2024 Fire Summit
Dates: Wednesday 26 – Thursday 27 June 2024
Location: Melbourne Connect, The University of Melbourne
To access the slides for each session, click on the hyperlinked session title below.
Wednesday 26 June
| Session #1: Opening & Dr Kevin Tolhurst AM Memorial Lecture: Dr Neil Burrows AFSM |
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| Session #2: Cultural fire practices and Aboriginal forest management Rachael Cavanagh, Darren Burns & David Kington |
| Session #3: Assessing the effectiveness of prescribed fire in reducing the spread and severity of unplanned fires Ed Hatherley, Prof Jeremy Russell-Smith, Courtney Bertram, Tom Clapson |
| Session #4: Achieving land management goals using prescribed fire Chris Hardman AFSM, Dr Lachlan McCaw, Dr Jane Cawson |
| Session #5: Panel | Prescribed fire research – encouraging effective practice, what are critical gaps and how can these be filled? Dr Rowena Morris, Prof Trent Penman, Sandra Whight, Dr Thomas Duff |
Thursday 27 June
| Session #6: Fire communication Euan Ferguson, David Bruce, Tim Lee |
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| Session #7: Prescribed fire for environmental and other values Dr Tony Bartlett, Dr Pep Turner, Shaun Lawlor, A/Prof Lauren Bennett |
| Session #8: Fire management, health & risk Dr Fabienne Reisen, Paul de Mar |
| Session #9: Prescribed fire: considerations on the way forward Peter Leeson, Rebel Talbert, Trevor Howard |
