IAFSS 2026
Workshops Program
Schedule
Saturday, 6 June - Room 2
9:00-9:15
Welcome remarks and review of progress in MaCFP (Arnaud Trouvé)
Gas Phase Phenomena subgroup
9:15-10:00
FM-Burner diffusion flames (Ning Ren, Gang Xiong)
Presentation of results (30 minutes)
Open discussion (15 minutes)
10:00-10:45
Façade fire (JIS A 1310 fire test) (Ning Ren, Gang Xiong)
Presentation of results (30 minutes)
Open discussion (15 minutes)
10:45 - 11:00
Coffee Break
Radiative Heat Transfer Phenomena subgroup
11:00-11:15
Introduction, Phase 1: Benchmark (Simo Hostikka)
11:15-11:30
Phase 2: Uncoupled simulations (Soroush Rashidzadeh)
11:30 -11:45
Phase 3: Coupled simulations (Fabian Brännström)
11:45–12:00
Spectroscopic experiments for wood (to be determined)
12:00-12:30
Future plans and open discussion (Fabian Brännström, Simo Hostikka)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break
Condensed Phase Phenomena subgroup
13:30-13:45
Pyrolysis of a charring material (pine wood) - Introduction (Isaac Leventon, Karen De Lannoye)
13:45-14:00
Experimental results (Lucie Hasalová, Vojtěch Šálek)
14:00-14:15
Open discussion (Lucie Hasalová, Vojtěch Šálek)
14:15-14:30
Modeling results (Morgan Bruns)
14:30-15:00
Calibration approach / Properties (Morgan Bruns, Abdenour Amokrane)
15:00-15:30
Model comparison (Morgan Bruns, Abdenour Amokrane)
15:30-15:45
Coffee Break
15:45-17:00
Open discussion (Morgan Bruns, Isaac Leventon, Stanislav Stoliarov)
Break into groups of 6-10 participants; each group discusses (and takes notes, 1 summary slide) both
Shared MaCFP phenomena
One of the following subgroup-specific phenomena
Confirm key fire phenomena of interest
Condensed-Phase
Retire/continue/start new target cases
Gas-Phase
MaCFP coordination/timing
Radiation
Commitment to support MaCFP (data, analysis, coordination, etc)
New materials
17:00-19:00
Poster session
Schedule
Sunday, 7 June
Gas Phase and Condensed Phase Phenomena subgroups
9:00-9:45
Parallel panel fire (FM 4910 fire test) (Lukas Arnold, Kevin McGrattan)
Presentation of results (30 minutes)
Open discussion (15 minutes)
9:45-10:30
Corner wall fire (EN 13823 Single Burning Item – SBI – fire test) (Jason Floyd, Franck Richard)
Presentation of results (30 minutes)
Open discussion (15 minutes)
10:30 - 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45-12:00
Open discussion (Isaac Leventon, Arnaud Trouvé)
New configurations for coupled condensed- and gas-phase phenomena
Target cases for MaCFP-5
New fuels (e.g., batteries)
New tools (e.g., new diagnostics, AI, etc)
Call for volunteers to help manage MaCFP
Subgroup co-chairs: help maintaining the IAFSS/MaCFP website and GitHub repository, writing reports, analysis, organizing participation in case studies
Experimentalists: commit to providing new data
Modelers: commit to running specific cases
Schedule
Sunday, 7 June
13:00-13:05
Talk 0: Introduction to the workshop, agenda, expectations - Speaker: Sarah Scott
13:05-14:05
Talk 1: Introduction to Machine Learning and Large Language Models - Speaker: Maddalena Rostagno
14:05-14:50
Discussion Session One, Focus: High-Level Topics
14:50-15:05
Break
15:05-15:20
Talk 2: Machine Learning in action on a Fire Science Problem Talk 2.1: A beginner example: ML-Based Kinetic Parameter Inference from Thermogravimetric Analysis - Speaker: Sarah Scott
15:20-16:05
Talk 2.2: An advanced example: Application of structure-preserving methods to learn conservative reduced-order models - Speaker: Mike Meehan
16:05-17:00
Discussion Session Two, Focus: Detailed Topics
Schedule
Sunday, 7 June — 13:00-17:00
13:00-14:00
Ignition and propagation of fire energy storage systems – BESS focus: what are the conditions for ignition/thermal runaway in battery energy storage systems, and what are the conditions for which thermal runaway will propagate from cell to cell?
14:00-14:50
Failure criteria, heat release rate and methods of calculation for BESS: what can be done to determine criteria of failure and exposure of BESS systems, quantify effectively heat release rates and what methods are effective in calculating different BESS failure scenarios?
14:50-15:00
Break
15:00-16:00
Integration of Energy generation and storage: what hazards are presented by integrating energy generation and storage (PV, BESS, etc.), and how does it compare to other fire problems?
16:00-17:00
Scaling, scientific tools, and limitations: what will be required to go from understanding laboratory-scale energy storage system fires to large scale and complex scenarios?
Schedule
Sunday, 7 June
8:00-9:00
Ignition Resistant Communities (IRC) sub-group update and discussion
9:00-10:00
Emergency Management and Evacuation (EME) sub-group update and discussion
10:00-10:30
Cone Calorimeter data Comparison (3C) project update and discussion Part 1
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-12:00
Cone Calorimeter data Comparison (3C) project update and discussion Part 2
Schedule
Sunday, 7 June
9:00-9:05
Introduction
9:05-9:15
Webinar series updates
09:15-09:20
Introduction to research roadmap
09:20-09:35
Research Roadmap – Task 1
09:35-09:50
Research Roadmap – Task 2
09:50-10:05
Research Roadmap – Task 3
10:05-10:20
Research Roadmap – Task 4
10:20-10:35
Break
10:35-10:45
Discussion on future activities
10:45-11:15
Discussion on short-term plans for the HBiF group
11:15-11:45
Discussion on long-term plans for the HBiF group
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Call for papers
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