Webinar Series
PyroLife Webinar Series are a set of webinar series dedicated to PhD students whose purpose is to train and provide relevant knowledge to the new generation of researchers. This would be open to anyone interested in learning about this subject.
- Starting month: February 2021
- Frequency: monthly
- Time: 4pm CET (time will be adapted depending on the location of international speakers).
- Invited speakers: top international scientists and experts.
- Participation: open and free, registration needed.
- Target audience: PhD students, scientists, practitioners, any one interested in the topic.
- Duration: 60 min (30-40min of presentation + Q&A).
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Indigenous Fire Management: past, present, and future
24th February 2021, 4 pm in Europe (CET) | 9 am CST
Speakers: Simon Lambert (NEIHR National Coordinating Centre), Amy Cardinal Christianson, Ph.D (Canadian Forest Service) and Brady W. Highway, (Indigenous Leadership Initiative)
International Savanna Fire Management Initiative
31st March 2021, 9 am Europe (CET) | 6 pm AEDT
Speakers: Ariadne Gorring (Kimberley Land Council), Sam Johnston (International Savanna Fire Management Initiative)
Wildfire and flood risk in the Mediterranean; Gaps, challenges and opportunities towards integrated risk management
28th April 2021, 4 pm Europe (CET)
Speakers: Eduard Plana (Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia), Marta Giambelli (CIMA Reaserch Foundation) and Bàrbara Ortuño (Mayor of Bruc)
A burning issue: Understanding the ecological and evolutionary imprints of humans on biodiversity climate on coastal heathlands
26th May 2021, 4 pm Europe (CEST)
Speakers: Vigdis Vandvik (University of Bergen, Norway)
Living with Fire: Perspectives from the US
30th June 2021, 5 pm Europe (CEST)
Speakers: Shawna Legarza – Director of Emergency Management, La Plata County (Colorado USA); retired National Director of Fire and Aviation Management, United States Forest Service, Sam Marouk – retired State Fire Management Officer, California; Bureau of Land Management (U.S. Department of Interior), Sasha Berleman, PhD Director of Fire Forward at the non-profit nature conservation organization Audubon Canyon Ranch
October 13th, 11 am to 12 pm (CEST)
Speaker: Bibiana Bilbao-Full Professor at the Environmental Studies Department, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela, and active member of COBRA Collective (CIC), a UK-based social enterprise.
Cycle II: People Making Change
March to November 2022
Developing and implementing vegetation fire training for the UK
30th March 2022, 4pm Europe (CEST)
Speaker: Rob Gazzard. Advisor, Contingency Planning and Wildfire for Forestry Commission.
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