France Australia Bushfire Workshop: Emergency response at the time of a bushfire crisis (day 1 of 3)

This is a recording of the first day of the France and Australia Bushfire Science Workshop, hosted by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC in collaboration with the Group of Eight and the French Embassy.

This live webinar took place on 15 September 2020 across several locations in Australia and France, discussing the topic: ‘Emergency response at the time of a bushfire crisis’.

Speakers include:

• 0:00 Boris Toucas, French Embassy
• 1:57 Christophe Penot, The Ambassador of France in Australia
• 6:01 Dr Richard Thornton, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
• 9:23 Prof Margaret Gardner AC, Monash University

18:44 Panel 1: Innovations and collaboration from responders’ perspective chaired by Prof Matthew Gilliham, Waite Research Institute, University of Adelaide

• 21:37 Colonel Bruno Ulliac, General Directorate for Civil Protection and Crisis Management
• 29:02 Dr Stuart Matthews, New South Wales Rural Fire Service
• 42:41 Alen Slijepcevic, Country Fire Authority
• 56:44 Panel 1 Q&A session

1:05:12 Panel 2: Wildfire science chaired by Jean-Baptiste Filippi, Laboratoire Sciences Pour L’environnement

• 1:09:30 Prof Paul-Antoine Santoni Director of the Environmental Sciences Laboratory, University of Corsica
• 1:23:47 Solène Turquety, Laboratory for Dynamic Meteorology
• 1:41:31 Dr Jeff Kepert, Bureau of Meteorology, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
• 1:56:43 Prof Jason Sharples, University of New South Wales, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
• 2:11:53 Dr Marta Yebra, Australian National University, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC

For more information about this webinar series including the presentation slides from this video, visit the event page. 

Replay webinar two in the series, ‘Risk reduction and new challenges’ here.