EuroFire 2011, Paris, France

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Wednesday, 25 May 2011

9.00 – 10.00

REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS

10.00 -
10.05

GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF EUROFIRE 2011 BY JEAN-CLAUDE DE SMEDT,ARCADIS Belgium,
Conference Chairman

INTRODUCTIONS
WELCOME AND OPENING ADDRESSES
Session Chairman: Lt Col Olivier GAUDARD – BSPP, France

10.05

Général J. PRIEUR, Paris Fire Brigade – BSPP

10.15

Director of Civil Defense - Ministry of Interior

10.25

Heavy financial consequences of fires for social security systems
D.VIAENE and r P. VILLAIN , EBCA (European Burns Casualties Association)

10.35

SESSION 1
EUROPEAN FIRE SAFETY TRENDS
Session Chairman: –Prof. Dr. Brian MEACHAM, WPI, USA

10.35

FSE approaches in the world and in France
Dr J. KRUPPA, Chairman, ISO SC4 and Deputy Technical Director of the PNISI project, CTICM, France

11.00

How to manage a fire strategy change?
Lt Col Ronan POILVERD, BSPP, Paris , Head of Fire Prevention,France

11.25

FSE - Examples and some remarks from a large fire brigade
F. KIRCHER, Fire Brigade Berlin, Germany

11.50

The Application of Fire Engineering: A London Fire Brigade Perspective
P.JENKINS London Fire Brigade, Head of the FSE Dpt UK

12.15-
13.40

BUFFET LUNCH IN THE EXHIBITION AREA - NETWORKING WITH SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

SESSION 2
FSE AND PRESCRIPTIVE CODES
Session Chairman: Dr. Hervé TEPHANY - Ministry of Internal Affairs, DSC France

13.40

PN ISI WG4 - Recommendations for regulatory evolution from the FSE national project (PNISI)
Dr. D.JOYEUX, Efectis France

14.05

Evolution of the regulatory framework and FSE projects within a new market
A GARZON, Afiti, Spain

14.30

New generation of nuclear power plants: A new approach to characterize the performance of fire compartments
B. GAUTIER, EDF, France

14.55

The limit of the prescriptive codes and the use of FSE in the highest tower in France “La Tour Phare”
F. VOGT – UNIBAIL France and T MAYNE, Morphosis, USA

15.20-
15.50

REFRESHMENTS - NETWORKING WITH SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS

SESSION 3
FSE IN TALL & SUPERTALL BUILDINGS
Session Chairman: Jean-Claude DE SMEDT – ARCADIS, Belgium

15.50

Fire and life safety for the new generation of supertall buildings
P.WEISMANTLE, Adrian SMITH Architects & M.REISS, RJA, USA

16.15

Fire safety in construction in Russia - Some practical architectural solutions for the safety of occupants of tall buildings
Dr D.SAMOSHIN, Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Academy of State Fire Service, Educational & Research Centre, Russia

16.40

Fire Safety in High-rise buildings in Hong Kong
T.TAM and D.Y CHEUNG , Hong Kong Fire Services Department

17.05

The new guidance on fire safety in very tall buildings in the UK
Prof Dr.D.CHARTERS BRE, UK

17.30

The SFPE Engineering Guide to Fire Safety Design in very tall buildings
M. HURLEY, SFPE, USA

17.55

Conference Summary – Jean-Claude DE SMEDT, ARCADIS Belgium

18.00

WELCOME RECEPTION AND BUFFET - NETWORKING WITH SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

Thursday, 26 May 2011
8.00- 8.30	*REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS*
	SESSION 4 ACTIVE FIRE PROTECTION IN FSE DESIGN Session Chairman: Ir. Alain VERHOYEN - ANPI, Belgium
8.30	Benchmarking of fire extinguishing systems by the use of real scale experiments and CFD modelling R. WIGHUS & A.W HESKESTADT, SINTEF NBL, Norway
8.55	Fire safety management of the knowledge within the organization: focus on inspection, maintenance and use of FSE designed installations M.DELRUELLE, ANPI, Belgium
9.20	Active fire protection in FSE design: Interaction of active fire protection systems in tunnels K.VAN HERPE, Phirox, Belgium
9.45	Sprinklers as a fire safety engineering tool A .BRINSON, EFSN, UK & Y.OUAMMOU- Vinci Energies France
10.15	The influence of risk on sustainability B.MACGRATH - FM Global
10.40	*REFRESHMENTS - NETWORKING WITH SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS*
	SESSION 5 SMOKE CONTROL - ITS ROLE IN FSE APPROACHES Session Chairman: Agustin GARZON - AFITI, Spain
11.10	New guidance for the thermal spill plume in smoke control design Dr R. HARRISON, AECOM, UK and Dr M. SPEARPOINT, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
11.35	Ventilation to smoke shafts P.GRIMWOOD, Kent Fire Brigade, UK
12.00	Pressure differential smoke control in case of large fires Dr H. ERMER, Mistral, Germany
12.25	*BUFFET LUNCH IN THE EXHIBITION AREA - NETWORKING WITH SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS*
13.50	The use of hot smoke test in SHEVS assessment – application in the metro of Madrid G. SANTOS, METRO MADRID, Spain
14.15	Engineered solutions for smoke control installations - Guidelines for the selection of fire sizes for the calculations as well as recommendations for the installation & maintenance of SHEVS P.FREY, BGV, Switzerland , & C. HAEFELFINGER, BGV,Switzerland
14.40	Tunnel ventilation for fast growing fires T.LEMAIRE, Efectis, Netherlands
15.05	*REFRESHMENTS - NETWORKING WITH SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS*
	SESSION 6 PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION Session Chairman: Louis LUCAS – AFPPI, France
15.35	Mineral and matrix engineering: a powerful new approach in the development of high performance products for fire protection of different constructions Dr O.ANTON PRTC, Belgium
16.00	Structure fire resistance: A joint approach between modelling and full scale testing for a global building analysis Dr F. ROBERT, CERIB, France
16.25	A new method in calculating the fire protection of composite (steel and concrete) structures in fire situations Dr B. ZHAO, CTICM, France
16.50	The modelling of fire resistance tests for extended application Dr. A. BREUNESE, Efectis, Netherlands
	SESSION 7 FSE CASE STUDIES Session chairman: Daniel JOYEUX – EFECTIS France
17.15	The use of FSE to design warehouses using concrete structures F.MAIBECHE, CERIB, France
17.40	The contribution of FSE to update fire safety in different types of existing warehouses Dr.D.DHIMA and X.DUPONCHEL, CSTB, France
18.05	A86 double-deck with limited height tunnel in Paris C.BOUTELOUP, Cofirout, France
18.30	Conference Summary - Christian Haefelfinger, BGV Switzerland, BGV Switzerland
20.00- 23.30	*CONFERENCE DINNER - BATEAUX PARISIENS*

Friday, 27 May 2011
	SESSION 8 EDUCATION IN FSE Session Chairman: Serge HORVATH - CimBeton, France
8.30	The training of firemen Lt.Cl J-P. SPIESS, ENSOSP, France
8.45	A new FSE academy in France Prof.A.COPALLE, INSA,Rouen, France
9.00	Scientific support of fire safety engineering through education: a joint international effort Prof.Dr ir B. MERCI, University of Gent, Belgium
9.15	Developing fire safety education in the university sector to meet current demands Dr A PLATTEN, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
	SESSION 9 EVACUATION MODELLING IN FSE Session Chairman: Christian HÄFELFINGER – BGV Switzerland
9.30	Examples of how the numerical evacuation model can benefit modern architecture Dr P.TOFILO, Polish Fire Academy & M.CISEK, Protect, Poland
9.55	The combination of egress model and smoke model applied in the Philharmony building G. AUGUIN & P. RAYNAUD, Efectis, France
10.20	Scientific approach of building evacuation M. TANCOGNE-DEJEAN, ATILH, UMR CNRS 6279-UTTFrance
10.45	Evacuation of disabled people, enforcment of regulations in practical cases J-M BOURGOUIN, FIRE SAFETY ARCHITECT, France M. TANCOGNE-DEJEAN , ATILH, UMR CNRS 6279-UTT, France
11.10- 11.40	*REFRESHMENTS - NETWORKING WITH SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS*
	SESSION 10 FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND CFD MODELLING Session Chairman: Ing. Tadeusz CISEK - Protect, Poland
11.40	Computational fluid dynamics as a tool of fire engineers – good practice G. SZTARBALA – ITB, Poland
12.05	Fire modelling in sprinklered, multi-storey car warehouses M LAGO, Efectis Ibérica, Spain
12.30	Fire safety engineering & fire protection systems A.MULLER , CNPP, France
12.55	Evaluation of the numerical models on experimental fires at the Arcueil hotel A.THIRY, LCPP, France
13.20	CLOSE OF THE CONFERENCE Jean-Claude DE SMEDT, ARCADIS Belgium & Christian HAEFELFINGER, BGV Switzerland Summary of the Conference & Announcement of EUROFIRE 2013 in Switzerland
13.45-15.00	*BUFFET LUNCH & DEPART*

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