Wildland Fire Seminar Series

Stanford University • Autumn Quarter 2023-24 • Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m.

https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95377054258?pwd=QmxZdG5uNFNJTVRiQ1hUM3dZNFduQT09

 Please note that Zoom participation requires a SUNET ID. Non-Stanford attendees should contact Derek Fong (dfong [at] stanford.edu (dfong[at]stanford[dot]edu)) for access.

Hawaii. California. Oregon. Montana. Greece. Australia. No matter where you go and where you live, wildfire has become an increasingly frequent occurrence, and often they occur with great intensity. Even if a wildfire is not happening in one's locale, wildfires can affect air quality thousands of kilometers from their burn zone.

This quarter, we will co-sponsor a seminar series focused on policy, community efforts, and science and research aimed at addressing the multi-faceted problems related to wildfires.

This seminar will be exclusively on Zoom. 

October 3: Understanding the wildfire insurance challenge in California: from individual structures to the global reinsurance market

Michael Wara, Doerr School of Sustainability

October 10: Fire as a social-ecological system 

Maria Santos, University of Zurich

October 17: Firetech: Using technology to address our wildfire crisis 

Bill Clerico, Convective Capital

October 24: The Importance, Challenges, and Opportunities for Enabling Aerial Firefighting in Degraded Visual Environments

Mark Bathrick, Bathrick Aviation Consulting

October 31: Evolution of PG&E Wildfire Mitigation Efforts – 2019 to 2023 

Andy Abranches, PG&E

November 7: Fueling fires: wildfire mitigation and wildfire behavior

Georgia Scarr, Bill Lane Center for the American West

November 14: Nonprofits and wildfire. The evolution of the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council: From hazardous fuels reduction to technology leader

Seth Schalet, Santa Clara County FireSafe Council

November 28: X-ray measurements to understand the science of fire spread by ember transport 

Matthias Ihme, Department of Mechanical Engineering

December 5: Translating First Responder Expertise – Enhancing university wildfire management and communications

Luisa Rapport, Stanford Emergency Services

This seminar series is co-sponsored by The Bill Lane Center for the America West, Woods Institute for the Environment, Center for Sustainability Data Science, and the Wildland Fire Challenge.