The 19th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling

Save the date: Experts, scholars, industry practitioners and policy researchers from all over the world are welcome to register for this unique Symposium, so they can gather to share new knowledge and gain new insights.

This 19th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling – organised by VITO and EnergyVille in Genk, Belgium –has several aims: it aims to explore the development opportunities and issues in the district heating and cooling (DHC) industry, to share innovative research results, and to promote international technical exchanges to achieve green, efficient and smart development of the global DHC industry.

 

The detailed programme will be published in the weeks leading up to the 19th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling.

 

The organisation welcomes initiatives for setting up special sessions, provided they align with the conference’s scope and are practically feasible. For those special sessions, the initiators are responsible for selecting the presentations, independent of the general selection procedure of the conference. 

Call for abstracts is open

Researchers, Masters and PhD students are welcomed to submit an abstract for presentation of their research during the Symposium.

The abstract will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee of the Symposium, consisting of experts of all IEA DHC member countries.

Authors of accepted abstract will be invited for both oral or poster presentations, and for full paper submission.

After review, accepted papers will be published in an Indexed Scientific Journal.

Upcoming events

09 - 11
June
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20 February 2026
Thermal energy harvesting on district heating networks
Online
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25 February 2026
Mapping framework for thermal sources and loads in district heating and cooling
Online
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26 February 2026
Strategic Directions for the Heating & Cooling Transition (workshop)
Brussels
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27 February 2026
Accelerating the uptake of Large Thermal Energy Storage
Online
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4 March 2026
Distributed Thermal Energy Storage (DTES) for heat networks in densely populated areas
Online
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5 March 2026
Large-scale thermal storage: flexibility as the new energy currency
Online
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17 March 2026
1ˢᵗ Linz District Heating Forum
Linz
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9 June 2026
Crash course for cities 2026
Krakow, Poland
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9 - 11 June 2026
Euroheat & Power Congress 2026
Krakow, Poland
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23 - 29 August 2026
14th international DHC+ summer school
Brescia, Italy
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22 - 23 September 2026
SESAAU2026 - the 12th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems
Alborg
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3 - 4 November 2026
Euroheat & Power Summit 2026
Brussels
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