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PRE-CONFERENCE
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Monday 27 March
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0830-1100
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Seminar Registration
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0900-1730
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Professional Development Seminar - Introduction to Fire Risk Assessment
Registration Required – (Day 1 of 2)
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Tuesday 28 March
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0830-1100
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Seminar Registration
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0900-1730
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Professional Development Seminar – Introduction to Fire Risk Assessment
(Day 2 of 2)
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0900-1730
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Professional Development Seminar - Introduction to Performance-Based Design (Engineering Solutions) and Regulation in Europe - Registration Required - (Day 1 of 1)
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0900-1730
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Professional Development Seminar – Human Behavior in Fires - Registration Required - (Day 1 of 1)
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1700–1830
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Conference Registration
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1800-1900
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Offisite Cocktail Reception (All invited) (Generously Supported by Jensen Hughes) 
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Wednesday 29 March
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0700 – 0830
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Expo & Poster Set-up
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0830 – 1700
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Conference Registration
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5th SFPE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING
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0900 – 0915
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Opening General Session
Welcome to the 5th SFPE European Conference on Fire Safety Engineering
Nicole Boston, SFPE CEO; Jimmy Jӧnsson, SFPE 2023 President; Udo Kirchner & Karl Wallasch, Conference Co-Chairs
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0915 – 1000
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Opening Keynote:
Competence and Responsibility in the Practice of Fire Safety Engineering
Jose L Torero, PhD, CEng, FSFPE
Professional practice requires clear standards of competency. With this competency comes significant responsibility. This presentation will explore the definition of what a competent fire safety engineer is and what responsibilities are assumed by the practitioner through the knowledge and attributes embedded in competent practice.
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1000 – 1030
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General Session
The Changing Role of a Fire Engineer - A Perspective from the UK
Irene de Lezcano-Mujica Gonzalez, MEng (Hons), AIFireE
The role of the fire engineer in the UK is changing. Following the Grenfell Tower fire, a public inquiry and an independent review of the Building Regulations and fire safety practice in the UK was commissioned, which identified issues with the competency of all roles within the UK construction industry. This included fire safety engineers, which do not currently have a set of minimum requirements to carry out their profession. Fire safety guidance in the UK, but also in the rest of Europe and worldwide, is shifting to a more performance-based approach. This presentation will discuss new guidance and methods in the UK that aim to assess the competence of what has become an increasingly complex and specialized technical skillset. It will also discuss the main principles and methodology to establish a fire safety specific framework for demonstrating competency.
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1030 – 1100
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Morning Networking Break & Expo (Generously Supported by Protectowire)
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Breakout Sessions
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Track A
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Track B
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Building Fire Protection
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Structural Fire Engineering
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1100 – 1125
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Fire Engineering Analysis on Heritage Industrial Engineering Structures
Roberto Cerdeiriña, Msc, EUR-ING FEANI, Director, JVVA; Andrea Bartolini, Director Fire Engineering ImTech s.r.l.
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Structural Fire Design of Room Cell Buildings in Steel Construction
Laura Biermann, M.Sc., Structural Fire Engineer, BFT Planung GmbH
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1125 – 1150
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Car Fires in Multi-story Parking Garages
Serdar Selamet, PhD, Associate Professor, Bogazici University
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Coupling the Fire Simulation and Structural Analysis through Adiabatic Surface Temperature
Humza Khan, AIFIreE, GMICE, Jensen Hughes
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1150 – 1215
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Non-propagating Containers: Achieving Risk Reduction in Top-Loading Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems
Benjamin Ditch, Sr. Lead Research Engineer, FM Global
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Structural Fire Assessment of an Existing Tunnel Using Performance-based Approach and Design
Eric Tonicello, Bsc Civil Eng., PEng, Fire and Structural Engineer - Director, ISI - Ingénierie et Sécurité Incendie Sàrl
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1215 – 1315
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Networking Lunch & Expo
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1215 - 1315
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SFPE Women in Fire Protection Engineering Networking Lunch
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1315 – 1330
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Sponsored Presentation
Fire Protection for Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage - A Manageable Fire Risk
Dipl,-Ing. Gerd Hulsen, Head of Fire Safety Application Engineering at Siemens Smart Infrustructure
Learn about the fire hazards that Lithium-ion batter energy storage facilities present including thermal runaway, along with the most effective detection and suppression solutions. 
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1330 – 1400
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General Session
Application of Fire Safety Engineering in the Building Permission Procedure in the Federal Republic of Germany
Dr. -Ing. Michael Schleich
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Breakout Sessions
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Track A
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Track B
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Building Envelope
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Resilience & Sustainability
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1405 – 1430
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Prioritizing Risk in Existing Buildings with Flammable Facades: Learning from Industry and Research
Matthew Bonner, PhD, MSci(Hons), AIFireE, Fire Engineer - Research Lead, Trigon Fire Safety LTD
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Fires on Industrial Flat Roofs with Solar Panels: This Is What We Learn from It.
René de Feijter, Bbe IAAI-CFI, Project Leader Fire Investigations, Efectis Nederland BV
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1430 – 1455
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Flame Length in Ventilated Cavity Walls
Paul Hoondert, MSc, Consultant Fire Safety Engineering, DGMR Consulting Engineers
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Performance-based Fire Safety Design of Buildings with PV Installations in Norway - key challenges
Brynhild Garberg Olsø, M.Sc., Research Scientist, SINTEF
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1455 – 1520
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Experimental Investigation of Moisture Content Influence on the Fire Behavior of Modular Living Walls
Jakub Bielawski, Fire Safety Engineer, Instytut Techniki Budowlanej
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Grand Challenges in Resilience & Sustainability: Developing a 10-year Strategic Plan for the Field
Natalia Flores Quiroz, PhD, GCI Research Fellow & Post-Doc, Stellenbosch University & Seth E. Sienkiewicz, PE, GCI Resilience & Sustainability Chair & AVP, Sr. Lead Research Engineer, FM Global
Supported by SFPE Foundation
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1520 – 1550
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Afternoon Networking Break & Poster Presentations
(Generously Supported by Siemens)
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Breakout Sessions
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Track A
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Track B
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Building Fire Protection / Digitalization
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Human Behavior / Wildland Fires
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1550 – 1615
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Global Plan for a Decade of Action for Fire Safety - Overview and Current Status
Brian Meacham, PhD, PE, CEng, EUR ING, FIFire, FSFPE, Managing Principal, Meacham Associates
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Evacuation Behavior in Retirement Facilities
Anass Rahouti, PhD, Fire Safety Engineer, VK Architects+Engineers
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1615 – 1640
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A methodology for evaluating costs and benefits of fire protection in buildings - conclusions of a review study
Ruben Van Coile, PhD, Associate Professor, Ghent University
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Lessons for Evacuation Learned from Field Observations of Large Events During the Pandemic
Steve Gwynne, PhD, Research Lead, Movement Strategies / GHD
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1640– 1705
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Digital Transformation of Fire Safety Engineering Practices
Melchior Schepers, ir., Project Manager, Jensen Hughes
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A Probabilistic Mesoscopic Model for Fire Evacuation in Large Gatherings
Lorenzo Contini, MSc, Fire Safety Engineer at CERN, Switzerland
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1705 – 1730
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Application of Machine Learning Techniques for Semantic Enrichment of BIM model for development of automated code compliance checker
Soheila Bigdeli, PhD Candidate, Ghent University & Project Engineer, Jensen Hughes
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Simulations of Wind-driven Firebrand Accumulation around Vertical Wall Elements
Simona Dossi, PhD Candidate / Early Career Researcher, Imperial College London
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TRANSFER TO EVENT
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1830 – 1945
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Offsite Reception hosted by the SFPE and SFPE Germany Chapter
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Thursday 30 March
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0730 – 1330
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Registration & Expo (expo breakdown after lunch)
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0830 – 0900
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General Session
Today’s Challenges & Tomorrow’s Triumphs – Exploring our Role as Individuals, as a Profession, and as a Global Society
Nicole Boston, SFPE CEO; Chris Jelenewicz, PE, FSPFE, SFPE Chief Engineer
In this era of constant change and constant challenges – where environmental unease and an ever-present focus on sustainability drive our focus toward new ideas, collaboration, and performance – there is a role for each of us as individuals, for our fire protection engineering profession, and for SFPE as our global professional society. With a healthy dose of reality and future-focused outcomes, this talk will explore how you, how our profession, and how SFPE can champion triumphs for tomorrow.
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0900 – 0930
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General Session
Performance-based Design – Application of Fire Safety Engineering in Germany – Guideline of the German Fire Protection Association
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Jochen Zehfuss, Professor and Head of Department of Fire Safety, Institute of Building Materials, Concrete Structures and Fire Safety (iBMB), TU Braunschweig, Germany
The guideline "Fire Protection Engineering" published by the German Fire Protection Association (GFPA), explains and presents the basic principles, boundary conditions and applications for fire safety engineering methods such as the definition of objectives, fire scenarios, fire and egress simulations and structural fire engineering. Since its first publication in 2006, the guideline has been the essential reference for fire safety engineering methods in German-speaking countries.
This presentation will discuss the most recent edition (English version published 2022). In addition to the description and evaluation of newly developed approaches and procedures, a focus is placed on the standardization and the improvement of the quality of the verification through suitable validation and documentation.
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0930 – 1030
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General Session – Panel Discussion
Moderated by David Grossmann & Wojciech Węgrzyński, Dr Hab Inż
Invited Panelists: Peter Holland, CBE QFSM FIFireE (Life); Lucia Ortega, Jimmy Jönsson BSc Fire MSc Risk FSFPE; Prof Bart Merci; Miroslav Gojic
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1030 – 1100
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Morning Networking Break & Expo 
(Generously Supported by HRS Systems)
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Breakout Sessions |
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Track A
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Track B
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Mass Timber
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Fire Testing
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1100 – 1125
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Fire Development in Timber Buildings Considering the Structural Fire Load
Jochen Zehfuß, Prof. Dr., Full Professor and Head of Department Fire Safety, TU Braunschweig; Sven Brunkhorst, M.Sc.
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Addressing Statistical Variation in Furniture-scale Fire Testing
David Morrisset, PhD Student, The University of Edinburgh
Supported by SFPE Foundation
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1125 – 1150
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Review of Current Understanding of Fire Experiments in Tall Timber Compartments
Harry Mitchell, PhD Student, Hazelab, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Design and Testing of a Ventilated Wooden Façade for the Plaines-Du-Loup Car Park in Lausanne
Olivier Burnier, Peng, PFSPE, Expert in fire protection APIB, Fire Safety & Engineering SA
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1150 – 1215
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Can Algorithms Predict the Charring Rate of Timber in Fire?
Rikesh Amin, PhD Researcher, Imperial College London
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Timber Protected Using Intumescent: Studies on Swelling of Coating and Charring of Timber
Stavros Spyridakis, MSc, MIEAust, CPEng, NER, PhD Candidate, Fire Safety Engineer, The University of Queensland, Arup
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1215 – 1310
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Networking Lunch & Expo
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1215 - 1310
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Networking Lunch
SFPE101: An Introduction to SFPE for New Members
Join this networking lunch to hear SFPE highlights - perfect for new members looking to learn more about the Society's programs and engagement opportunities (and long-time members looking for a refresher and to meet new members).
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1310 – 1325
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Sponsored Presentation
IEEE Standards: Educational Programs & Standards Developing Process
Ernesto Vega Janica, Sr. Manager, IEEE Standards Association
This presentation will provide general guidance and raise awareness of standards content and how educational programs have been evolving.
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1325 – 1355
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General Session
Your SFPE Foundation: Fire Engineering Research, Tools, & Education to Address WUI Fires
Peter Senez, M.Eng., P.Eng., Chair, SFPE Foundation Board of Governors
This presentation will provide an overview of the SFPE Foundation’s recent research projects and initiatives aimed at developing fire engineering expertise and tools in the SFPE Research Roadmap area of Wildfires/Wildland-Urban Interface Fires. Participants will learn about: (1) the findings of the SFPE Foundation’s WUI Working Group Initiative, an effort to scope out areas where practicing fire engineers can contribute globally to addressing the problem of fire and related hazards in the WUI, including next steps in developing industry-wide guidance and tool development; and (2) how the SFPE Foundation is drawing on fire engineering-based science and expertise to develop risk assessment and mitigation guidance and training for fire service personnel conducting property risk assessments in WUI areas. The presentation will conclude with opportunities to get involved for a global audience.
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1355 – 1425
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General Session
The Importance of Competency in Fire Safety Engineering
Prof. Bart Merci
Fire safe designs for modern complex buildings often require a performance-based design approach. Many decisions must be made, and the overall design must be assessed. This requires competency in Fire Safety Engineering. The presentation will address some thoughts hereon.
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1425 – 1440
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Afternoon Break 
(Generously Supported by Peerless Pump)
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Breakout Sessions
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Track A
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Track B
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Mass Timber/Structural Fire Engineering
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Fire Dynamics/Smoke Control
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1440 – 1505
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Application of Performance-based Fire Design in Timber Projects in Finland
Mikko Salminen, PhD, Markku Kauriala Ltd Fire Engineering and Fire Safety Consultants
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PyroProBiD - Development of a Pyrolysis Prognosis Model for Biogenic Insulation Materials
Patrick Sudhoff, MSc, Research Associate, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
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1505 – 1530
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The Coupling Effect of Fire Protection and Traveling Fire Spread Rate on Steel-composite Structures: A Numerical Investigation
Zhuojun Nan, BEng, MSc, PhD Candidate, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Roof Aerodynamics and Smoke Ventilators - Escaping the Discharge Coefficient Paradigm
Wojciech Węgrzyński, Dr Hab Inż., Professor of ITB, Instytut Techniki Budowlanej
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1530 – 1555
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Grand Challenges in Energy & Infrastructure: Developing a 10-year Strategic Plan for the Field
Enrico Danzi, PhD, GCI Research Fellow & Post-Doc, Politecnico di Torino & Kieran Ager, PEng, GCI Energy & Infrastructure Chair & Technical Director/Branch Manager – Calgary, LMDG
Supported by SFPE Foundation
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Sensitivity analysis of simulation input parameters, a comparison between flame spread and cone calorimeter setups
Tassia Quaresma, MSc Chemical Engineer, Doctoral researcher, Forschungszentrum Jülich
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1600 – 1645
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Closing Keynote:
Regulating Fire Safety in England
Peter Holland, CBE QFSM FIFireE (Life)
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1645 – 1700
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Summary & Closing Remarks
Udo Kirchner & Karl Wallasch, Conference Co-Chairs
David Grossmann, SFPE Europe Chair
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1700 – 1800
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Closing Reception
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