International Symposium on Fire Safety Science
Date: June 8 – 12, 2026
Location: La Rochelle, France
The IAFSS Symposium has been organized triennially since 1985 and has become the premier fire safety science meeting attracting researchers, students, and practicing fire protection engineers from across the globe.
The five-day event will feature invited lectures from world-leading fire science researchers, parallel presentations of peer-reviewed papers, work-in-progress poster sessions, and an image session showcasing fire research.
In addition to the technical sessions, social activities are planned to provide meeting and networking opportunities for colleagues at different career stages in informal settings.
During the two days prior to the symposium, a series of workshops will be organized, targeting a range of important topics in fire safety science and fire protection engineering.