Sauna Summit 2024

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 and then 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…

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

Schedule (subject to changes, more detail to follow)

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 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 – teal, 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!

Hosts

• Emma O'Kelly & Gabrielle Reason

Workshop leads

• Liz Watson
• Gabrielle Reason
• Wendy Liu
• Katie Bracher

Speakers and panellists

• Ragna Marie Fjeld (Oslo Badstuforening)
• Jake Newport (Finnmark Sauna)
• Glenn Auerbach (Sauna Times)
• Mikkel Aaland (Perfect Sweat & Sauna Aid)
• Knut Lerhol (Badstofolk)

• Terhi Ruutu (Terhen)
• Tom de Wilton (The Saunaverse)
• Max Newport (Finnmark Sauna)

Artists

• DJ Rob Da Bank (BBC Radio 1 & Slow Motion Wellness)
• Barry Sykes
• DJ Nik Torrens (ex-Resident Advisor)

Headline sponsors

• Finnmark Sauna
• Spa Dispatch
• Narvi
• Heartwood Saunas
• Wunderbook

Special guest sponsor

• Visit Tampere – The Sauna Capital

Venue partners

• Netil360
• RooftopSaunas

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.

Tickets

Full ticket £75 - includes entry to daytime talks, workshops + sauna afterparty

Evening ticket £25 - includes entry the sauna afterparty only.

British Sauna Society members get a 33% discount on tickets (max 2). Check the newsletter or log in to your account to get the code. Not a member? Check the newsletter or log in to your account to get the code.