Research Events

A program of interactive and engaging events for the fire and research community as well as the general public is a key part of promoting the research outputs of the Bushfire CRC.

This page promotes upcoming events - both Bushfire CRC owned and external related events - and also contains outputs from past research events. Much of the Bushfire CRC annual events program has been integrated with AFAC’s Knowledge Events through a joint initiative - Professional Development Events.

Holding an Event? - Assistance Available

The Bushfire CRC annual events program has been integrated with AFAC’s Knowledge Event through a joint initiative - Professional Development Events. Download the Guidelines on how to run events or meet your needs for your event .

We can provide the following assistance with your events:

  • Funding support for catering and venue hire
  • Logistics support – arrangement of catering and room hire
  • Marketing & branding – we have template Flyers available
  • Invitations
  • RSVP handling
  • Speakers
  • Accommodation options


The following criteria must be met for us to be able to assist you:

  • Your event is referenced in your Bushfire CRC project plan (it may be defined as workshop, forum, gathering, or maybe even a meeting)
  • You plan to involve people beyond your regular Project Team of Researchers and End Users
  • You plan to invite people, receive RSVPs and generally manage communications with Invitees
  • You complete the Event Proposal Form and send to events or Vaia Smirneos on (03) 9412 9604
  • You will use a Flyer or similar to articulate your event, its purpose and include your agency and the Bushfire CRC’s logos
     

A forum, seminar or master class?

Events provide opportunities to guide, coach, inform and mentor others in knowledge sharing of new research. Events have a range of formats - each with a different purpose and design.

Master class - small group, interactive and discussion based.

Seminar/lecture - presentations, limited opportunity for discussion

Forum - presentations, some opportunity for discussion.

Workshop - highly interactive, collaborative group work.

Clinic - interactive and hands on.

Knowledge cafe - large group breaks into smaller discussion groups.

Conference - premier industry event, multiple presentations.


Bushfire CRC events

The seventh Research Advisory Forum took place at the headquarters of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service in Sydney from 23-24 October 2012.
Perth 2012 annual conference logo
The Bushfire CRC and AFAC Conference is Australasia’s premier emergency management conference, staged by the industry, for the industry.
The Research Forum is the first day of the 2012 Bushfire CRC and AFAC annual conference in Perth.
Stakeholders Adelaide 2012_2
A Stakeholders'/Participants' Council meeting was held in Adelaide on 27 June 2012.
Northern Australian Fire Managers Forum
Fire Managers from across the north of Australia discussed topics of current interest to the region at the Northern Australian Fire Management group forum in Townsville on 19-20 June 2012.
Research Advisory Forum Hobart 2012_2
The sixth Research Advisory Forum was held in Hobart, in May 2012.

Other Upcoming Events

2013

NCCARF Climate Adaptation 2013 to be held on 25 - 27 June 2013 at the Hilton Hotel Sydney www.nccarf.edu.au/conference2013/

RMIT Centre for Sustainable Organisations and Work - Exploring Victoria's response to bushfire, to be held on 28 June 2013 at RMIT University. For more information visit www.rmit.edu.au

Fourth Fire Behavior and Fuels Management Conference, to be held at St Petersburg, Russia 1 - 4 July 2013. For more information visit www.iawfonline.org

IAWF International Meeting of Fire Effects in Soil Properties to be held on  2 - 5 July 2013 at Vilnius, Lithuania. www.iawfonline.org

International Conference on Forest Fire Risk Modelling and Mapping to be held on 30 September - 2 October 2013 at Aix en Provence, France.  For more information visit www.forestfire.irstea.fr

Human Factors in Crises and Disasters, 30 September to 2 October 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. Hosed by the World Psychiatric Association. More information www.wpathematicconference.org

International Fire & Smoke Symposium, location and dates to be advised.

'Fire Stories', along with a one-day symposium, On Species: Narrative, Indigeneity, Ecology, to be held on 4 - 6 December 2013, at  The University of Melbourne. For more information email fire-stories@unimelb.edu.au


2014

Large Wildland Fires: Social, Political and Ecological Consequences, to be held in Missoula, Montana, dates to be advised

Power of Politics, to be held in Washington DC, dates to be advised


2015

Sixth International Wildland Fire Conference, to be held in South Korea on 12-15 October 2015. For more information visit www.wildfire2015.kr