Program Committee

2027 Conference Program Committee

Make plans to join your peers as the global fire protection and safety engineering community convenes at the SFPE27 European Conference & Expo on Fire Safety Engineering in Geneva, Switzerland.

The program committee represents SFPE, SFPE Europe and SFPE European chapters and members to ensure that highly relevant and engaging technical fire safety topics are presented at the conference.

About SFPE Europe

Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, members of SFPE Europe include the Society’s 20 European chapters in Albania, Austria, Benelux, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom, plus five student chapters at the Main School of Fire Service, Coimbra University, International Master of Science in Fire Safety Engineering, Imperial College/Greater London, and the University of Edinburgh.

Learn more about SFPE Europe and its chapters at sfpe.org/Europe .

Program Committee

  • Wojciech Węgrzyński, PhD – Chair
  • Dr.ir. Kees Both
  • Olivier Burnier
  • Lorenzo Contini, MSc IFMSE
  • Luca Fiorentini, Prof., PE
  • Prof. Dr. Andrea Frangi
  • Dr. Michael Klippel
  • Robert McNamee, PhD
  • Dr. Gianluca De Sanctis
  • Simón Santamaria, MSc PhD CEng MIFireE MSFPE
  • Dr. Matthias Siemon
  • Gabriele Vigne, PhD MSc FSFPE MIAFSS
  • Tatjana Vladev
  • David Grossman, SFPE Subcommittee Vice Chair for Conference and Symposia
  • Chris Jelenewicz, PE, FSFPE, SFPE CEO
  • Joshua Reichert, PE, SFPE Chief Engineer
  • SFPE Staff Liaison – Hana Herron
Questions? Contact us at education@sfpe.org.