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Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Mai 2015 10:01
Betreff: 6th International Wildland Fire Conference – Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts

Submission deadline: 31st May, 2015

The International Wildland Fire Conference will take place in Pyeongchang, Korea from 12th to 16th October, 2015. This prestigious international conference is ‘Where the world of fire prevention and management meets’. The Scientific Committee now wishes to invite proposals for oral and poster presentation.

■ Submission process

All the submissions must be made electronically via the conference website after signing up as a member of the website http://en.wildfire2015.kr/page/content/abstract_submission

■ Important dates

Closing date for the submission of abstracts 31st May, 2015

■ Submission format

Instructions and online submission of abstracts will be available on the IWFC website

http://en.wildfire2015.kr/page/content/abstract_submission. All submissions should be made electronically.

■ Conference Topics

IWFC 2015 will be structured around 5 Plenary sessions and 10 Parallel sessions.

Plenary sessions

1. Legacy of fire

2. Community and wildland fire

3. Towards a cohesive global fire management strategy

4. Application of technology to wildland fire management

5. Protecting the global natural and cultural heritage from fire

Parallel sessions

1. Wildland fire and ecosystems

2. Wildland fire governance / policy

3. Advanced technologies for wildland fire management

4. Wildland fire and society

5. Wildland fire safety and risk management

6. Firefighting in Incident Command System (ICS)

7. Aerial firefighting and resource sharing / International Cooperation

8. Knowledge from country experience

9. Fuel Management

10. Others (climate, mountain meteorology, weather measurement, etc.)

Regional Sessions

1. North America, Australasia

2. South America, Meso America and Caribbean (Session Language: Spanish)

3. Asia Cluster (NE, SE, S)

4. Mediterranean, Near East (incl. N Africa), Euro-Alpine

5. Euro-Siberia Cluster (incl. Eurasia, SE Europe / Caucasus, Central Asia)

6. Africa (Sub-Sahara)

■ Programme

Monday 12th October		Tuesday 13th October		Wednesday 14th October		Thursday 15th October			Friday 16th October
Registration Open		Keynote/ Plenary 1	Exhibition	Field Demonstration	Exhibition	Keynote/ Plenary 3		Exhibition	Keynote/ Plenary 5	Exhibition
		Tea & Posters				Tea & Posters			Tea & Posters
		Keynote/ Plenary 2		Lunch Break		Keynote/ Plenary 4			Closing Ceremony
		Lunch Break				Lunch Break
Opening Ceremony	Exhibition	Global Network Session		Field Study Tour		Parallel Sessions	Youth Program
		Tea & Posters				Tea & Posters
Parallel Sessions		Parallel Sessions				Regional Sessions
Welcome Reception		Cultural Performance				Farewell Gala Dinner

Div. of Forest Disaster Management, Dept. of Forest Conservation,
Korea Forest Research Institute
57 Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemoongu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 130-712