This year marked 20 years since the Canberra bushfires tore through the city’s western suburbs, taking lives and destroying hundreds of homes. Being the ‘Bush Capital’ can be idyllic, but it does come with some significant risks; especially in relation to bushfires.

As a city built within a bush and grass landscape, bushfires are an inevitable part of life for the ACT community. However, developments and innovations in bushfire research are allowing us to better predict periods of high fire risk as well as fire and ember spread, and in turn, better protect our community.

Burning Innovations: The developments and future of bushfire research will be a showcase-style event at which academics from the UNSW Bushfire Research Group will present their research to the government, industry and the ACT community through posters, videos, pitches, and interactive activities.

Join us to learn about dynamic fire propagation, extreme fire development, severe fire weather events, fire behaviour modelling, ember spread, bushfire risk at the wildland-urban interface, and more.

Don’t miss your chance to hear Commissioner of the ACT Emergency Services Agency, Georgeina Whelan and the UNSW Bushfire Research Group as they discuss how research can be used to better protect the ACT community from bushfires.

This is your opportunity to chat one-on-one and ask questions of some of the academics conducting the most ground-breaking research into bushfires. 

This event is open to all, free to attend, and canapes and drinks will be provided.

Registrations essential. Presented by University of NSW.