Meetings

The 2026 Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement has been awarded to CosmoAmautas, a Peruvian non-profit association that uses planetary science and astronomy as a gateway to spark curiosity and bring scientific opportunities to children and young students across Peru.

October 6–7 | Abu Dhabi

October 7–9 | Yokohama, Japan

October 7–11 | San Francisco

From October 6 to 8, 2026, the EFX—Expo for Electronics Manufacturing will take place for the first time at the Stuttgart exhibition center. The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF will be exhibiting at the joint Chip Connect BW area. The focus will be on the institute’s newly launched research activities in the field of AI tools for chip design and chip design for AI applications, as well as its established expertise in III-V semiconductor manufacturing for pilot lines.

European policymakers, researchers, healthcare leaders and patient advocates will gather in Stockholm from 14 to 16 October for Momentum 2026. The conference will examine how Europe can shorten the path from cancer research to patient benefit through stronger collaboration and faster adoption of scientific advances. Speakers include Greg Simon, Joanna Drake, Cary Adams and Elisabete Weiderpass. Journalists are welcome to apply for accreditation.

More than 250 leaders and CEOs from healthcare, biotechnology, medicine, venture capital, government and technology gathered in Boston for the 2026 World Medical Innovation Forum, convened by Mass General Brigham in collaboration with Bank of America. This year's forum, which drew more than 2,300 attendees, focused on “Innovation at Scale,” highlighting emerging treatments, artificial intelligence, scientific discovery and new approaches to improving patient care.

As autonomous AI agents evolve from conversational assistants into true scientific collaborators, the pharmaceutical industry is entering the next chapter of its AI transformation, one in which discovery workflows are not merely assisted by AI, but orchestrated by it. To help accelerate the advent of Pharmaceutical Superintelligence, Insilico Medicine (03696.HK), a clinical-stage generative AI-driven drug discovery company, today announced that the Pharma.AI Webinar 2026 Q3 Fall Updates will take place on September 30, from 10 EST. Registration and event details are available at: https://insilico.zoom.us/webinar/register/2417878444165/WN_gLMYTGF2RYW3EoupiucfTA#/registration

The deadline for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is fast approaching. To address this, the four Schools for Science and Society of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, will host the Groningen Sustainability Conference from 5 to 10 April 2027 to discuss the future of the SDGs.