Almost 1100 delegates participated in this years combined
International Bushfire Research Conference 2008 and 15th Annual
AFAC Conference. The event was held from 1 to 3 September at the
Adelaide Convention Centre.
The three day conference heard from more than 90 international
and Australian speakers from research organisations and from the
fire and related industries.
Bushfire CRC Chairman, Len Foster, said the event offered a
great opportunity for
representatives in the fire industry to exchange information with
researchers.
“They saw how leading researchers from around the world are
working with industry partners
on issues that have been identified as critical to their
business,” he said.
Follow the links at left for more on the presentations, research
posters and the pre-conference workshop Bushfire Incident
Response.