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2022 GCI Summit Agenda

Day 1 – April 26 
11:30 am – 3:30 pm MT / 1:30 – 5:30 pm ET 

11:30 – 12:15 pm MT Opening Remarks 
Peter Senez, M.Eng., P.Eng., Chair, SFPE Foundation Board of Governors
Nicole Testa Boston, CAE, CEO, SFPE
Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation 

12:15 – 3:15 pm MT Energy & Infrastructure 

12:15 – 12:45 Keynote Presentation 
Chris LaFleur, D.Eng., P.E., Fire Protection Engineer & Program Lead, Sandia National Laboratories 
“Small Molecules, Big Potential: The Role of Fire Engineers in Energy Transitions” 
Moderator: Andrew Coles, M.Eng., P.Eng., P.E.,Sr. Fire Engineer, Senez Consulting 

12:45 – 1:00 Break 

1:00 – 1:45 Rapid Roundtable 
Moderator: Andrew Coles, M.Eng., P.Eng., P.E., Sr. Fire Engineer, Senez Consulting 

1:00 – 1:10
Victoria Hutchison, Research Project Manager, Fire Protection Research Foundation
“Research Landscape of the Hazards and Mitigation Strategies of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in the Built Environment” 

1:10 – 1:20
Ali Ashrafi, Ph.D., P.E., Principal, Thornton Tomasetti
“Changing Building Designs to Safely Accommodate Large-Scale Li-ion Energy Storage and Electric Vehicles”

1:20 – 1:30
Dahai Qi, Ph.D.,Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke
“State-of-the-Art Research on Fire Safety of Photovoltaic (PV) and Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Systems”

Moderated Discussion / Reflection (15 minutes)

1:45 – 3:00 Topic Workshopping Session 
Moderator: Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation
GCI Fellow: Enrico Danzi, Ph.D., Post-Doc & Technical Manager, Experimental Center for Industrial Safety of Explosives Atmospheres, Politecnico di Torino 

      1. What’s missing from the list for this topic area?
      2. What do we know? What tools can we use today?
      3. Where are the barriers/challenges?
      4. Who needs to be involved to see progress in this area? 
 3:00 – 3:15 Session wrap-up
Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation 
Steffen Blings, Ph.D., Research Project Manager, SFPE Foundation

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Day 2 – April 27
8:00 am – 4:00 pm MT / 10:00 am – 6:00 pm ET 

8:00 – 8:30 am MT Opening Remarks
Peter Senez, M.Eng., P.Eng., Chair, SFPE Foundation Board of Governors
Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation

8:30 – 11:30 am MT Resilience & Sustainability

8:30 – 9:00 Keynote Presentation 
Mark S. Rossi, Ph.D., Executive Director, Clean Production Action
Moderator: Shamim Rashid-Sumar, P.E., FSFPE, Vice President, Fire Codes and Standards, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) 

9:00 – 9:15 Break

9:15 – 10:10 Rapid Roundtable
Moderator: Shamim Rashid-Sumar, P.E., FSFPE, Vice President, Fire Codes and Standards, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)

9:15 – 9:25 (10 minutes)
Richard Walls, Ph.D., Professor, Stellenbosch University
“Fire Safety Infrastructure for Developing Countries: A Case Study of South Africa” 

9:25 – 9:35 (10 minutes)
Tracey Bellamy, CFPS, P.E., Chief Engineering Officer, Telgian Engineering & Consulting
“Keeping Up with the Hazards”

9:35 – 9:45 (10 minutes)
Evan Reis, P.E., S.E., Executive Director, U.S. Resiliency Council
"Building Sustainable Communities Through Resilient Design"

9:45 – 9:55 (10 minutes)
Kyle Collins, P.E., Fire Protection Engineer, HGI
"Current Green Building Rating Systems and the Fire Protection Engineer's Role"

Moderated Discussion / Reflection (15 minutes) 

10:10 – 11:20 Topic Workshopping Session
Moderator: Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation
GCI Fellow: Natalia Flores Quiroz, Ph.D., Post-Doc Researcher, Stellenbosch University 
 
      1. What’s missing from the list for this topic area?
      2. What do we know? What tools can we use today?
      3. Where are the barriers/challenges?
      4. Who needs to be involved to see progress in this area?
11:20 – 11:30 Session wrap-up
Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation
Steffen Blings, Ph.D., Research Project Manager, SFPE Foundation

11:30 – 12:30 pm MT Break 

12:30 – 1:00 pm MT Opening Remarks
Peter Senez, M.Eng., P.Eng., Chair, SFPE Foundation Board of Governors
Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation 

1:00 – 4:00 pm MT Climate Change

1:00 – 1:30 Keynote Presentation
Brian Metzger, Fire Protection Engineer, National Fire Programs, United States Fire Administration
“Opportunities for Impact at the National Level: Climate Change as an Operational Lens”
Moderator: Virginia R. Charter, Ph.D., P.E., FSFPE, Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Fire Protection & Safety Engineering Technology, Oklahoma State University 

1:30 – 1:45 Break 

1:45 – 2:30 Rapid Roundtable
Moderator: Virginia R. Charter, Ph.D., P.E., FSFPE, Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Fire Protection & Safety Engineering Technology, Oklahoma State University 

1:45 – 1:55 (10 minutes)
Darlene Rini, P.E., Director & Wildfire Risk Mitigation Global Service Leader, Jensen Hughes
“Fire Engineering in the World of WUI Fires”

1:55 – 2:05 (10 minutes)
Richard Emberley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Fire Protection Engineering, California Polytechnic State University

2:05 – 2:15 (10 minutes)
James Urban, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
"Current Tools & Future Challenges for Fire Protection at the WUI"

Moderated Discussion / Reflection (15 minutes)

2:30 – 3:45 Topic Workshopping Session
Moderator: Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation
GCI Fellow: Ankit Sharma, Ph.D., Post-Doc Researcher, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University 

      1. What’s missing from the list for this topic area?
      2. What do we know? What tools can we use today?
      3. Where are the barriers/challenges?
      4. Who needs to be involved to see progress in this area? 
3:45 – 4:00 Session wrap-up
Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation 
Steffen Blings, Ph.D., Research Project Manager, SFPE Foundation


Day 3 – April 28 
8:00 am – 12:00 pm MT / 10:00 am – 2:00 pm ET 

8:00 – 8:30 am MT Opening Remarks
Peter Senez, M.Eng., P.Eng., Chair, SFPE Foundation Board of Governors
Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation

8:30 – 11:30am MT Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, & Cybersecurity

8:30 – 9:00 Keynote Presentation
Ilkay Altintaş, Ph.D.,Chief Data Science Officer at San Diego Supercomputer Center, Founder & Director of WIFIRE Lab, University of California San Diego
Moderator: Maria Marks, CFPS, SET, Manager Industry Relations, Siemens 

9:00 – 9:15 Break

9:15 – 10:00 Rapid Roundtable
Moderator: Maria Marks, CFPS, SET, Manager Industry Relations, Siemens

9:15 – 9:25 (10 minutes)
Jim Milke, Ph.D., P.E., Professor & Chair, Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland
“Use of AI and Machine Learning for Situational Awareness”

9:25 – 9:35 (10 minutes)
Yoon Ko, Ph.D., Research Officer & Team Lead, Fire Safety Research Unit, National Research Council Canada
“AI Tools for Hazard Identification to Assist First Responders in HAZMAT Transportation Fires” 

9:35 – 9:45 (10 minutes)
Caitlin Corrigan, Ph.D., Executive Director, Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Munich
“Ethical Considerations for the Use of AI” 

Moderated Discussion / Reflection (15 minutes)

10:00 – 11:15 Topic Workshopping Session
Moderator: Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation
GCI Fellow: Tianhang Zhang, Ph.D. Student, Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 

      1. What’s missing from the list for this topic area?
      2. What do we know? What tools can we use today?
      3. Where are the barriers/challenges?
      4. Who needs to be involved to see progress in this area? 
11:15 – 11:30 Session wrap-up
Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation 
Steffen Blings, Ph.D., Research Project Manager, SFPE Foundation

11:30 – 12:00pm MT Closing Remarks and Next Steps
Peter Senez, M.Eng., P.Eng., Chair, SFPE Foundation Board of Governors
Leslie Marshall, Ph.D., Director, SFPE Foundation