Conference  /  May 26, 2026  -  May 29, 2026

IEA Heat Pump Conference

Decarbonisation through Innovation

From 26 to 29 May 2026, Vienna will open its doors for the 15th IEA Heat Pump Conference - the leading scientific conference and meeting place for academia, industry, market, policy makers and investors interested in the field of heat pumping technologies. Under the motto "Decarbonisation through Innovation", experts from all over the world will meet to present and discuss the latest advances and developments.

The four-day international conference offers a unique platform for intensive exchange between research, industry and application. With around 400 scientific submissions from international experts, the scientific and applied technical presentations offer comprehensive insight into the current state of research. 

The following presentations or posters by ISE researchers have been included in the conference program. Once the detailed program has been finalized, the venue and time will be posted here.

Dr. Thore Oltersdorf Predicting Service Life of Heat Pump Refrigerant Cycles Based on Corrosion- and Fatigue-Induced Degradation
Dr. Hannes Fugmann Performance Analysis on Evaporators in Air Source Heat Pumps: A Comparative Study of Finned-Tube and Microchannel Heat Exchangers with Varying Superheat under Dry Conditions
Andreas Velte-Schäfer Leveraging AI Tools along the Heat Pump Value Chain from Component Design to Operation Supervision
Dr. Thore Oltersdorf Common Failure Analysis of Domestic Heat Pumps and Air Conditioners
Nader Fazaa Data-Driven Techniques for the Prediction of Refrigerant Charge in Heat Pumps through Machine Learning Soft Sensors
Dr. Ursula Wittstadt Large Scale Heat Pumps in German District Heating Systems
Danny Günther AI-Based Predictive Controller for Residential Heat Pumps: From Simulation to a Season-Long Field Trial 
Danny Günther Detailed Efficiency Analysis for Heat Pumps in Existing Single Family Houses within a Large-Scale Field Test
Bruno Bavia Bampi Investigation of the Effect of Storage Operation in Single-Family Homes with Separate Tanks for Space Heating and DHW