Programme

Registration, Exhibition & Networking

Moderators Opening Remarks - Anthony Clark, Director, Communications & Engagement, NSW Rural Fire Service, Australia

Welcome to Country

Welcome Address - Commissioner Rob Rogers AFSM, NSW Rural Fire Service, Australia

Aerial Firefighting in Australia - a Sector Finding Order in a Disrupted World - Rob Webb, Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC), Australia

Aviation Safety - Making it Right for those Inflight - Peter McKechnie AFSM, Deputy Commissioner, NSW Rural Fire Service, Australia

Transition in the Firefighting Marketplace - Wayne Coulson, CEO, Coulson Aviation, Canada

Aerial Firefighting Down Under & to the North: Canada Deployment 2023 - Ash Morrow, Fire Aviation Specialist, NSW Rural Fire Service, Australia

Lunch Break & Networking & Networking

QFES Integration of New Capability - Superintendent Martin Gibson, Executive Manager, State Air Operations, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Australia

Aerial Firefighting Around Wind Farms/Towers - Commander Wayne Rigg AFSM, Aviation Coordinator, FRV Aviation Unit - Strategy, Fire Rescue Victoria, Australia

Refreshment Break & Networking

Supporting Traditional Aerial Fire Fighting with Modern Aircraft & Technologies - Rodney Higgins, Chief Operating Officer & James Kagel, Head of Camera Systems, Microflite Aviation, Australia

Changing World of Supply - Barry Kohler, CEO, Erickson, Inc., USA & Ray Cronin, Managing Director, Kestrel Aviation Pty, Australia

Fortress Bushfire Retardant -  Robert Baird, Chief Base Operations Officer, Fortress North America, USA

Moderator's Closing Remarks

Drinks Reception (sponsored by Fortress North America)

Event Dinner (sponsored by Coulson Aviation)  by invitation only

Registration & Exhibition

•  Static Display

•  Centre of Excellence Tours

•  Air Base / Mixing Equipment

Refreshment Break & Networking

Moderator's Opening Remarks - Anthony Clark, Director of Communications, NSW Rural Fire Service, Australia

CAL FIRE Aviation Strategy & Functionality - Chief Jake Sjolund, Staff Chief of Tactical Air Operations & Benjamin Berman, CAL FIRE, USA

Victorian Aviation Safety & Exercising Strategic Capability - Alina Hamblyn, Manager Aviation Services Unit, Department of Energy, Environment & Climate Action (DEECA) & Greg Murphy, Manager Aviation & Logistics, Emergency Management Victoria &, Australia

Lunch Break & Networking

Aerial Suppression Effectiveness - A Research Perspective - Dr Matt Plucinski, Research Scientist, Bushfire & Behaviour Suppression, CSIRO National Bushfire Behaviour Research Laboratory, Australia

Australian Examples of Field Robotics & Autonomous Operations & their Potential as New Bushfire Fighting Technologies - Salah Sukkarieh, Professor or Robotics & Intelligent Systems, Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney, Australia

Use of Aviation Simulators - Inspector Bernie O'Rourke, Supervisor Aviation & Michelle Jenkins, Coordinator Operations (Aviation), New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Australia

Moderator's Closing Remarks

Conference Close