About this
congress
The 5th International Comfort Congress was held on 17th-18th June 2025 in Delaware, USA. Our conference sponsor and hosts were W.L.Gore and Associates.
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The congress offered the opportunity to meet with thought-leaders in comfort research to discuss comfort state of the art theory, test methods, models, theory and applications, across a range of industries and application areas such as automotive, aeronautical, future interiors, mobility and clothing. There was an opportunity to visit laboratories at W.L.Gore, a world leader in performance clothing design and comfort in the most challenging environments.
Our common goal is to share the latest knowledge and stimulate ideas within and across sectors and between industry and research. Your participation helped shape the future of comfort research.
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A selection of papers of the ICC2025 congress will be published in a special issue of the journal WORK. This journal publishes high quality peer-reviewed manuscripts. Authors will be invited to submit a more extensive paper shortly after the congress.
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Organising committee:
Dr Anna West
Dr Susanne Frohriep
Professor Neil Mansfield
Professor Alessandro Naddeo
Dr Wolf Song
Professor Peter Vink
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Our sponsor:
W.L. Gore & Associates
KEY DATES
Submissions:
August 2026
Open submissions for one-page abstracts
February 2027
Deadline for abstract submissions
March 2027
Notification of acceptance of abstracts
May 2027
Deadline for submission of 4-page final papers
TBC 2027
Presentation of paper at the Comfort Congress
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Registrations:
August 2026
Registration opens (registration fee TBC)
March 2027
Deadline for early bird discount
(from 1 April the registration fee increases to TBC)
May 2027
Deadline for presenting authors to register
June 2027
Deadline for delegates to register
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Registration fees:
1 August 2024 - 31 March 2025: £415
1 April 2025 - 3 June 2025: £500​
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