Research Events

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

This page contains outputs from research events.

Bushfire CRC events

Darwin 2010: Learning Lessons in a Changing World

Darwin 2010 Annual Conference foyer

More than 900 fire managers and researchers gathered in Darwin in September 2010 for the industry's biggest research and fire management conference. The Knowledge Web has online updates.

Fire in the Interface: US-Australia Symposium

Black Saturday 2009 fire regions - Kinglake and Marysville

More than 40 invited Australian, New Zealand and United States researchers, practitioners and policy-makers gathered in Melbourne and Canberra from 14-18 June 2010 for the research symposium. The meeting was organised by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre in conjunction with the departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Attorney General in Australia, and the Department of Homeland Security in the United States.

Fire in the high country: Community Forum

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This two-day forum in May 2010 presented the latest research findings to operational fire managers with the aim of raising awareness and providing opportunities for researchers and operational fire managers to interact and discuss the major issues.

Gold Coast 2009: Meeting Expectations

Gold Coast 2009: Meeting Expectations

A total of 1173 fire industry staff and fire researchers mixed at the annual conference of the Bushfire CRC on the Gold Coast. The conference participants discussed the latest innovations in fire science over the two day program, while many others also gained a more in-depth understanding at pre-conference workshops on community safety and protecting fire fighters and a seminar on fire, fuel and weather.

Forest fires in Europe - a view from Portugal

Professor Domingos Xavier Viegas has provided an overview of a research program on forest fires propagation carried out at the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, at a Bushfire CRC seminar.

Science Festival and CRC Innovation conference, Canberra

The Bushfire CRC participated in the Australian Science Festival alongside the annual CRC Innovations Conference at the National Convention Centre in Canberra in late May 2009.

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