UK Science Festivals Network conference 2025

The content for this year’s conference will focus on exploring how festivals engage with activism and how they can produce events that promote, showcase and champion sustainability in all its forms.

Stay tuned! We will be announcing more details of the conference programme in the coming weeks. Be sure to check back for exciting updates and key sessions!

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The UK science festival ecosystem is diverse and constantly evolving, but we rarely take the time to celebrate what we have achieved or to look ahead to some of the challenges and opportunities for the sector. This is where the UK Science Festivals Network come in - we bring together science festivals and non-science festivals with scientific content to consider the highs, lows and future of festival organisation and management.

The UK Science Festivals Network is managed by the British Science Association, a charity that aims to affirm science as a part of British culture. We meet several times a year to discuss our work and the future of science festivals, advocating for the importance of science festivals in conversation with funding bodies and decision makers.

Tickets include access to all sessions, refreshments and lunch.

Early bird tickets (before 7 January 2025)

Non-members - £100 + VAT

Members - £50 + VAT

General admission (after 7 January 2025)

Non-members - £120 + VAT

Members - £60 + VAT

If you would like to attend the conference but are unable to because of financial reasons, we may be able to help. To enquire, please contact us via [email protected] with your reasons for requiring the fund and why attending the conference will be of benefit to you by January 17 2025. Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis and you will be notified whether you have been successful shortly after this date. Please note, this is not a concessionary fund (i.e. discounts will not be made based on student/age status alone) and we have a limited amount of funding available, so may not be able to provide support to everyone who enquires.

Although we would love to be able to cover travel and accommodation costs for delegates, the UKSFN is a non-profit group and therefore the conference is a non-profit event. All the money from ticket sales goes towards facilitating the conference, so please ensure you arrange your own travel and accommodation.

You can find more details on how to get to the venue on the Watershed website.

Arrivals from 9.30 for a 10.00 start.

Please visit the Watershed website or their AccessAble page for all venue accessibility information.

You are free to enter and exit the conference sessions throughout the day.

Service dogs are welcome.

You can let us know your accessibility requirements when you book a ticket or email us with questions at [email protected]

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Host or Publisher UK Science Festivals Network