| DAY 1 –THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER | ||
9:00am | Conference Opening and Welcome to Country | |
9:15am | Opening Address | |
9:25am | Fuelling resilience: How science, communities, and partnerships reduce wildfire risk | |
10:05am | Keynote Presentation – Grampians fire overview and lessons learned | |
11:30am | National Hazards Research Australia update – Dr Rowena Morris, NHRA | |
11:50am | Gold Sponsor Presentation – FireFly | |
12:00pm | Discussion + Q&A – NCC2022 and Specification 43 – Stephen Kip – SKIP Consulting | |
1:45pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
An overview of recent CFA research into | Understanding ember behaviour through testing | |
2:15pm | Quantitative bushfire risk assessment for | Balancing the intersection between condensation |
2:45pm | Water-based bushfire protection – an update | National Bushfire Intelligence Capability: New |
3:45pm | SA State-wide Bushfire Hazards Overlay Code Amendment update – Leah Bertolini – SACFS | |
4:15pm | Panel Discussion | |
DAY 2 – FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER | ||
8:30am | Welcome back and FPA Australia update Dr Maria Kornakova – FPA Australia | |
8:45am | Geographic tools for fire assessment on the wildland urban interface Dr David Bowman – UTAS | |
9:15am | AFDRS (Australian Fire Danger Rating System) Bart Pindor – CFA | |
9:45am | Managing bushfire risk: The curious case of private bushfire shelters Stephen Kip – SKIP Consulting | |
10:45am | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
A brave new world: calculation of radiant heat flux and bushfire attack levels with Vesta Mk 2 forest model Anthony Power – Covey Associates & Cedaryn | Performance-based strategy for underground bushfire shelter Camilo Montoya – Stantec | |
11:15am | A comprehensive approach to bushfire safety for vulnerable occupancies Alexander Glennon – SKIP Consulting | Building the next generation of post-disaster survey tools Elana Berton – CSIRO, National Bushfire Intelligence Capability |
11:45am | Stay or go and beyond: Household evacuation decisions and travel behaviour during three recent Australian bushfires Erica Kuligowski – RMIT University | Novel approaches for spatial bushfire risk modelling James Hilton – Covey/Cedaryn |
1:00pm | International Speaker: Directional analysis of community wildfire evacuation capabilities Dr. Jen Beverly – Associate Professor, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, CA | |
1:30pm | Bushfire-adaptive homes: Fire-resilient construction, materials, compliance with AS 3959, BAL-rated design approaches, and the application of bushfire protection standards Dr Raphaele Blanchi – CSIRO | |
2:00pm | Exploring FZ design and construction, with Q&A Nat Andrews and David Boverman | |
2:30pm | Panel discussion – Barriers to developing gold standard bushfire resilient designs | |