Parallel track · Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 June · 14:00–16:10
Summer: Heat & Cities
Urban heat, health, cooling and shade, and how cities protect people in hotter summers. The Summer track runs in Room B on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 June, 14:00 to 16:10.
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Room B
Tue and Wed, 14:00–16:10
Six sessions over two afternoons
The track programme
Three talks each afternoon in the same room. Changeovers are timed so you can move to another track between talks.
Day 1
2:00 pm
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2:40 pm
Room B
Mapping Urban Heat Islands at Street Level
A 400-sensor network in Accra and what it reveals that satellites miss.
Summer · Talk
Day 1
2:45 pm
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3:25 pm
Room B
Heat and Hospital Admissions: New Evidence
Admissions data from six European heatwaves and the groups most at risk.
Summer · Talk
Day 1
3:30 pm
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4:10 pm
Room B
Passive Cooling at Scale
Lessons from retrofitting 600 schools and clinics without adding air conditioning.
Summer · Talk
Day 2
2:00 pm
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2:40 pm
Room B
Trees, Shade and Who Gets Them
Using canopy data to direct tree planting to the neighbourhoods that need it most.
Summer · Talk
Day 2
2:45 pm
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3:25 pm
Room B
Heat Action Plans That Work
What separates heat plans that save lives from those that stay on paper.
Summer · Talk
Day 2
3:30 pm
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4:10 pm
Room B
Cooling Without the Grid Spike
Designing cooling demand so it does not collide with peak electricity load.
Summer · Talk
Four parallel tracks
Explore the other seasons
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Spring
Food & Land
Crops, soils and water for farming and food systems under drought and heat.
Room A · Tue and Wed · 14:00–16:10
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Summer
Heat & Cities
Urban heat, health, cooling and shade, and how cities protect people in hotter summers.
Room B · Tue and Wed · 14:00–16:10
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Autumn
Water & Risk
Floods, storm surge, river basins and the science of pricing and warning for water risk.
Room C · Tue and Wed · 14:00–16:10
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Winter
Energy & Grids
Power systems, storage and demand through heatwaves, storms and dark, still winters.
Room D · Tue and Wed · 14:00–16:10
Registration is open
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8–10 June 2027 at Havenlab. Early-bird rates until 15 March: Student €195, Institutional €495, Full €895 (excl. VAT).