Deadline for abstract submission: 30 March 2025
The WHO European Healthy Cities Network invites abstract submissions for its Annual Business Meeting and Technical Conference, to be held in Bursa, Türkiye, on 17–19 June 2025. Themed “Resilient Healthy Cities: Creating Sustainable Urban Futures for All”, the event will highlight innovative approaches and best practices in urban health, sustainability and governance.
Abstracts should align with the conference subthemes and will be considered for oral or poster presentations. For submission details, please refer to the conference website.
Subthemes:
- Prosperity: Thriving cities, thriving futures – the well-being economy in action
- Planet: Climate-ready cities – One Health for a sustainable tomorrow
- Participation: Cities by us, for us – co-creating the urban future
- People: Reducing inequities to promote urban health and well-being
- Place: Designing healthy and equitable spaces
- Peace: Fostering safe and inclusive cities for all
The WHO European Healthy Cities Network was launched in 1988 as a political, cross-cutting and intersectoral initiative that directly collaborates with cities across the WHO European Region. Every year, the Network’s conference serves as a platform to highlight its impact and excellence in the Region and beyond.
By bringing together researchers, practitioners and policy-makers, the conference fosters discussion on important public health issues, perspectives, methods and findings. Through these exchanges, it contributes to ongoing conversations on creating healthier, more equitable cities.
The deadline for abstract submission is 30 March 2025. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the WHO European Healthy Cities Network’s Scientific Committee. The applicants will then be informed whether their abstract has been accepted.