The UK and Ireland’s first industry event for sauna operators, practitioners and builders

20 May 2024, Netil 360, London E8

BSS members get a 33% discount (max 2 tickets). Log in to your account to get the code. Not a member? Join today.

Summit Award nominations close on 6th May – Vote Here

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Summit Award nominations close on 6th May – Vote Here 🏆

The Sauna Summit brings together Sauna Owners, Operators, brilliant ritual practitioners, and those who we all rely on for a supercharged day of inspiration, learning and connection.

We will present the first ever UK Sauna Industry Awards sponsored by Harvia. Then we’ll top it off with a fabulous roof top sauna party overlooking London with DJ Rob da Bank!

It's going to be quite the day and quite a party. Bring it on! Tickets are very limited so grab yours today before they are gone…

Venue partner

Programme

Subject to changes, more details to come!

Monday, 20 May 2024

09:00-09:30 Arrivals, registration and coffee social
09:30-10:00 Welcome remarks
10:00-10:20 Opening keynote
10:20-11:00 Panel presentation and Q&A: Trends, growth, challenges and opportunities in the UK and Ireland sauna scene

11:00-11:30 Break – coffee, tea & networking

11:30-12:00 The home of sauna – Finland and Estonia
12:00-12:30 Regeneration and reclamation of public spaces - and the Norway scene

12:30-13:30 Lunch break

13:30-14:15 Sauna operators and business owners’ workshop
14:15-14:45 Afternoon keynotes
14:45-15:30 Sauna design, build and technology workshop

15:30-16:00 Break – tea, coffee & networking

16:00-16:45 Holding the Sauna Space – sauna practitioners’ workshop
16:45-17:30 How might sauna transform the health of the UK?
17:30-18:00 Open mic / lightning talks
18:00-18:30 Closing remarks and industry awards

18:30-22:00 Rooftop sauna party!

Get together with fellow sauna heads. There four rooftop saunas overlooking London skyline. The bar is open and pizza ovens are hot too. DJ Rob Da Bank on the decks!

Win a trip to the home of sauna!

Here’s a saunatastic treat for you – the lovely Finnish people at Visit Tampere have offered an amazing trip for 2 to the Sauna Capital including travel and hotels and access to 4 of the beautiful public saunas. All paid Sauna Summit ticket holders will be entered into the Prize Draw and a name pulled from the hat at the end of the day.

Secure your tickets now! They are limited and when they’re gone they’re gone.

  • Trip to Tampere – the Sauna Capital of the World

    2 flights from the UK or Ireland (airports with direct flights to Helsinki) and return train tickets from Helsinki Airport to Tampere.

    2 nights in a hotel (1 double/twin room, with breakfast)

    4 sauna tickets to public saunas in the Sauna Capital (Tampere and the surrounding region)

    The prize is offered by Visit Tampere and it’s valid until the end of 2024.

    (If any of the selected saunas are closed on the day the winner plans to use the prize, we'll try to find an alternative public sauna for them.)

The Sauna Summit is a not-for-profit event organised by the British Sauna Society and run by volunteers for the benefit of the sauna industry.

Speakers, hosts and panellists

Summit themes

Design, build and technology

Health and science

Rituals, practice and guided experiences

Business growth and operators

When and where?

20 May 2024
9 am to 10 pm

Netil360
1 Westgate Street
Hackney
London, E8 3RL

Our purpose

In the past few years, sauna culture has seen explosive growth in the British Isles.

Britain and Ireland are home to close to 100 saunas accessible to general public. Most of them have grown as part of a new moment – centred around healthy lifestyle, community and nature connection.

The media have taken an unprecedented interest in the rise of sauna, with most major outlets including the BBC, The Times, The Guardian, The Economist and many more running extensive features in the past year.

Vocations like Sauna Master, Sauna Operator and Sauna Builder have emerged as real options for self-actualisation and making a living.

The sauna movement needs its own professional event, a gathering where we can upgrade our understanding, find solutions to shared challenges and make connections with each other.

This is an event for those who push the sauna movement forward – created and organised by people within the movement, who live and breathe sauna and want to share its joys and benefits with others.

Bar. Pizza. Sauna!

The Summit afterparty from 6.30 pm to 10 pm

Get your sweat on in four rooftop saunas and on the dancefloor with the BBC Radio 1 DJ and sauna and wellness entrepreneur

Rob Da Bank

Tickets

Full ticket £75

Includes entry to daytime talks, workshops + sauna afterparty

Evening ticket £25

Includes entry the sauna afterparty only.

BSS members get a 33% discount (max 2 tickets). Log in to your account for a discount code.

About the organisers

The British Sauna Society was established in 2014 by a group of Brits and European ex-pats. They had experienced the awe of authentic sauna and wanted to connect with fellow enthusiasts and encourage more of it in the UK.

A decade later, it’s been a driving factor in a UK sauna ‘revolution’, with exponential growth of authentic sauna experiences across the UK.

Thanks to our headline sponsors