Program

Monday, April 19

09:00–12:30

Introduction to fire spread modelling with SparkWorkshop

Dr Ana Ruiz Serrano — Room 4

09:00–16:00

Field data collection for fire behaviour researchWorkshop

Dr Priya Natarajan — Room 3

08:30–09:00

Welcome to Country and openingSpecial session

Royal Theatre

09:00–10:00

What the last decade of extreme fire has taught the modelsKeynote

Dr Ana Ruiz Serrano — Royal Theatre

Where operational fire spread models held up, where they failed, and what field measurement still needs to catch up.

10:00–10:30

Morning break

10:30–12:00

Pyroconvection: forecasting the fires that make their own weather

Dr Helena Okafor — Fire weather, Room 2

10:30–12:00

Live fuel moisture: from satellite to fireline

Dr Priya Natarajan — Fuels, Room 1

09:00–10:00

Cultural fire as fuel managementKeynote

Marcus Tallbear — Royal Theatre

10:30–12:00

Incident management across borders: lessons from Scandinavia

Jonas Lindqvist — Operations, Room 1

19:00–22:30

Conference dinnerSpecial session

National Arboretum

07:30–17:00

Field trip: Namadgi burn sitesSpecial session