Schedule

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Virtual Conference Schedule

Wednesday, March 24

All times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1)

10:00 - 10:05 Conference Kick-Off
Nicole Boston & Jack Poole
10:05 - 10:15 Welcome Remarks 
Wojciech Wegrzynski & Karl Wallasch 
10:15 - 10:45

General Session: Fire Safety Activities in European Commission DG Grow
Heikki Vanaanen
Breakout Track New Materials Structural Fire Safety Engineering
10:45 - 11:05

Energy Balance in Furnace Testing - Lessons Learned
Piotr Turkowski

 Intumescent Paint for Steel Protection Exposed to Natural Fire Curves
Marco Antonelli
11:05 - 11:25 Estimation of the Accuracy of Engineering Models on Wood Reaction to Fire According to Two Types of Flame Propagation
Jeremy Colombiano		 Thermal Actions for Structural Analysis of Existing Buildings: Case Study and Developments
Eric Tonicello

11:25 - 11:45 Thermal Response of Timber und Non-Standard Conditions
Franz Richter		 Renewable Raw Materials as Insulation Materials - Solutions for Fire Safe Buildings
Jochen Zehfuss
11:45 - 12:15 Break
12:15 - 12:45 SFPE Fire Safety Engineering in Europe: A Trivia Game
12:45-1:15

General Session: Achieving Sustainable Fire Safety 
Margaret McNamee
Breakout Track  Environmental Issues in FSE Industrial Buildings
13:15-13:35 Soot Characterization of Wildland Fuel
Nadia Mofidi		 Fire Hazard in large-Volume Buildings Affected by Multiple Fire
Gabriele Vigne
13:35-13:55 Embodied Carbon: Demands of Sustainability on Requirements for Fire Resistance in Construction
Shamim Rashid-Sumar		 Coupled Automatic and Manual Fire Protection Strategy for Top Load Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems
Benjamin Ditch & Wes Baker
13:55-14:15 Taking Steps to Prevent Construction Site Fires
Diana Jones		 Fire Safety Challenges with Pick Towers in Logistic Centre
Jimmy Jonsson
14:15 - 14:35 Break
Breakout Track New Challenges for FSE Project Examples
14:35 - 14:55 Fire Engineering for Co-Working Spaces
Karl Wallasch		 Fetes des Vignerons 2019. A Comparison Between Simulations and Reality During the Evacuation of 22-500 People
Oliver Burnier
14:55 - 15:15 Fire in Informal Settlements: The Effects of External Heating on Fire Development in Thermally Thin Compartments
Samuel Stevens		 Fire Protection of Historic Structures
Daniel Colombini
15:15 - 15:35

SFPE Foundation Track: Enhancing the Scientific Understanding of Fire and its' Interaction with the Natural and Build Environment
Noah Ryder

 Crowd Management: Fashion Show in Milano Central Station
Maria Lappano
15:40 - 16:10 Sponsored Breakout Track:

AGF Manufacturing: Vent to Prevent Corrosion
Jim McHugh

Everlux: Photoluminescent Safety Signs 'Low Location Lighting and Road Tunnels Signs'
Ricardo Ferro

Protectowire Fire Systems: Automatic Fire Detection & Suppression in Open Air Car Parks
Brooke Fishback
16:10 - 16:30 Break
16:30 - 17:00 General Session: Fire Safety Engineering from the Perspective of German Building Control-From DIN 18230 via Eurocodes to the Present
Michael Schleich
17:00 - 17:05 Day One Wrap Up
17:05 - 18:00 Women in Fire Protection Engineering Event

Thursday, March 25

 11:00-11:05 Welcome Remarks
Wojciech Wegrzynski & Karl Wallasch
 11:05-11:35 Timber Fire Engineering: Past, Present, and Future
Andrea Frangi
Breakout Track Occupants Behavior Probabilistic Risk
 11:35-11:55 Modelling Pedestrian Movement During Safety, Security and Routine Scenarios
Steve Gwynne		 A Semi-Probabilistic Design Framework for PB Evacuation Analysis in Fire
Gianluca De Sanctis
 11:55-12:15 Development of a BIM-Based Approach Towards Evacuation in Fire Conditions
Soheila Bigdeli 		 Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Pressure-losses Induced by Perforated Elements Investigation with the CFD Code Fire Dynamics Simulator for Smoke Clearance Engineering Studies
Virginie Drean
 12:15-12:35 Real-time Optimization of Evacuation from Buildings in Fire Hazard Conditions
Marcin Cisek		 SFPE Research Tools and Methods: Progress on the New SFPE Performance-Based Design Standard
Greg Baker
 12:35-13:05  Break
 13:05-13:35 General Session: Facade Fires - A Case for Global Data Collection
Birgitte Messerschmidt
Breakout Track Car Park 1- Smoke Control and Life Safety Façades 
 13:35-13:55 Fire Safety of Car Parks in Rapidly Growing Fire Scenarios
Wojciech Wegrzynski		 Quantifying Relative Flammability of Façades 
Matthew Bonner
 13:55-14:15 Objectifying the Safety Level in Underground Car Parks
Xavier Deckers		 Thermo-mechanical Performance of Glazed Curtain Walls in Fire Scenarios
Francesca Lugaresi
 14:15-14:35 Comparison of Smoke Ventilation of Basement Car Parks
Boris Stock		 Façade Fires-Foam Fire Protection in Ventilated Air Cavity 
Paulo Ramos
 14:35-14:50 Break
Breakout Track Car Park 2-Structural Resilience  Modelling 
14:50-15:10 Challenges in the Fire Safety of New and Existing Car Parks
Peter Van De Leur		 SIKET: Evaluation and Advancement of Safety Concepts for Railway Tunnels
Rainer Konnecke
15:10-15:30 Underground Car Parks Environment in Case of Fire - Statistical Analyses of the Problem Against Experimental Fire Tests Results and Standards Requirements 
Dorota Brzezinska		 Using Deep Learning to Facilitate Smart Fire Fighting 
Wai Cheong Tam
15:30-16:00

Sponsored Breakout Track:

FireRay: Do's and Don'ts of Beam Smoke Detector Applications, Placement & Spacing
Nigel Ward

Wiss, Janey, Elstner Associates: Combining Computer Modeling, Laboratory Testing, & Fire Engineering Principles 
Nick Ozog
16:00-16:15 Break
16:15-16:45  General Session: Planning and Testing of Smoke Management in Complex Building Geometries
Udo Kirchner
16:45-17:45 Panel Discussion: Fire Engineering in Europe
Kees Both, David Grossmann, Jimmy Jonsson, Heikki Vanaanen, Michael Schleich, Wojchiech Wegrzynski, Margaret McNamee, Birgitte Messerschmidt, Andrea Frangi & Udo Kirchner
16:45-17:00 Conference Wrap-Up
Nicole Boston & Jack Poole


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Virtual Conference Schedule

Wednesday, March 24

All times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1)

10:00 - 10:05 Conference Kick-Off
Nicole Boston & Jack Poole
10:05 - 10:15 Welcome Remarks 
Wojciech Wegrzynski & Karl Wallasch 
10:15 - 10:45

General Session: Fire Safety Activities in European Commission DG Grow
Heikki Vanaanen
Breakout Track New Materials Structural Fire Safety Engineering
10:45 - 11:05

Thermal Response of Timber und Non-Standard Conditions
Franz Richter

 Intumescent Paint for Steel Protection Exposed to Natural Fire Curves
Marco Antonelli
11:05 - 11:25 Estimation of the Accuracy of Engineering Models on Wood Reaction to Fire According to Two Types of Flame Propagation
Jeremy Colombiano		 Thermal Actions for Structural Analysis of Existing Buildings: Case Study and Developments
Eric Tonicello

11:25 - 11:45 Energy Balance in Furnace Testing - Lessons Learned
Piotr Turkowski		 Renewable Raw Materials as Insulation Materials - Solutions for Fire Safe Buildings
Jochen Zehfuss
11:45 - 12:15 Break
12:15 - 12:45 SFPE Fire Safety Engineering in Europe: A Trivia Game
12:45-1:15

General Session: Achieving Sustainable Fire Safety 
Margaret McNamee
Breakout Track  Environmental Issues in FSE Industrial Buildings
13:15-13:35 Soot Characterization of Wildland Fuel
Nadia Mofidi		 Fire Hazard in large-Volume Buildings Affected by Multiple Fire
Gabriele Vigne
13:35-13:55 Embodied Carbon: Demands of Sustainability on Requirements for Fire Resistance in Construction
Shamim Rashid-Sumar		 Coupled Automatic and Manual Fire Protection Strategy for Top Load Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems
Benjamin Ditch & Wes Baker
13:55-14:15 Taking Steps to Prevent Construction Site Fires
Diana Jones		 Fire Safety Challenges with Pick Towers in Logistic Centre
Jimmy Jonsson
14:15 - 14:35 Break
Breakout Track New Challenges for FSE Project Examples
14:35 - 14:55 Fire Engineering for Co-Working Spaces
Karl Wallasch		 Fetes des Vignerons 2019. A Comparison Between Simulations and Reality During the Evacuation of 22-500 People
Oliver Burnier
14:55 - 15:15 Fire in Informal Settlements: The Effects of External Heating on Fire Development in Thermally Thin Compartments
Samuel Stevens		 Fire Protection of Historic Structures
Daniel Colombini
15:15 - 15:35

SFPE Foundation Track: Enhancing the Scientific Understanding of Fire and its' Interaction with the Natural and Build Environment
Noah Ryder

 Crowd Management: Fashion Show in Milano Central Station
Maria Lappano
15:40 - 16:10 Sponsored Breakout Track:

Protectowire Fire Systems: Automatic Fire Detection & Suppression in Open Air Car Parks
Brooke Fishback

AGF Manufacturing: Vent to Prevent Corrosion
Jim McHugh

Everlux: Photoluminescent Safety Signs 'Low Location Lighting and Road Tunnels Signs'
Ricardo Ferro
16:10 - 16:30 Break
16:30 - 17:00 General Session: Fire Safety Engineering from the Perspective of German Building Control-From DIN 18230 via Eurocodes to the Present
Michael Schleich
17:00 - 17:05 Day One Wrap Up
17:05 - 18:00 Women in Fire Protection Engineering Event

Thursday, March 25

 11:00-11:05 Welcome Remarks
Wojciech Wegrzynski & Karl Wallasch
 11:05-11:35 Timber Fire Engineering: Past, Present, and Future
Andrea Frangi
Breakout Track Occupants Behavior Probabilistic Risk
 11:35-11:55 Modelling Pedestrian Movement During Safety, Security and Routine Scenarios
Steve Gwynne		 A Semi-Probabilistic Design Framework for PB Evacuation Analysis in Fire
Gianluca De Sanctis
 11:55-12:15 Development of a BIM-Based Approach Towards Evacuation in Fire Conditions
Melchior Schepers 		 Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Pressure-losses Induced by Perforated Elements Investigation with the CFD Code Fire Dynamics Simulator for Smoke Clearance Engineering Studies
Virginie Drean
 12:15-12:35 Real-time Optimization of Evacuation from Buildings in Fire Hazard Conditions
Marcin Cisek		 SFPE Research Tools and Methods: Progress on the New SFPE Performance-Based Design Standard
Greg Baker
 12:35-13:05  Break
 13:05-13:35 General Session: Facade Fires - A Case for Global Data Collection
Birgitte Messerschmidt
Breakout Track Car Park 1- Smoke Control and Life Safety Façades 
 13:35-13:55 Fire Safety of Car Parks in Rapidly Growing Fire Scenarios
Wojciech Wegrzynski		 Quantifying Relative Flammability of Façades 
Matthew Bonner
 13:55-14:15 Objectifying the Safety Level in Underground Car Parks
Xavier Deckers		 Thermo-mechanical Performance of Glazed Curtain Walls in Fire Scenarios
Francesca Lugaresi
 14:15-14:35 Comparison of Smoke Ventilation of Basement Car Parks
Boris Stock		 Façade Fires-Foam Fire Protection in Ventilated Air Cavity 
Paulo Ramos
 14:35-14:50 Break
Breakout Track Car Park 2-Structural Resilience  Modelling 
14:50-15:10 Challenges in the Fire Safety of New and Existing Car Parks
Peter Van De Leur		 SIKET: Evaluation and Advancement of Safety Concepts for Railway Tunnels
Rainer Konnecke
15:10-15:30 Underground Car Parks Environment in Case of Fire - Statistical Analyses of the Problem Against Experimental Fire Tests Results and Standards Requirements 
Dorota Brzezinska		 Using Deep Learning to Facilitate Smart Fire Fighting 
Wai Cheong Tam
15:30-16:00 Sponsored Breakout Track:

Wiss, Janey, Elstner Associates

FireRay 
16:00-16:15 Break
16:15-16:45  General Session: Planning and Testing of Smoke Management in Complex Building Geometries
Udo Kirchner
16:45-17:45 Panel Discussion: Fire Engineering in Europe
Kees Both, David Grossmann, Jimmy Jonsson, Heikki Vanaanen, Michael Schleich, Wojchiech Wegrzynski, Margaret McNamee, Birgitte Messerschmidt, Andrea Frangi & Udo Kirchner
16:45-17:00 Conference Wrap-Up
Nicole Boston & Jack Poole