Local organising committee (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Dr Cristian Maluk
Dr David Lange
Dr Juan Hidalgo
Dr Felix Wiesner
Dr Andres Osorio
Ms Selina Weller (conference secretariat)
Organising committee
A/Prof Anthony Abu (The University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Prof Bogdan Dlugogorski (Charles Darwin University, Australia)
Dr Alexander Filkov (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Dr Maurice Guerrieri (Victoria University, Australia)
Dr Adrien Guyot (Monash University, Australia)
Prof Shanmuganathan Gunalan (Griffith University, Australia)
A/Prof Amin Heidarpour (Monash University, Australia)
Dr Erica Kuligowski (RMIT University, Australia)
Dr Ruggiero Lovreglio (Massey University, New Zealand)
Prof Mahen Mahendran (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Mr Steven McKee (Queensland Fire & Emergency Services)
Prof Priyan Mendis (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Prof Khalid Moinuddin (Victoria University, Australia)
Prof Tuan Duc Ngo (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Prof Daniel Nilsson (The University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Dr Kate Nguyen (RMIT University, Australia)
Prof Guan Heng Yeoh (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Dr Anthony Yuen (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Track leaders
Material fire behaviour or fire chemistry – Dr Juan Hidalgo (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Fire dynamics – Prof Ritsu Dobashi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Fire detection or suppression – Prof Bogdan Dlugogorski (Charles Darwin University, Australia)
Structures in fire – Dr Felix Wiesner (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Evacuation and human behaviour – Dr Erica Kuligowski (RMIT University, Australia)
Fire risk assessment and probabilistic analysis – Dr Kate Nguyen (RMIT University, Australia)
Tunnel fires – Prof Longhua Hu (University of Science and Technology of China)
Wildland and Wildland-Urban-Interface fires – Dr Nai-An Liu (University of Science and Technology of China)
Explosion hazards
Applications in fire safety engineering practice – Dr Marianne Foley (Arup, Australia)
Any other fire science or engineering topic
Scientific advisory board
Prof Yuji Hasemi (Waseda University, Japan) – Chair of the board
Prof Wan-Ki Chow (Hong Kong Poly Tech University, Hong Kong) – Chair of the AOAFST
Dr Greg Baker (Branz Ltd, New Zealand)
Prof Luke Bisby (The University of Edinburgh, UK)
Prof Shen-Wen Chien (Central Police University, Taiwan)
Prof Bogdan Dlugogorski (Charles Darwin University, Australia)
Prof Ritsu Dobashi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Prof Charles Fleischmann (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Prof Ed Galea (University of Greenwich, UK)
Prof George Hadjisophocleous (Carleton University, Canada)
Dr Ichiro Hagiwara (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
Dr Anthony Hamins (National Institute of Standards and Technology, US)
Prof Kazunori Harada (Kyoto University, Japan)
Mr John Harrington (FM Global, US)
Prof Yaping He (Western Sydney University, Australia)
Prof Longhua Hu (University of Science and Technology of China)
Prof Juncheng Jiang, Nanjing University of Technology, China
Prof Young-Jin Kwon (Hoseo University, South Korea)
Dr Yuan-Ming Lei (Architecture and Building Research Institute, Hong Kong)
Prof Ching-Yuan Lin (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
Prof Naian Liu (University of Science and Technology of China)
Prof Siu-Ming Lo (City University of Hong Kong)
Dr Cristian Maluk (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Prof Yulianto Sulistyo Nugroho (Universitas Indonesia)
Prof Guillermo Rein (Imperial College, UK)
Prof Ai Sekizawa (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
Prof Tzu-Sheng Shen (Central Police University, Taiwan)
Prof Jose Torero (University College London, UK)
Prof Arnaud Trouve (University of Maryland, US)
Prof Kuang-Chung Tsai (National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
Prof Patrick Van Hees (Lund University, Sweden)
Prof Zhisheng Xu (Central South University, China)