Third International Conference on Fire Behavior and Risk

Name: Third International Conference on Fire Behavior and Risk
Start: 2022-05-02T22:00:00
End: 2022-05-05T22:00:00

Wildfire Behavior and Spread, Wildfire Hazard, Danger, Exposure and Risk, Remote Sensing and Wildfires, Weather, Climate and Wildfires, Fire Ecology, Forest Fuels and Wildfires, Wildfires at WUI, Wildfire Prevention and Management, Sustainable Development & Climate Change Mitigation, Projects on Wildfires

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Welcome from the Chairs

Dear Colleagues,

It is a pleasure for us to organize and welcome you to the third edition of the International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk, to be held in Alghero (Sardinia, Italy) from 3 to 6 May 2022. ICFBR2022 is organized by the Institute of Bioeconomy of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR IBE, Sassari) and the Departments of Agriculture of the University of Sassari, in collaboration with Fondazione CMCC and EARSEL, with the purpose of involving scientists, researchers, and policymakers whose activities are focused on different aspects of wildland fires and their impacts.

The conference is organized within the MED-Star project "Strategies and measures for the mitigation of fire risk in the Mediterranean area"(https://interreg-maritime.eu/web/med-star), funded by the EU Italy-France Maritime Program (2014-2020), and under the patronage of Regions involved in the project and the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF).

The conference is linked to a Special Issue of the journal Forests entitled “Wildfire Behavior and Risk: From Fundamental Research to Pioneering Modeling Approaches”, and we plan to publish an open access book of abstracts.

We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and as of today, we are planning to hold the conference in presence, following recommendations concerning travel and public events. However, we will review this on an ongoing basis as well as engage in contingency planning. We are also working on alternatives to the physical conference. We will update you on any decisions promptly.

We thank you for your understanding. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at info@icfbr2022.it.

On behalf of everyone concerned with the organization of the Congress, we wish you, your family, friends, and colleagues good health during this challenging period.

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Call for submissions

The 3rd "International Conference on Fire Behavior and Risk" (ICFBR2022) will be held in Alghero from 3 to 6 May 2022.

ICBR2022 aims to involve scientists, researchers and policy makers whose activities are focused on different aspects of fires and their impact on ecosystems and society.

All proceedings will be held online at https://sciforum.net/conference/ICFBR2022.

Topics of interest include:
• Wildfire behavior and spread
• Wildfire danger, exposure, and risk
• Remote sensing and wildfires
• Weather, climate, and wildfires
• Fire ecology, forest fuels and wildfires
• Climate change mitigation & adaptation and sustainable development
• Wildfire prevention and management
• Wildfires at WUI
• Projects on wildfires

ICFBR2022 is organized by the Institute of Bioeconomy of the National Research Council (CNR-IBE, Sassari branch) and by the University of Sassari within the framework of the MED-Star project "Strategies and measures for the mitigation of fire risk in the Mediterranean area"(https://interreg-maritime.eu/web/med-star). The Conference will also include a special session on remote sensing and fires, sponsored by the EARSEL special interest group on forest fires (http://earsel-ffsig.web.auth.gr/).

The journal Forests is Platinum Sponsor of the Conference (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests). The Conference is linked to a Special Issue of the journal Forests entitled “Wildfire Behavior and Risk: From Fundamental Research to Pioneering Modeling Approaches” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/wildfire_behavior). MDPI offers each participant of the Conference one voucher entitling them to a 20% discount on the fees for papers published in the Special Issue. In addition, the first 20 papers that will be published in the Special Issue and presented at the ICFBR Conference will be entitled to a 35% discount on the paper fees.

Abstracts (in English) should be submitted before 20th Dec 2021, online at https://www.sciforum.net/login

Critical Dates

Abstract Submission Opening: 15/09/2021

Abstract Submission Closing: 20/12/2021

Acceptance of Abstracts: 31/01/2022

Definitive Program: 10/03/2022

ICFBR2022 Opening: 03/05/2022

ICFBR2022 Closure: 06/05/2022

Conference Registration Opening: 15/02/2022

Conference Registration Closing: 26/04/2022

Event Organizers

Istituto di BioEconomia (CNR-IBE) di Sassari

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Dipartimento di Agraria

Università di Sassari

Event Chairs

Dr. Pierpaolo Duce

National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE)

Professor Donatella Spano

University of Sassari, Department of Agriculture

Organizing Committee

Dr. Bachisio Arca

National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE)

Dr. Valentina Bacciu

National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE)

Dr. Grazia Pellizzaro

National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE)

Dr. Michele Salis

National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE)

Dr. Costantino Sirca

University of Sassari, Department of Agriculture

Sessions

WDER. Wildfire danger, exposure, and risk
CCSD. Climate change mitigation & adaptation and sustainable development
WPM. Wildfire prevention and management
WUI. Wildfires at WUI
RSW. Remote sensing and wildfires
CWW. Climate, weather and wildfires
FWFE. Forest fuels and wildfires, and fire ecology
PROJ. Projects on wildfires
WBS. Wildfire behavior and spread

Registration

Online Conference registration will be available from February 11^th to April 26^th, 2022 – 23.59 CET, at www.icfbr2022.it. For safety reasons due to the pandemic, registrations and payments will be only available online and cannot be done in situ.

The Registration Fee is 203€ and includes coffee breaks and lunches for three days (3-4-5 May 2022), as well as admission to all Conference sessions, conference materials and badge. Additional Social Dinner and Field trip tickets can be purchased for 53€ and 35€ per person, respectively. The above prices are in Euros and VAT included.

ICFBR2022 Fees

PLEASE NOTE:

Do not register multiple delegates on the same form; submit a separate registration form and payment for each delegate.

For each abstract accepted, at least one author of the abstract should register for and attend the Conference to present the work.

Do not register more than once. For any corrections/modifications on your submitted registration form, please contact the Supporting Secretariat: congressi@esseevents.it.

Additional tickets can be purchased for accompanying persons participating in field trip and social dinner. Please specify their names in the appropriate field of the registration form.

We remind that the Italian legislation related to pandemic safety measures requires a mandatory COVID-19 Green Certificate to access the Conference venue, as well as to travel or to enter restaurants, buses, trains, etc. These are the rules in force until 31^st March. We will keep you informed.

More details can be found at https://www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioContenutiNuovoCoronavirus.jsp?lingua=english&id=5412&area=nuovoCoronavirus&menu=vuoto

PAYMENT Registration fees should be paid either by credit card or by bank transfer. Guidelines for payment at www.icfbr2022.it

Cancellation policy

Cancellations must be made in writing by sending an email to congressi@esseevents.it. Cancellations made by telephone will not be accepted.
For cancellations received by 31^st March 2022, 23.59 CET, a refund of the total paid amount will be given; for cancellations received between 1^st and 20^th April 2022, 23.59 CET, a refund equal to 80% of the paid amount will be given; for cancellations received after 26^th April 2022, ore 23.59 CET, there will be no refund.
If, for any reasons beyond the control of the organizers, the Conference will be canceled, the Registration Fees will be refunded, deducted by unavoidable expenses.
Refunds will be made, deducted by unavoidable expenses, within 60 days from the end of the Conference (bank expenses charged to the recipient).

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Instructions for Authors

Abstract Instructions

Submissions to ICFBR2022 should be made by authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net, and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system. From the drop-down menu, select from the list of conferences ICFBR2022and click “Continue”.

Authors are requested to follow the instructions and the format attached at the bottom of this section, and to choose the type of presentation (oral presentation or poster). Please respect this format in order to make the Editor work easier. Please consider that the abstract should be provided in English and should not exceed 300 words.

At least one author of the abstract should register for and attend the Conference to present the work, after the acceptance from the Scientific Committee.

The Conference Committee will notify the acceptance of the abstract by 31st January 2022, and the definitive program will be defined by March 10th.

All accepted abstracts will be published in a dedicated volume in MDPI Proceedings series journals (ISSN 2504-3900, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/proceedings).

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ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Papers accepted as ORAL PRESENTATIONS must be organized in a PowerPoint or PDF format presentation. For technical and organizational reasons, it is not possible for speakers to use their own laptops for presenting, but only the computer provided in the conference room.

The average time available for each presentation is 20 minutes. The suggested time allocation is:
15 minutes for presentation
5 minutes for discussion

The number of slides to include in the presentation should be determined on the basis of the allocated time.

Speakers of plenary sessions can choose one of the official languages to present their work. Speakers of parallel sessions must present their work in English.

Your presentation must be available on a USB memory device and it should be handed in to the technician at least 2 HOURS BEFORE the time of your presentation.
In order to facilitate the work of technicians, we suggest to rename the file of your presentation with daypresentation_surname_name (example: 04_Rossi_Mario)

Each conference room will be equipped with:

• Computer
• Beamer
• Screen
• Microphone
• Internet connection

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

In-person poster presenters are asked to:
- prepare a traditional paper poster (in pdf, maximum size 5 MB), and send the file by 27th April 2022 at secretariat@icfbr2022.it. The file will be then uploaded in the ICFBR2022 website;
- prepare a short PowerPoint/lateX summarizing their work to be screened and presented (3 minutes talk) at the Conference, in the due time.

Please review the following recommendations and requirements for the preparation of the poster:
- Place the title of your paper and your paper code (to be retrieved from the program) prominently at the top of the poster.
- Paragraph and figure captions should be at least in a 20-point font and headers at least in a 32-point font.
- Keep the poster as simple as possible. Avoid cluttering your poster with too much text. Use colors to enhance the understanding and improve the appearance of the poster material.
- Add the conference logo downloadable at the bottom of this section.
- Check that the final size of your pdf file is below 5 MB.
- Send the pdf file of your poster by 27th April 2022 at secretariat@icfbr2022.it

Please review the following recommendations and requirements for short PowerPoint/LateX presentation:
- A computer and a beamer will be available in each room for presentations. These devices will be used by presenters for their presentation, which can be brought along on a USB memory device. Hooking up personal laptops will not be allowed.
- Place the title of your paper and your paper code (to be retrieved from the program) prominently at the top of each slide.
- Prepare diagrams or charts legibly.Avoid cluttering your presentation with too much text.
- Organize the presentation so it is clear and orderly. You have maximum 3 minutes for presentations.
- Add the conference logo downloadable at the bottom of this section, and include it in the first slide.
- Presenters are invited to upload their presentations onto the computer prior to the start of the session.
- Oral presentations of posters must be held in English.

All submitted posters will be examined by the Scientific Committee upon quality, clarity and relevance towards the related topics, in order to determine the best 3 conference posters.
The prize-winning posters will be announced during the Conference Closing Ceremony on Thursday, May 5th 2022.

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Venue, Travel and Accommodation

CONFERENCE VENUE

The Conference will be held at HOTEL CARLOS V

Address
Lungomare Valencia 24
07041 - Alghero – Sardinia (ITALY)

Contacts
Phone: +39 079 9720600
E-mail: info.carlosv@smyhotels.com
Website: https://www.smyhotels.com/it/smy-carlos-v-algheroinia

How to reach the Conference Venue

By airplane

The airport of Alghero-Fertilia has direct flights to the main Italian cities and various European capitals. Low-cost airlines (Ryanair, Easyjet, etc.) offer economical flights direct to Alghero from many European cities. Italians airlines offer direct flights from Rome, Milan and other Italian airports. During summer there is a significant increase in flight connections.

For more information see the Alghero airport.

The airport is a 15 minutes’ drive from the town and car rental is available from the airport. There are also regular buses or taxis from the airport to town.

By ferry

The closest passenger port to Alghero is in Porto Torres (approx. 40 km away). The port of Porto Torres is connected to Barcelona, Genova, Civitavecchia, Toulon, Propriano.

Some routes are only seasonal. For more information on frequency, times and fares please visit the ferry companies’ websites.

From Porto Torres to Alghero, if you are travelling by car, you have to find and follow road signs that indicate the way to Alghero.

If you are travelling by bus (there is a bus stop inside the commercial port) or by train, please see the ARST website.

ACCOMMODATION

The Supporting Secretariat selected a variety of hotels in Alghero that have granted preferential rates for ICFBR2022 conference participants.
All the hotels are within maximum 3 km from the Conference Venue.
The full list of hotels is available at www.icfbr.it

List of Authors (521)

John Abatzoglou

Fermin Alcasena Urdiroz

Stefano Alfano

Mhd Wathek Alhaj Khalaf

Frédéric Allaire

Martim Almeida

Antonio Aloisio

Aitor Ameztegui

Mario Ančić

Marie-Cécile Andrei-Ruiz

Angelo Arca

Juan Pablo Argañaraz

Stefano Arrizza

Fátima Arrogante-Funes

Davide Ascoli

Event Awards

To acknowledge the support of the Conference authors and recognize their scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to launch the Best ICFBR Poster Award, sponsored by MDPI.

The Awards

Best ICFBR2022 Poster Awards

Number of Awards Available: 3

BEST ICFBR POSTER AWARD: 1st place 500 CHF, 2nd place 300 CHF, 3rd place 200 CHF The Conference Scientific Committee will select an Evaluation Panel, who will be in charge of the poster evaluation.

Sponsors and Partners

ICFBR2022 is organized within the framework of the MED-Star project "Strategies and measures for the mitigation of fire risk in the Mediterranean area"(https://interreg-maritime.eu/web/med-star).

MED-Star is a thematic integrated strategic project that faces the challenge of strengthening the forecasting, prevention and suppression capabilities of fires in the cooperation area (Italy-France), to protect and enhance the environmental, cultural and tourist resources of the Maritime space. The general objective of MED-Star is to contribute to the improvement of the capacity of the public institutions involved to jointly prevent and manage the growing risk of fire deriving from climate change in areas with a high anthropogenic presence and of significant naturalistic interest, also through appropriate adaptation actions.

ICFBR2022 is also co-organized by CMCC Foundation (https://www.cmcc.it/#) and sponsored by the EARSEL special interest group on forest fires (http://earsel-ffsig.web.auth.gr/). The journal Forests is Platinum Sponsor of the conference (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests).

Co-organizers

Platinum Sponsors

Patronage

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Alan Ager

U.S.D.A. Forest Service (USA)

Professor Ana Isabel Miranda

University of Aveiro (Portugal)

Dr. Juli G. Pausas

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Dr. Alexandra Syphard

Sage Insurance Holdings LLC (USA)

Dr. Marta Yebra

Australian National University

Med-Star Project

"MED-Star - Strategies and measures for the mitigation of fire risk in the Mediterranean area" is a thematic integrated strategic project that faces the challenge of strengthening the forecasting, prevention and suppression capabilities of fires in the cooperation area, to protect and enhance the environmental, cultural and tourist resources of the Maritime space.

The general objective of MED-Star is to contribute to the improvement of the capacity of the public institutions involved to jointly prevent and manage the growing risk of fire deriving from climate change, in areas with a high anthropogenic presence and of significant naturalistic interest, also through appropriate adaptation actions.

In particular, the project intends:

- Develop innovative governance models, with the implementation of joint prevention plans;

- Transfer innovative models and methodologies from the scientific world to public administrations;

- Create a joint monitoring and coordination system for the fight against fires;

- Develop communication, awareness and training actions aimed at the resident population, tourists and operators in the sector.

The intervention strategy is based on specific investments and involves the implementation of joint action plans (CAPs) on monitoring networks and data sharing platforms, on fire forecasting and prevention, on strategic planning and management, including adaptation plans to climate change.

The cross-border approach is essential for the integration of public risk management systems and for more effective cooperation between the competent administrations in the field of fire risk. The project partnership is therefore particularly extensive and includes the relevant and competent subjects in terms of prevention and fight against fire risk of the Regions of the cross-border cooperation area.

The MED-Star project is part of the priorities established by Axis 2, Lot 1, Investment Priority 5A of the Italy-France Program; was financed under the III Notice for a total amount of 6,790,523.12 euros (of which 5,771,944.65 euros of EU contribution - European Regional Development Fund - ERDF; / 1,018,578.47 euros of national contribution).