The “International Conference on forest fire risk modelling and mapping” will take place on 30th September – 2nd October, 2013, in Aix en Provence, France.
CMCC is represented in the Scientific Committee by Michele Salis and Costantino Sirca, both members of the IAFENT Division.

Important dates
Deadline for abstract submission: 30th June 2013
Notification of abstract acceptance: 31st July 2013
Early registration: Before 31st July 2013
Deadline for registration: 15th September 2013

About the conference – topics
Oral and poster sessions will cover the following topics:

• Characterization of the wildland-urban interface (WUI): Spatial structures; Fuel (flammability, combustibility), etc;
• Vulnerability assessment in WUI: Vulnerability of infrastructures (networks, dwellings, etc); Experimental assessment of vulnerability; Models of vulnerability, etc;
• Post-fire assessment in WUI: Post-fire damage assessment; Post-fire intensity assessment; Resilience of anthropogenic stakes, etc;
• Management in WUI: Fuel breaks for WUI protection; Role of agricultural spaces; Forest management to mitigate vulnerability; Land management and risk planning to limit vulnerability, etc;
• Firefighting in WUI: Defense; Exposure assessment, etc.

Useful information
The official languages of the conference are English and French. 
Please consider that information on the conference website is mainly published in English with some content translated into  French; all written material is published in English. Lectures will be generally held in English, but French is also possible, according to the speaker’s preference.
Simultaneous translation into English and French will be provided during oral sessions.

More information are available at the official conference website.