[2] The original meeting sought to bring together scholars from across the UK "working in the various non/analytical traditions of European philosophy".
[4] SEP aims to promote the understanding of the various traditions of European Philosophy within the Anglo-American philosophical world, within academia more broadly, and within the wider public sphere.
The annual conference is the largest event aimed at researchers and others interested in Modern European Philosophy in Europe.
The annual conference has been held across the United Kingdom, as well as in Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy and Hungary.
[6] The 2023 conference took place from the 3rd to the 5th of July 2023 and was hosted by the Institute of Art Theory and Media Studies, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), in partnership with the Institute of Philosophy and the Faculty of Education and Psychology, ELTE Budapest, Hungary.