Report from the Executive Committee Meeting in Portoroz, 24–26 November 2017

[摘要] Last Autumn, the EMS’s Executive Committee (EC)plus guests gathered in the Grand Hotel Bernardin inPortoroz on the stunning Slovenian Coast, on the kindinvitation of the Society of Mathematicians, Physicists, &Astronomers of Slovenia (DMFA) and the University ofPrimorska. The choice of venue was significant: in July2020 the same site will host the 8th European Congressof Mathematics (8ECM). The congress was therefore atthe forefront the committee’s mind throughout the meeting; in particular, it offered those who had not alreadydone so the opportunity to explore the area and facilities,under the guidance of the congress’s local organisers.