Conference for the Fire Protection of Structures 2022

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2^nd Conference for the Fire Protection of Structures

The conference is the most dynamic and promising meeting in the broader area of Fire Safety of Buildings and Structures, aiming at informing and strengthening the networking of all interested parties

At a glance

The Hellenic Institute for the Fire Protection of Structures (ELIPYKA), after the 1st very successful conference, organizes the 2nd Conference for the Fire Protection of Structures on 20 & 21 May 2022, at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall.
In the past 2 years, there are important developments and events.

The Fire Protection of Buildings and Structures, day by day rises higher in the priorities of the Construction Sector. The experiences of almost 4 years from the implementation of the Building Fire Protection Regulation, its updating, the creation of a National Network of Testing Laboratories, the requirements for trained, specialized human resources, both at the level of engineers and craftsmen, the new requirements that emerge due to electrification, the categorization of buildings in terms of Fire Protection and a variety of other issues that will be discussed, will enrich the thinking of stakeholders.

The 2nd ELIPYKA Conference for the Fire Protection of Structures will be a summit meeting of the Community of Engineers, Professionals, Scientists, Producers and Public Officials, with which it is hoped that answers and solutions to everyday problems of the interested parties will be given.

Why join?

Learn about the new Technical, Scientific and Business Environment created by the implementation of the New Fire Protection Regulation of Buildings in Greece and in European Union, in general.

Look, listen and share thoughts and opinions enriching your cognitive background and gain from the experiences of others by mutually exchanging your experience and facts happened during the course of your professional activities.

Join the Community of the Fire Safety and Protection of Structures Experts, connect with the individual members that fit more to your interests and professional needs and adapt promptly your plans for a better future of your business or research. Learn about Harmonized European Standards, CE Marking, European Guidelines, Special Standards from other countries, Certifications and Testing, in the field of Fire Protection of Structures. Become more updated and efficient by understanding the “state of the art” technology of materials, products and structures with you, gaining an advanced position over your competitors.

Conference Program:

FRIDAY - 20/5/2022

9:00-10:00

Registrations

10:10-10:20

Introduction

Α - Building Fire Protection: An International Overview

Coordinator: Y. Kontoulis, President ELIPYKA

10:20-10:30

Spatial Planning and Fire Protection

Efthimios Bakogiannis
General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Assistant Professor NTUA

10:30-10:40

Fire safety engineering approach in the built environment – Status, challenges and the future in the EU

Dr Adamantia Athanasopoulou
Scientific Project Officer at the Joint Research Centre

10:40-10:50

How can the European Union improve the fire safety of buildings?

Eugenio Quintieri
Managing Director of Fire Safe Europe

10:50-11:00

Testing & Certification – Middle East Market Entry

David Campbell
Μaterial, product and system fire testing and certification specialist, Emirates Safety Laboratory

11:00-11:10

Experience and lessons learned, from existing building risk indexing methods

Vasileios Koutsomarkos
Civil Engineer, PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

11:10-11:30

Q/A – Discussion

11:30-12:10

Coffee break

Β - Building Fire Protection in Greece: Present and Future

Coordinator: Th. Panidis, Professor Univ. of Patras

12:10-12:20

A new framework for the supervision of economic activities

Christos Tsavalopoulos
Lieutenant Fire Colonel. Dep. Preventive Fire Protection, Directorate of the Legal Support, Hellenic Fire Brigade Headquarters

12:20-12:30

Regulatory framework for standard testing and classification of construction products in fire conditions

Dr. Dionysios Kolaitis
Technical Manager of NTUA’s Fire Engineering Unit.

12:30-12:40

Property Insurance and Fire protection

Panagiotis Megalooikonomou
Mechanical Engineer, Senior Risk Consultant Engineer, EUROLIFE FFH

12:40-12:50

Recent developments in Hellenic electrical legislation for the protection against fire from electrical origin

Georgios Sarris
Electrical engineer, expert member at ELOT TC 82

12:50-13:00

An Introduction to Smoke Management – Smoke Shafts and CFD

Kostantinos Bazigos
M.Sc. Fire Engineering University LEEDS UK, Fire Engineer

13:00-13:20

Q/A – Discussion

13:20-14:20

Lunch

C - Fire Behaviour of Construction Materials

Coordinator: G. Iliadis, Dr. Mechanical Eng., ELIPYKA BOD

14:20-14:30

Concrete performance under elevated temperatures

Professor Kosmas K. Sideris
Civil Engineering Dep. Democritus University of Thrace

14:30-14:40

Fire resistance tests of fireproof glass systems. Criteria for implementation and full compliance

Konstantina Charitou
Civil Engineer, MSc, Fire Protection Systems Applcation, ilicon P.C

14:40-14:50

Wood construction products behavior in fire conditions

Andrianos Koklas
Mechanical Engineer Researcher PhD candidate NTUA

14:50-15:00

Evaluation of fire reaction characteristics of new materials with a cone calorimeter

Alexandros Romeos
PhD in the field of Wake Vortex Interaction, Univ. of Patras

15:00-15:10

The use of Polymers (Pipes and Fittings) in automatic Sprinkler Networks

Nikolaos Kyradis
Quality Assurance Manager, R&D Coordinator, Interplast S.A.

15:10-15:30

Q/A – Discussion

15:30-16:10

Coffee break

D - Passive and Active Fire Protection Systems

Coordinator: St. Chadiarakou, Dr. Mechanical Eng. ELIPYKA Scientific Committee

16:10-16:20

Fire Sealing of Penetrations and Linear joints

Athanasios Merlis
Mechanical Eng., Technical & Commercial Support, Knauf Gypsopiia A.B.E.E

16:20-16:30

Product certification versus System certification

Celine Abadie
Research and Development Manager, SteelMaster Products, Global R&D Intumescent, Jotun Performance Coatings

16:30-16:40

Fire-Resistant Building Products in Europe and the World

Peter Plettenberg
Lead Auditor, Fire Prot. Product Certification NoBo ift Rosenheim GmbH

16:40-16:50

Application of Intumescent Passive Fire Protection Coatings

Fotios Sakelliadis
Corrosion Engineer, Painting-coating inspector FROSIO LEVEL III

16:50-17:00

Latest system advances and best practices of active fire protection

Ioannis Meletiadis
Professional Doctorate in Engineering, Zarifopoulos S.A.

17:00-17:20

Q/A – Discussion

SATURDAY - 21/5/2022

9:20-9:50

Registrations

E - Façade Fires

Coordinator: D. Kolaitis, Dr. Mechanical Eng. Fire Engineering Unit NTUA

9:50-10:00

Fire safety – Role of European Commission

Heikki Väänänen
European Commission, DG GROW, Policy Officer

10:00-10:10

Finalization of the European approach to assess the fire performance of facades

Johan Anderson
Senior Researcher at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

10:10-10:20

Façade Fires: Case Studies and Lessons Learned

Mathieu Meur
Director of DP Façade, provision of strategic and technical leadership

10:20-10:30

Βest practices in passive fire protection for facades

Ricky Kay
Fire Protection Façade specialist, SIDERISE

10:30-10:40

Challenges of fire and facades: a UK perspective

Peter Goff
Associate Director in the London Façade Engineering team, Buro Happold
Jamie Lee McQuillan
Associate co-leading the London Fire Engineering team, Buro Happold

10:40-10:50

Fire Safety Barriers in contact façade systems: importance to limit the fire spread

Domen Ivanšek
Head of Building Science, Knauf Insulation

10:50-11:10

Q/A – Discussion

11:10-11:50

Coffee break

F - Wildland Fires

Coordinator: G. Mylonakis, General Manager ELIPYKA

11:50-12:10

Fire protection of buildings near forest areas

Athina Skarla
Architect Eng., Ηead Department of Architecture, Building Regulations and Licensing, Ministry of Environment and Energy

12:10-12:20

Governance and Interagency Exchange in Wildfire Management

Pooja Pandey
PhD candidate at CERIDES –European University Cyprus

12:20-12:30

Wild-Urban Interface Fires: Basic Characteristics and Measures for the Fire Protecrtion of Structures

Christos N. Pallikarakis
Mechanical Engineer Researcher PhD candidate NTUA

12:30-12:40

Field study of a smart extinguishing material for use in forest and wildland–urban interface fires

Michalis Chalaris
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, IHU & Retd Major General (HFCs)

12:40-12:50

The 2021 Arakapas wildfire: implications for management approaches to wildfire risk in Cyprus

Judith Kirschner
PhD candidate at CERIDES –European University Cyprus

12:50-13:10

Q/A – Discussion

13:10-14:10

Lunch

G - Building Fire Protection: Future Challenges

Coordinator: M. Chalaris, Assoc. Professor Int.Hellenic University

14:10-14:20

Fire protection of historic buildings

Kyriakos Papaioannou
Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, A.U.TH.

14:20-14:30

The role of fire safety engineers in building design process: an architect’s survey on fire safety competency

Franklyn Okwara
Fire Safety Expert Modern Building Alliance

14:30-14:40

Seismic bracing for sprinkler systems: the new European design approach

Matteo Alessandro Baleni
Business Development Manager nVent CADDY seismic protection division, SE Europe

14:40-14:50

External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems with Stone Wool: Energy upgrade without degrading the fire protection of the building

Christos Chatziastrou
Chemist MSc. Building Materials, FIBRAN Technical Support Director

14:50-15:00

Educational Vision and Training Programs ELIPYKA

George Mylonakis
Physicist (M.Sc.), General Manager ELIPYKA and Coordinator of the Education Committee

15:00-15:20

Q/A – Discussion

15:20-15:50

Coffee break

H - ROUND TABLE

15:50-16:50

DISCUSSION – CONCLUSIONS

Dr. D. Kolaitis, Technical Manager of NTUA’s Fire Engineering Unit
P. Megalooikonomou, Mechanical Engineer, Senior Risk Consultant Engineer, EUROLIFE FFH
Chr. Tsavalopoulos, Lieutenant Fire Colonel. Dept. Preventive Fire Protection, Directorate of the Legal Support, Hellenic Fire Brigade Headquarters

Speakers:

Celine Abadie

Research and Development Manager, SteelMaster Products Global R&D Intumescent, Jotun Performance Coatings

Dr Adamantia Athanasopoulou

Scientific Project Officer at the Joint Research Centre

Johan Anderson

Senior Researcher at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Eng. Matteo Baleni

Business Development Manager nVent CADDY seismic protection division, SE Europe

Efthimios Bakogiannis

General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Assistant Professor NTUA

Κonstantinos Bazigos

M.Sc. Fire Engineering University LEEDS UK, Fire Engineer

David Campbell

Μaterial, product and system fire testing and certification specialist, Emirates Safety Laboratory

Dr Chalaris Michail

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, IHU & Retd Major General (HFCs)

Konstantina Charitou

Civil Engineer, MSc, Fire Protection Systems Applcation, ilicon P.C

Christos Chatziastrou

Chemist MSc. Building Materials, FIBRAN Technical Support Director

Peter Goff

Associate Director in the London Façade Engineering team, Buro Happold

Domen Ivanšek

Head of Building Science, Knauf Insulation

Ricky Kay

Fire Protection Façade specialist, SIDERISE

Andrianos Koklas

Mechanical Engineer Researcher PhD candidate NTUA

Dr. Dionysios Kolaitis

Technical Manager of NTUA’s Fire Engineering Unit.

Vasileios Koutsomarkos

Civil Engineer, PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Nikos Kiradis

Quality Assurance Manager, R&D Coordinator, Interplast S.A.

Judith Kirschner

PhD candidate at CERIDES –European University Cyprus

Jamie Lee McQuillan

Associate co-leading the London Fire Engineering team, Buro Happold

Panagiotis Megalooikonomou

Mechanical Engineer, Senior Risk Consultant Engineer, EUROLIFE FFH

Ioannis Meletiadis

Professional Doctorate in Engineering, Zarifopoulos S.A.

Athanasios Merlis

Mechanical Eng., Technical & Commercial Support, Knauf Gypsopiia A.B.E.E

Mathieu Meur

Director of DP Façade, provision of strategic and technical leadership

George Mylonakis

Physicist (M.Sc.), General Manager ELIPYKA and Coordinator of the Education Committee

Franklyn Okwara

Fire Safety Expert Modern Building Alliance

Christos N. Pallikarakis

Mechanical Engineer Researcher PhD candidate NTUA

Pooja Pandey

PhD candidate at CERIDES –European University Cyprus

Dr Kyriakos K. Papaioannou

Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, A.U.TH.

Peter Plettenberg

Lead Auditor, Fire Prot. Product Certification NoBo ift Rosenheim GmbH

Eugenio Quintieri

Managing Director of Fire Safe Europe

Alexandros Romeos

PhD in the field of Wake Vortex Interaction, Univ. of Patras

Fotios Sakelliadis

Corrosion Engineer, Painting-coating inspector FROSIO LEVEL III

Georgios Sarris

Electrical engineer, expert member at ELOT TC 82

Professor Kosmas K. Sideris

Civil Engineering Dep. Democritus University of Thrace

Athina Skarla

Architect Eng., Ηead Department of Architecture, Building Regulations and Licensing, Ministry of Environment and Energy

Christos L. Tsavalopoulos

Lieutenant Fire Colonel. Depτ. Preventive Fire Protection, Directorate of the Legal Support, Hellenic Fire Brigade Headquarters

Heikki Väänänen

European Commission, DG GROW, Policy Officer

Conference Scientific Committee:

Dr. Dionysios Kolaitis

Mechanical Engineer,
Technical Director of Fire Engineering Unit, School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens

Dr. Thrasyvoulos Panidis

Mechanical Engineer,
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Patras

Dr. Michael Halaris

Chemist,
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, International Hellenic University,
ret. General of Greek Fire Service

Dr. Amaya Osacar

Architect,
member of several Working Groups of the CEN CT 127

Organizing Committee of the Conference:

Alkmini Anastasiadou, Fotini Zarifopoulou, Dr. Dionysios Kolaitis, Maria Lazarimou, Vicky Malliri, Evangellos Michos, George Mylonakis, Dr. Stella Chadiarakou