INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
FIRE SAFETY KNOWLEDGE FOR THE FUTURE – Challenges and opportunities
Theme 1 – Fire in a Sustainable Society
Friend or Foe?
Margaret McNamee, Professor, Professor in Fire Safety Engineering with a focus on Fire and Sustainability
The new Norwegian Fire Research and Innovation CentreFRIC – a great step towards a sustainable fire safe society
Anne Steen Hansen, Chief Research Scientist and CentreDirector FRIC, RISE Norway
Theme 2 – Fire and the Future Energy Systems
Design, evaluate and optimize the future in a digital environment
Angel Velez/Pete Thompson, Autodesk
Future alarm and dispatch systems; trends and needs
Maria Khorsand, CEO, SOS Alarm AB
Fire Safety in a data driven world
Birgitte Messerschmidt, Director Applied Research, NFPA
Theme 3 – Fire and Demography
Who are at risk?
Ragnar Andersson, Senior Professor, Karlstad University Changing
Demographics – Implications for Design and Management
Karen Boyce, Dr and Senior Lecturer, University of Ulster
Demography: is it a buzzword or necessary Information for the rescue service to use to efficiently prevent the next accident
Lynn Ranåker, Ph.D., Analyst Strategist, Region South Fire and Rescue Service
Theme 4: Fire and the Future Energy
Systems Safeguard future technologies towards fire hazard
Thomas Korssell, CEO, SEK Swedish Electrotechnical Standardisation Organisation
Fire protection approaches for large format lithium-ion battery packs
Celina Mikolajczak, Director of Engineering, Energy Storage Systems, UBER Technologies
Fire and explosion hazards of alternative fuel buses
Max Rosengren, Project Manager, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden