Jordi Valls received the members of the Euclid mission of the European Space Agency last Tuesday, the 26th, at the Saló de Cent of City Hall. This reception was part of the events making up the mission’s annual gathering.
Valls thanked the organizers for choosing Barcelona as the venue for the annual event, the EUCLID Consortium Meeting 2026, a gathering that “projects Barcelona as a city committed to science, innovation, and excellence in research.”
The Euclid mission, which investigates how the Universe has expanded and how cosmic structures have formed throughout cosmic history, is holding its annual meeting from May 25 to 29. The EUCLID Consortium Meeting 2026 brings together researchers, engineers, and consortium members involved in the mission. This convention strengthens ties between Barcelona’s scientific community and the international scientific community, as well as relationships with leading institutions such as the European Space Agency. In addition, it will generate a positive impact on the city’s international visibility in the field of space science.
During these five days of symposiums, the approximately 600 participants from around 200 scientific institutions, will share and discuss the data already collected by the Euclid mission and preview the first official data release (DR1), scheduled for the end of the year.
Meetings like these strengthen Barcelona’s international profile as a hub for innovation and research, attracting scientific talent from around the world, one of the objectives outlined in the Strategic Science and Innovation Plan 2024–2027.