Science as Revolution Manchester, UK EuroScience Open Forum Leading scientists Policy makers EuroScience Business people Open Forum: Researchers Europe’s largest biennial Entrepreneurs Young researchers pan-scientific and innovators Science and technology gathering communicators General public Stockholm Munich Barcelona Turin Dublin Copenhagen Manchester 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 23-27 July 2016 Manchester: The City of Revolution Manchester was deemed a suitable host for ESOF16 because of its rich science heritage. Harnessed the energy Ernest Rutherford Discovered from steam to power discovered how to graphene, the locomotives and factories, split the atom at world’s thinnest and became the world’s the University of material. first industrialised city. Manchester. ESOF 2016: The Conference Attendees Media and Science Communicators Early Career Business Delegates 495 Researchers 483 530 Delegates Partners / Speakers Sponsors 717 121 80 countries 3,542 across six Total number of delegates continents Speakers represented ESOF 2016: The Programme Core Strands Science Programme Science to Business Careers Social 157 Sessions 24 Keynote and topical sessions Nobel Laureate Speakers Sir Andre Sir Konstantin Sir Venkatraman Professor Geim Novoselov Ramakrishnan Brian Schmidt ESOF 2016: The Impact 74% 74% 77% Delegates rated Delegates rated Delegates rated Excellent or Good Excellent or Good Manchester as a access to cutting edge opportunities leading city for science science or research for networking and innovation great networking ESTIMATED expert speakers 2,000 £3.5m outstanding International online Economic impact of experience and print media delegates’ spend coverage to Manchester esof.eu manchestersciencecity.com For information about STEM for schools and contemporary science programme including the annual Manchester Science Festival, email [email protected] For more information on the Robot Orchestra: robotorchestra.co.uk.