The 'Go To' High Rise / Tall Building Conference for 2022
Tuesday May 17th – Thursday May 19th 2022
– Doors open at 9:45am
ExCel London
7th International High Rise/Tall Building Fire Safety Conference will focus on Innovation and Solutions
As the International Fire Industry comes to terms with the serious Tall Building Fires that have occurred in recent times, there is a need to consider how we can improve and enhance the current processes and equipment used for Tall Building Fire Safety and Firefighting.
The 7th International High Rise/Tall Building Fire Safety Conference will take place on 17–19 May 2022 at Excel, London alongside the FIREX International Exhibition, supported by organisers Informa.
Day 1: Fire Engineering, Fire Testing, Fire Science in High Rise/Tall Buildings
Tuesday 17th May 2022
Chairperson: Gary Strong (RICS)
10:00 Official opening – VIP TBC
10:10 Keynote 1 – Brian Meacham: Decade of Fire Safety
10:50 Presentation 1 – Maria Peacock: Fire Dynamics in Tall Buildings
11:20 Presentation 2 - Prof. Guillermo Rein: Facades
11:50 Presentation 3 – Helen Massey: Facades
12:20 Presentation 4 – Abhishek Chhabra: Facades
Chairperson: Karl Wallasch (Trigon Fire Safety & SFPE UK Chapter)
14:00 Keynote 2 – Fredrik Hiort: Using BIM in Fire Engineering
14:40 Presentation
5 – Beth Tubbs:
Tall
Building Fire Safety Post 9/11 and Looking to the Future
15:10 Presentation 6 – Jim Glocking: Tall Timber and Insurance
15:40 Presentation 7 - Chris Jelenewicz: Tall Building Code
16:10 The ‘Single Stair’ Debate:
Day 2: Fire Risk Management, Insurance, Construction in High Rise/Tall Buildings
Wednesday 18th May 2022
Chairperson: Andy Frankum
10:00 Official opening – Peter Baker (HSE) TBC
10:10 Keynote 3 – UCLAN Research output Jim Fowler
10:50 Presentation 9 – Uni of Leeds Research output Stuart Hodkinson, Andy Turner, Phil Murphy
11:20 Presentation 10 – Nigel Deacon: Waste Management
11:50 Presentation 11 - Andy Scott: Fire Detection
12:20 Presentation 12 – Smoke Control Assoc: Smoke control in Tall Buildings
12:50 Tenants Perspective - Danielle Gregory/Elizabeth Lowe: Tower Blocks UK
Chairperson: Andrew Bulmer IRPM
14:00 Keynote 4 – Anthony Taylor: Building Safety Alliance
14:40 Presentation 13 – Chris Chesnell: Building Safety Case/Golden Thread development
15:10 Presentation 14 – TBC
15:40 Presentation 15 – Annie Panteli:
“The 22
Bishopsgate Experience – Mobilising Fire Safety”
16:10 The ‘Stay Put’ Debate
Day 3: Firefighting in High Rise/Tall Buildings
Thursday 19th May 2022
Chairperson: John Roberts NFCC TBC
09:45 Delegate to be seated for conference
09:50 Housekeeping announcement
10:00 Official opening – VIP TBC
10:10 Keynote 5 – Brent Books: Cutting Edge High Rise Firefighting
10:50 Presentation 17 - PEEPS
11:20 Presentation 18 – Smoke Hoods
11:50 Presentation
19 – Paul Speight, Leicestershire
Fire & Rescue Service &
Alex
Harvey, RIVR
12:20 Presentation 20 – Electric cars
Chairperson: John Esposito FDNY (TBC)
14:00 Keynote 6 – Dr. Michael Reick: Smoke Control in High Rise Fires
14:40 Presentation 21 Adam Course: High Rise Firefighter Safety
15:20 Presentation 22 Gerard Mann: Establishing a High Rise Fire Response Programme
15:50 Presentation 23 Peter McBride: Wind driven fires
16:10 The ‘BA above the Fire’ Debate
Speakers from Canada, Germany, US and Australia are already confirmed for the conference:
Conference Director Russ Timpson commented, “This conference will be the first chance after 'lockdown' to meet and network with High Rise/Tall Building Fire Safety Colleagues from around the World. The Tall Building debate continues across so many elements of the challenge from design, construction, testing, commissioning and management. Not forgetting high rise firefighting when things go wrong”.
All delegate will also get VIP access to FIREX and associated exhibitions.
An archive of previous conference presentations can be found
at www.tallbuildingfiresafety.com
More details of FIREX 2022 can be found at link: FIREX International | Europe's Leading Annual Fire Safety Event
Starts:
Tuesday, May 17th 2022
at 10:00am
Doors open: 9:45am
Ends:
Thursday, May 19th 2022
at
4:00pm
Timezone: Europe/London
Bookings close: May 18th 2022
This event is organized by Tall Building Fire Safety Network.
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Telephone 07951 190576
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