08:45 - 09:30
Plenary Room
Arrival and registration
UK Wildfire Forecasts and Risk Assessments within an International Context
Met Office
Coffee break - served in the Exhibition Hall
Not just water, but also fire! Wildfire management in The Netherlands
Edwin Kok - Netherlands Institute for Public Safety (NIPV)
Q&A Session
Breakout Room
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:50
11:50 - 12:10
12:10 - 12:40
12:40 - 13:40
13:40 - 14:10
14:10 - 14:30
14:30 - 14:50
14:50 - 15:10
15:10 - 15:40
15:40 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:00
Day 1 - 12th November
Global Perspectives
Formal Conference Opening
Scottish Government Resilience Division - Minister
Opening Address
Katrina Candy - The Heather Trust
Keynote Speech
Marc Castellnou - University of Lleida Master Fuego
Building Wildfire Resilient Communities in Europe: Insights from the UK and Ireland
Christine Eriksen - University of Bern
Speaker
Martin Ogilvie - Dumfries and Galloway Council
Lunch and poster viewing in the Exhibition Hall
Keynote Speech
Prof Tiago Oliveira - AGIF
Perceptions of Wildfire Science, Policy, and Management: A Pilot Study
Sarah Cowan - York University
Speaker
Torgrim Logg - Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Keynote Speech
Val Charlton - Landworks South Africa
Keynote Speech
Dewi Rose - England and Wales Wildfire Forum
Q&A Session, plus announcements
Creating an International Evidence-Based Strategy for UK Community Wildfire Resilience
Victoria Amato - SWCA Environmental Consultants
Burning down the house(s). Future fire severity likelihoods to inform fire management.
Douglas Kelley - UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Coffee break - served in the Exhibition Hall
Assessing wildfire vulnerability of touristic infrastructures
Bruno Guillaume - Efectis France
Evaluating the radiative impact and secondary effects of albedo changes following African landscape fires
Michaela Flegrova -
The Great Fuel Moisture Survey: developing fundamental wildfire science and sustainable community owned agency
Nicholas Kettridge, University of Birmingham
Plenary Room
Fighting Future Fires: Integrating Sensors, Machine Learning and Satellite Earth Observation to Combat Wildfire Risk
Tia Crouch - The National Trust
Coffee break - served in the Exhibition Hall
Q&A Session
Breakout Room
Raising awareness of the public health impacts of wildfires in the UK
Andrew Kibble - UK Health Security Agency
What is the IDEAL UK Fire for?
Sarah Baker - University of Exeter
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:20
10:20 - 10:40
10:40 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:20
11:20 - 11:40
11:40 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:20
15:20 - 15:40
16:50 - 17:00
16:30 - 16:50
15:40 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:30
Day 2 - 13th November
What are we doing in the UK?
Keynote Speech
Francesca Osowska - NatureScot
Wildfire impacts on upland vegetation
Robin Pakeman - James Hutton Institute
An Integrated Wildfire Management Plan for the Cairngorms National Park
Colin McLean - Cairngorms National Park Authority
Towards a UK Fire Danger Rating System: developing tools for a resilient future
Gareth Clay - The University of Manchester
Shining a light on prescribed fire: claims versus evidence
Andreas Heinemeyer - University of York
Lunch and poster viewing in the Exhibition Hall
Round table: Prescribed burning to create resilient landscapes
Eric Baird - Glentanar Ranger Service (Chairing)
Craig Hope - SWFRS
Steve Maynard - Peak District National Park Authority
Ross Ewing - Scottish Land & Estates
Donna Smith - Scottish Crofting Federation
Alex Held - European Forest Institute
Coffee break - served in the Exhibition Hall
Challenges to controlled burning by crofters in the Scottish Highlands
Cathy Smith - Royal Holloway, University of London
Wildfire Recovery through Conservation Grazing: Building Resilience in an Upland Habitat
James Fisher - The National Trust
Keynote Speech
Jim Savege - Aberdeenshire Council
Q&A Session, plus announcements
Summary and closing remarks
Landscape controls on fuel moisture variability in fire-prone heathland and peatland landscapes
Kerryn Little - University of Birmingham
Conference close
Social and other events during the conference
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