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This year’s edition of Naukas Bilbao 2026 will mark a turning point in the project’s history. After more than fifteen years, Spain’s largest science communication event is undergoing the most significant transformation in its history. The aim is to offer a more structured programme, tailored to different audiences and designed to explore major scientific topics in greater depth, while retaining the accessible, engaging and fast-paced style that has always defined Naukas Bilbao.
This evolution is the result of a joint reflection by the science communication platform Naukas and the EHU Chair of Scientific Culture, the event’s organisers, and was announced last year during its fifteenth-anniversary celebrations. This new edition will take place from 18 to 20 September as part of the Bilbo Zientzia Plaza 2026 science communication festival.
The revamped format will feature a new three-day programme aimed at different audiences, a refreshed approach to the talks, the introduction of an overarching theme and a greater presence of Basque across the activities.
On Friday, 18 September, Naukas Gazte will take place, a session aimed at secondary school students featuring eight short, fifteen-minute science talks adapted to their educational level. For the first time, the programme will combine talks in Basque and Spanish.
On Saturday, 19 September, it will be the turn of Naukas Bilbao Inicios, a day aimed at the general public featuring more than a dozen talks and performances centred around a common theme: the great beginnings in history.
The programme will conclude on the morning of Sunday, 20 September with Naukas Kids, an event aimed at younger audiences featuring three scheduled shows. The event will close with a live performance of “Zientzia Piztia”, a programme from EITB’s Makusi platform, at Euskalduna Bilbao. Through scientific experiments, the show aims to bring science closer to children in an engaging and accessible way. As in the Makusi programme, the session will be hosted by physicist and meteorologist Arnaitz Fernández.
