare to find such a diverse mix of science stakeholders under one roof and that is why I felt privileged on Editage’s behalf to be supporting the work of promising young European scientists,” remarked Satyajit.
ESOF 2018 was attended by 4000+ delegates from around 80 countries and more than 400+ journalists and science communicators. This year’s sessions comprised of more than 150 conferences, workshops and scientific sessions. About 200 events were thrown open to the general public, which were attended by more than 35,000 participants.
About EuroScience
EuroScience is a non-profit grassroots association of researchers in Europe and the proud founder of the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) and publisher of the EuroScientist online journal. Open to European researchers across disciplines and countries, EuroScience undertakes to advance science and innovation in Europe, thereby promoting the interests of its thousands of members. From its inception in 1997, EuroScience has been active in shaping policies for science, technology and innovation (STI), from the discussions leading to the European Charter and Code for Researchers, establishing the ERC, or the shaping of Horizon 2020 and its budget in the EU Financial Framework 2014–2020.
About Editage
Founded in 2002, Editage (a division of Cactus Communications) is a global scholarly communications company with offices in Japan, China, South Korea, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Employing a global in-house workforce of over 600, Editage has served over 200,000 authors and edited close to 750,000 papers across 1,200 disciplines to date. Editage, the flagship brand of CACTUS, provides premium services to help universities, research groups, publishers boost the reach and impact of their research through engaging formats like videos, infographics, news stories, and plain language summaries. We also offer an array of publication support services including editing, translation, rapid technical review, and artwork preparation. In addition to offering high-end scientific communication solutions, Editage is actively involved in author education through its comprehensive author resources site Editage Insights. Please visit www.editage.com to learn more.