| PROGRAMME | |
| DAY ONE (20 June 2019) |
| 08:30 | Registratione |
| 09:00 | Introduction |
| 09:15 | The next generation game-changing aircraft capabilities to push the boundaries of aerial firefighting |
| 10:00 | Morning Refreshments |
| 10:15 | Why is night aerial firefighting important?
(In many ways the conditions at night-time are ideal for aerial firefighting. Night-time aerial firebombing has the potential to significantly improve aerial firefighting capability by building on the work done during the day to contain fires. Surprisingly, though, very little night-time aerial firefighting takes place, with the advantages of more favorable conditions often outweighed by concerns over poor visibility and, consequently, an increased risk of collision. As such, this session provides a timely opportunity to determine how night firebombing can be integrated into existing control arrangements, build capability and confidence in tackling blazes at night). |
| 11:00 | Reviewing the cost benefits of aerial firefighting with air tankers to supplement current helicopter capabilities |
| 11:45 | Innovation in aerial firefighting solutions to combat wildfire threats with a focus on speedy delivery |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Investigating the application of augmented reality (AR) technology specially optimized aerial firefighting |
| 14:45 | Delivery performance in aerial firefighting |
| 15:30 | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15:45 | Aerial firefighting capacity: minimizing time spent in transporting between water and fuel sources, and maximizing time spent at the fire |
| 16:30 | Implementation of aerial firefighting system to accurately and safely disperse extinguishing materials from high altitude by aircrafts and helicopters in any condition, regardless of weather, smoke and configuration of terrain |
| 17:00 | End of Day 1 |
| DAY TWO (21 June 2019) |
| 09:00 | Introduction |
| 09:15 | Relationship of fire discovery times on the timeliness of aerial firefighting support: filling the gap |
| 10:00 | Morning Refreshments |
| 10:15 | Innovative fire retardants for aerial firefighting |
| 11:00 | Reviewing innovative active countermeasure to prevent the spreading of fire from forest to populated areas |
| 11:45 | How drones affect aerial firefighting process |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Developing innovative ground and aerial technologies to ensure the integration between new and existing systems to drastically reduce environmental and property damage and protect human lives |
| 14:45 | Detecting and monitoring in real time wild forest fires in their early stages to enable large scale aerial firefighting services to target these fires with unprecedented precision, day and night |
| 15:30 | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15:45 | Studying fluid breakup and dispersion to predict aerial firefighting ground drop patterns |
| 16:30 | Concluding panel discussion |
| 17:00 | End of Conference |
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Changing seasonal patterns linked to climate change are producing longer, more severe, fire seasons, with wildfires consume up to six million square km of land around the world every year, with the danger of wildfires continuing to rise around the world, there is a need to deliver durable, safe and efficient aerial firefighting solutions specially designed and matched to aircraft’s capabilities |
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In recent years, the frequency of large-scale forest fires has increased significantly. Experts fear we could see more of the same in the years ahead as a combustible combination of climate-change induced extreme weather and increasing levels of human activity in fire-risk areas fuels longer and more severe fire seasons. These so-called “Mega-fires” are particularly destructive and difficult to control with the technologies and systems currently available to fire fighters and emergency agencies. Therefore, there is a need to take a closer look at deployment of technologies related to forest fires and forest fire prevention across Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, Europe and the region, as well as to provide an extraordinary improvement to the efficiency of current aerial firefighting operations, including identify ways in which technology, from drones to AI simulation systems, can help firefighters, particularly those attacking the blaze from above to gain the upper hand more quickly. As such, World Aerial Firefighting Conference 2019 is a timely platform to review innovative active countermeasure to prevent the spreading of fire from forest to populated areas, taking a closer look at how water pellets to be dropped on wildfire for a more effective fire extinction, including developing innovative ground and aerial technologies to ensure the integration between new and existing systems to drastically reduce environmental and property damage and ultimately protect human lives, while taking fires under control and putting them out before they spread, as well as to implement aerial firefighting system to accurately and safely disperse extinguishing materials from high altitude by aircrafts and helicopters in any condition, day and night, regardless of weather, smoke and configuration of terrain. |