“Beat the Heat” Conference 2026

9 September 2026, University of Bern, Switzerland

Scope

This year’s “Beat the Heat” conference brings together practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to jointly tackle the challenges posed by urban heat and explore pathways towards climate-resilient cities. We aim to offer a platform for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and networking to strengthen the exchange among the Swiss research, services, and implementation community. By putting a special focus on “societal engagement and outreach”, the conference offers an opportunity to present and discuss insights from various disciplines, initiatives, and projects concerned with the interactions between cities, climate change, and society.

Contributions

We invite contributions on all aspects related to urban heat, including measurements and monitoring, modelling and simulations, impacts on health and society, adaptation and mitigation strategies, as well as forms of societal engagement and outreach. We particularly encourage multidisciplinary submissions and contributions from practitioners across the following three sessions: 1) Measurements and modelling, 2) Impacts, Mitigation and Resilience, and 3) Societal Engagement and Outreach.

Abstract Submission and Registration

Abstracts must be submitted online: [LINK Abstract Submission]

The conference is free of charge, but registration is required by all participants (including presenting authors): [LINK Registration-Website].

Deadlines

Deadline for abstract submissions: 12 June 2026
Notification for acceptance: 26 June 2026
Deadline for registration: 21 August 2026

The conference is supported by: