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Presidents Welcome

Dear Members, Delegates, and Colleagues,

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Institution of Fire Engineers Australia Conference 2025, held in partnership with AFAC and hosted in Perth from August 26th – 29th, 2025.

This year’s conference theme ‘From local to global: leveraging systems, capability and connection’ underscores our collective commitment to advancing fire safety, fire engineering, and emergency response in an evolving global landscape.

With a diverse and distinguished lineup of speakers from across the fire engineering, emergency services, and technology sectors, we are set to explore the existing and future challenges. Whether you are a fire engineer, frontline responder, researcher or policymaker, this event provides an unparalleled platform to share knowledge, foster professional connections, and shape the future of fire safety and emergency management.

IFE Australia has worked hard to provide relevant and topical educational content and bring together leaders in the fields of fire engineering, fire safety and emergency response. We aim to be the ‘Nexus between the fire services and the fire safety industry’.

I extend my sincere gratitude to our dedicated organising committee, our partners at AFAC, IFE Australia board members and sponsors who have worked tirelessly to make this conference a reality. Your support and commitment are truly invaluable.

On behalf of IFE Australia, I invite you to attend and participate in IFE25 and look forward to engaging with you in Perth. May our discussions inspire new ideas, strengthen partnerships, and drive continued progress in our field.

Enjoy the conference.

ryan c

Ryan Cleggett

Ryan Cleggett President, Institution of Fire Engineers Australia

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IFE25 Conference – 27 and 28 August 2025

The IFE25 Conference will be held 27 - 28 August 2025. The full IFE program will be available soon.

Delegates registering for any of the IFE events will qualify for CPD points. Please note that you must select the IFE conference option when registering to attend the IFE conference to qualify for CPD points.

IFE conference registration also allows you access to other conference streams and exhibition. 

 

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08:30
  1. Opening Ceremony
09:25
  1. Keynote | TBC
10:05
  1. Keynote | We can do a better job to stay safe and alive
11:50
  1. Fire Service Leadership
12:20
  1. IFE International President Address
12:50
  1. Future wildfires, flooding and escape; simulations to support decision makers
14:20
  1. When experience is not the answer: The challenge of anticipating the worst case scenario
14:50
  1. Wild Fire Panel | Firestorm - The Palisades Fire
16:30
  1. The challenges for responders confronting a technical (r)evolution
17:00
  1. Cancer in the Fire Service
17:30
  1. Conference Close
08:30
  1. KEYNOTE | Grenfell Tower Fire: Avoiding Disaster – Learning from the Public Inquiry
09:15
  1. PANEL | Local to Global
10:00
  1. Morning Tea and Poster Viewing
11:10
  1. Fire Service leadership
11:40
  1. Fire safety Considerations for the Upgrading of Existing Road Tunnels - A Case Study.
12:10
  1. Water mist fire suppression systems in Australian infrastructure
13:50
  1. What do we mean by holistic design? Case study of an international airport
14:20
  1. Who is in charge? A practical critique of responses to aviation incidents and the challenges for firefighters.
14:50
  1. Emergency Response Operations in Mining
15:30
  1. KEYNOTE | Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience, and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life
  2. A new era of global fire monitoring
16:00
  1. Tailoring Training to Meet Evolving Risks: A Data-Driven Approach
16:30
  1. Closing Ceremony

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