A special symposium was held at Surgeons' Hall in Edinburgh, on the 15th and 16th of May 2014, to commemorate four decades of fire research at the University of Edinburgh.
The conference was an invitation-only event, specially for alumni, sponsors and former staff from the research group. Over 150 delegates came to celebrate the past and consider the future of our discipline.
A programme of technical talks addressing the questions "Where are we? How did we get here? and Where are we going?" was held. Details of all the presentations are given below. Presentational slides, accompanying papers and video of the presentations will be freely published as they become available. A commemorative book is also currently in preparation.
A personal review of the event, by one of the delegates, is given on our blog.
Programme
| Speaker | Title | Slides | Paper | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr John de Ris FM Global |
Radiation and Incomplete Combustion of Buoyant Turbulent Diffusion Flames The Institution of Fire Engineers' Rasbash Lecture |
Coming Soon | Youtube | |
| Prof Barbara Lane Arup |
Fire Safety Design in Practice |
Coming Soon |
Youtube | |
| Prof Patrick van Hees Lund University |
Challenges in Performance Based Design | Coming Soon | Youtube | |
| Dr Peter Thompson IES Ltd. |
Egress and Evacuation Models "are running out of time" | Coming Soon | Youtube | |
| Dr Lou Gritzo FM Global |
Fire Modelling Strategy | No paper | Youtube | |
| Dr Nicolas Bal Technip |
Forty years of Material flammability: An appraisal of its role, its experimental determination and its modelling prediction | Coming Soon | Youtube | |
| Prof Albert Simeoni University of Edinburgh |
Wildland Fires | Coming Soon | Youtube | |
| Prof Jim Lygate IFIC Forensics |
Fire Investigation: From Folklore to Science | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Dr Debbie Smith OBE BRE Global |
Construction trends - impacts, challenges and opportunities through research | Coming Soon | Youtube | |
| Dr Craig Beyler Hughes Associates |
After dinner speech | No slides, paper or video | ||
| Prof Colin Bailey University of Manchester |
Developments and Future Direction of Structural Fire Engineering The Philip Thomas Lecture 2014 |
Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Mr Backer McKenzie | Dr Frank Rushbrook 1914-2014 | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Mr Lewis Ramsay Scottish Fire & Rescue Service |
Fire Safety Regulation: Past, Present & Future | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Prof Luke Bisby University of Edinburgh |
Fire 'Resistance' Testing | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Dr Angus Law Arup |
Structural Fire Engineering: Modelling and Design in Practice | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Prof Jose Torero University of Queensland |
Edinburgh: 40 Years Redefining Fire Safety Engineering Education | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Dr Ricky Carvel University of Edinburgh |
Tunnel Fires and Trade-offs | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
| Dr Graham Spinardi University of Edinburgh |
Sociological Issues in Fire Safety Regulation | Coming Soon | Coming Soon | |
