Continuous Science Foundation Workshop — Banff 2025

In May 2025, the Continuous Science Foundation brought 22 visionary thinkers—researchers, tool builders, funders, and open science advocates—from around the world to Banff, Alberta. At its core, the workshop confronted a fundamental disconnect: the way we conduct science has changed, but the way we communicate it has not. Research today is iterative, computational, and collaborative. Yet, our outputs are still largely static PDFs, siloed data, and disconnected repositories. The workshop invited participants to break away from these conventions and imagine a communication ecosystem that matches the pace and complexity of modern science. With support from The Navigation Fund , this unique gathering sparked something powerful: a new movement called Composable Science . Today, science moves faster than our current systems can support. Research is often published late, locked in static documents, and difficult to reuse. The Banff workshop challenged that status quo. Through deep conversation, outdoor exploration, and creative collaboration, participants co-created a new paradigm: science that is modular, continuous, discoverable, and reusable by design. Composable Science is about more than better tools—it’s about a cultural shift. It reimagines how we communicate the process of research, not just the end result. It values progress over perfection, collaboration over credit, and real-time sharing over long delays. Thanks to this convening, we now have a shared language, a clear roadmap, and an energized network ready to build the future.