Call for Abstracts
The call for abstracts is now open!
Scientists and Engineers from both Academia and Industry are invited to submit extended abstracts describing original research in line with the conference themes. The organising committee will review all abstracts and confirm acceptance. Please follow the links below to find the abstract template, and the submission link. All submissions must be made via the EasyChair conference system. The abstract template must be closely followed.
Please note: (1) There is no full paper requirement for this conference, (2) There is no poster session - all abstracts will be considered for oral presentations only (15 minutes + 5 for questions) (3) Please remember to include keywords in your EasyChair submission so that we can easily assign abstracts to sessions. Your paper may be chosen for a standard or special session.
Key Submission Dates
Deadline for submission of extended abstract: April 20th 2026
Reviewers comments returned (acceptance or re-submission): May 15th 2026
Final version of extended abstract: June 8th 2026
Notification of final acceptance: June 15th 2026
Themes and Topics
All aspects of heat transfer are relevant and welcomed. The list below is indicative of possible areas:
- Boiling, evaporation and condensation
- Computational heat transfer
- Cooling of high heat flux devices
- Drying
- Energy recovery, heat integration and process industry energy systems
- Enhanced heat transfer
- Environmental heat transfer
- Gas turbines, engines, combustion
- Heat exchangers
- Heat pipes
- Heat pumps and refrigeration
- Heat transfer at micro and nano scale
- Heat transfer in porous media
- Heat transfer technology for sustainable energy
- Multi-phase flow
- Single phase heat transfer
- Thermal energy storage
- Thermal management
The following Special Sessions will focus on applications in topical areas:
- Additive Manufacturing of Heat Transfer Devices - chaired by Dr Jonathan McDonough (Newcastle University). Contact jonathan.mcdonough@newcastle.ac.uk
- AI Applied to Heat Transfer - chaired by Dr Francesco Coletti (Hexxcell and Brunel University London) and Dr Waqar Waqar Ashraf (University College London). Contact f.coletti@hexxcell.com or waqar.ashraf.21@ucl.ac.uk. See more information on this session below.
- Cooling of Electronic Devices and Electrical Machines - chaired by Dr Bo Li (University of Bristol). Contact bo.li@bristol.ac.uk
- Heat Pipes - chaired by Prof Yuying Yan (University of Nottingham). Contact yuying.yan@nottingham.ac.uk
- Heat Transfer in Chemical Reaction Engineering - chaired by Dr Fernando Russo-Abegao (Newcastle University). Contact fernando.russo-abegao@ncl.ac.uk
- Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics - chaired by Prof Hector Iacovides (University of Manchester). Contact h.iacovides@manchester.ac.uk
- Net Zero/Process Industry Decarbonisation - chaired by Prof Adam Harvey and Dr Richard Law (both of Newcastle University). Contact richard.law2@ncl.ac.uk or adam.harvey@ncl.ac.uk
- Thermal Energy Storage - chaired by Prof Yulong Ding (University of Birmingham) and Prof Yasser Mahmoudi Larimi (University of Manchester). Contact y.ding@bham.ac.uk or yasser.mahmoudilarimi@manchester.ac.uk
If you wish to contribute to a special session, please contact the chair in the first instance. An extended abstract will also be required via the standard submission route.
There will also be a panel discussion on Heat Transfer Education chaired by Prof Peter Kew (Heriot-Watt University) and Prof Peter Heggs (University of Leeds). There will be no abstract requirement for this. If you wish to contribute to this panel (this may be in addition to a standard research presentation) then please contact the session co-Chair Professor Kew at p.a.kew@hw.ac.uk
In addition, the Heat Transfer Society will host a special session to give an industrial perspective at the conference. This will be chaired by the HTS, with contributions by invitation only. Please note that industrialists are very welcome to present original research at all other conference sessions.
AI Applied to Heat Transfer Special Session - More information
This special session will focus on the application of artificial intelligence and data-driven methods to heat transfer. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Single-phase and two-phase flow modelling and analysis
- Boiling, condensation, evaporation, and multiphase transport phenomena
- CFD coupled with AI and data-driven methods
- Heat exchangers and industrial applications
Contributions addressing both methodological developments and applications are particularly welcome.
The session will include invited contributions from leading experts in the field and is intended to provide a forum for discussion on current challenges, practical implementation, and future opportunities for AI in thermal sciences.
Selected contributions from the session will be considered for publication in a special issue of AI Thermal Fluids (Elsevier), subject to the journal’s normal peer-review process. Free open-access publication will be available for accepted papers.
