Euskampus-Bordeaux Eguna is inspired by two past events:

• The 2014, 2015 and 2017 editions of the Euskampus – Bordeaux Symposium, held in Bordeaux, San Sebastián and Bordeaux, respectively. The Euskampus-Bordeaux Symposia have helped to initiate, structure and consolidate collaboration between the UPV/EHU and the University of Bordeaux, together with their communities of partners in the framework of the Euskampus and IdEx Bordeaux excellence projects. Each symposium included, over two busy days, workshops coordinated by scientific research staff, sessions for administration and services staff, sessions and activities for the co-tutored doctoral community, bilateral meetings, competitions and plenary sessions. The programme was interspersed with social moments to celebrate and experience the diverse multilinguistic and multicultural backgrounds and to make friends.
• Euskampus Eguna, held in November 2017 in Bilbao. Euskampus Eguna was a workshop with UPV/EHU, Tecnalia and DIPC researchers, which had the aim of relaunching the Euskampus Community of Knowledge Poles that took place in 2017.

The Poles of Knowledge space continues in 2018 and work has been carried out to establish a new Action Plan for Euskampus-Bordeaux Campus. Several workshops and meetings are also taking place with groups from the UPV/EHU, Tecnalia, DIPC and the University of Bordeaux. Euskampus-Bordeaux Eguna 2018 is therefore a privileged event in which these two initiatives and the communities behind them take a look at each other and rediscover what they have to offer, in order to start a new phase in the development of institutional alliances between entities that are part of Euskampus.

Euskampus-Bordeaux Eguna is open to everyone in the UPV/EHU, Tecnalia, DIPC and the University of Bordeaux. Spaces are limited so they will be available on a first-come, first-served basis by registering on the Euskampus website, which will be announced sufficiently in advance. There will be collective transport to San Sebastián from Leioa, Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bordeaux.