This international SCANVAC conference is organized by Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT). The previous eleven ICSS events were successfully held at Rovaniemi, Finland (1994), Reykjavik, Iceland (1997), Sapporo, Japan (2000), Trondheim, Norway (2003), Moscow, Russia (2006), Greenland, Denmark (2009), Calgary, Canada (2012), Dalian, China (2015), Kiruna, Sweden (2018), Tallinn, Estonia (2021, online), Anchorage, America (2023). Following this trend, ICSS 2023 will be held in Harbin, which is a provincial capital city in Heilongjiang Province.

The conference organizer is Harbin Institute of Technology, hosted by the School of Architecture and Design. Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), located in Harbin, China, is a national key university and is known as the ‘cradle of engineers’. The Heating, Gas, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Engineering program has a long history at HIT, dating back as far as 1949 in the direction of heating and ventilation, and is fully developed in the areas of district heating, air conditioning and refrigeration, and gas transmission and distribution.

Harbin is located in northeastern China, the beautiful Songhua River passes through the city, bringing endless beauty and abundance. 125°42′~130°10′ east longitude, 44°04′~46°40′ north latitude orientation gives her a unique golden time, as well as being voted as the music city by the United Nations and attracting millions of tourists every year all over the world.. Harbin is located in the center of Northeast Asia, known as the Pearl of the Eurasian Continental Bridge, the first Eurasian Continental Bridge and an important hub of the air corridor.