Schedule






Conference Program Schedule


This conference is recognized as the top source of the latest technical information on fire protection engineering issues and emerging trends and research. The organizing program committee has assembled an exceptional program agenda for the upcoming Conference, featuring 30+ abstract sessions and remarkable general sessions and panels led by invited speakers.

Featured Sessions:

  • Opening Keynote: Luke Bisby, PEng, PhD, MSFPE, FREng, FRSE, FIFireE, FIStructE, Chartered Structural Engineer: Michelin Stars And Golden Arches

  • Day Two Keynote: Vasilis Koutsomarkos, Fire Engineer – Technical Policy Advisor, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) -Building Safety Division

  • General Session Speakers: Gianluca De Sanctis, PhD, Basler & Hofmann AG & Sofia Kourgiantaki, MSc, Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund; Martina Manes, PhD, University of Liverpool

  • Top Abstract Selected by the Program Committee: Standardized Façade Tests and Flammability: What Are We Measuring and Why? by Matthew Bonner, PhD, MSci (Hons), AIFireE 

  • Panel Discussions: Powering Safely: Battery Fire Challenges in Built Environment, and SFPE Foundation: Realizing Fire Safety with Building Information Modeling - Panelists to be announced.

Program schedule

sPEAKERS

Featured General Session Speakers

Luke Bisby

PEng, PhD, MSFPE, FREng, FRSE, FIFireE, FIStructE, Chartered Structural Engineer

Vasilis Koutsomarkos

Fire Engineer – Technical Policy Advisor, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) -Building Safety Division

Martina Manes

PhD, University of Liverpool

Gianluca De Sanctis

PhD, Basler & Hofmann AG

Sofia Kourgiantaki

MSc, Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund

2025 SFPE European Conference Top Abstract Award

This prestigious award is selected by the European Conference Program Committee, and it is awarded to the highest rated abstract submission. The winning abstract technical presentation titled "Standardized façade tests and flammability: What are we measuring and why?" will be presented on Wednesday, 9 April at 10:00 BST. Congratulations to this year’s winner! 

Matthew Bonner, PhD, MSci (Hons), AIFireE


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