Dates: 3 - 6 October 2003
Venue: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour

Fri 3 October

Registration

Sat 4 October

Opening Program

Sun 5 October

Mon 6 October

Tue 7 October

Field Trips

Wed 8 October

Summit

Conference & Exhibition

Welcome Reception

Cocktail Gala
Evening

Closing Ceremony Farewell Drinks

Saturday

• The Politics of Fire Management
  
• Co-existing Indigenous Cultures with Fire Use
  
• Balancing Fire Suppression with Fire Prevention
  
• Balancing Fire Threats to Residents and Fire Fighter Safety
  
• Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Forum
  
• The Fire and Emergency Service of the Future
  
• Terrorism: Global Problems – Local Solutions
  
• Global Initiatives and Developments in Community Safety
  
• Bali – The Recovery Phase and Lessons Learnt
  

Sunday

• Sustaining Biodiversity through Fire Management
  
• Fire Fighter Safety and Community Protection
  
• Future Trends – Advances in Fire Research and Techniques
  
• Advances in Fire Weather and Behaviour Prediction
  
• Approaches to Protection of Urban – Rural Interface Values
  
• The road to the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
  
• Valuing our people

Monday

• Developing Global/Regional Fire Capacity
  
• International Fire Support Arrangements-Needs and Solutions
  
• Climate Change; Fire Impacts and Management Adaptations
  
• Global Monitoring of Fires and Emissions
  
• International Best Practice – Case Studies in Rural Fire Management
  
• Summing up; Where to from here?