ECSS Lausanne 2026: Coming back to the Olympic Capital
Dear [Name],
We are delighted to announce that the 31st ECSS Annual Congress in 2026 will be held from 7 to 10 July in the Olympic Capital Lausanne, in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland, under the motto of
Coming back to the Olympic Capital
Our local hosts are the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with Emeritus Professor Bengt Kayser (UNIL) as Congress President and Emeritus Professor Kamiar Aminian (EPFL) as Congress Co-President.
UNIL was founded in 1537 as a school of theology, before being declared a university in 1890. With an illustrious 450-year-old history, UNIL is the second oldest in Switzerland and one of the oldest universities in the world to be in continuous operation. As of 2023, close to 17,000 students are enrolled at UNIL in various faculties. EPFL was founded in 1853 as a private school, which in 1969 became one of Switzerland’s two federal institutes of technology. Today, EPFL boasts of students, faculty and staff from over 120 nations. Read more about our host institutions here and the local Congress presidents’ welcome here.
True to its motto, the ECSS Annual Congress heads back to the city of Lausanne after two decades and will be held at the SwissTech Convention Center, a state-of-the-art congress facility located on the edge of the beautiful lake-side UNIL-EPFL Campus. Read more about the SwissTech Convention Center here.
Known as the Olympic Capital, Lausanne is renowned worldwide for hosting the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as well as over 50 international sports federations, associations, foundations and other entities involved in sports. The greater Lausanne region is also a vibrant science, technology and business hub, bringing together a multicultural and international set of academic, entrepreneurial, business and policy leaders from various scientific fields. Key areas include engineering, with a focus on technology and innovation, biotechnology, health, medical engineering, education and research, life sciences as well as social, human and natural sciences where sport science serves as a major focus within these clusters.
Visit our ECSS Lausanne 2026 website to not miss any updates.
We look forward to a great Congress and to welcoming you to Lausanne in the summer of 2026!
