13th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science
The dates of the 13th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science will be April 26 – April 30, 2021, with workshops to be held on April 24 and 25 at the University of Waterloo, Canada. See http://iafss2020.ca for details.
The Symposium is the premier fire safety science meeting in the world. It has been organized triennially since 1985 by the IAFSS. The program features invited lectures from the world’s top fire science researchers, parallel sessions with presentations of fully peer-reviewed papers and poster sessions for recent work over the five days of the Symposium. In addition to the technical sessions, numerous social activities are planned to cater for informal meeting and networking with colleagues and friends. Symposium activities will be preceded by a series of weekend workshops.
Research areas of interest include material behaviour in fires, fire dynamics, fire chemistry, structures in fire, fire suppression, wildland and WUI fires, evacuation and human behaviour, fire risk analysis and fire safety design. Other topics include fire detection and smoke control, explosions and industrial fires, fire codes and standards and fire safety management.
Important dates:
- Full paper submission deadline: 6 September 2019
- Preliminary decision: 13 November 2019
- Revision deadline: 13 December 2019
- Final decision: 23 December 2019
Program Co-Chairs:
Naian Liu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Sara McAllister, USDA Forest Service, United States
Local Host:
Elizabeth Weckman
University of Waterloo, Canada
