Program

08.00 – 09.00

Registration & Breakfast


09.00 – 09.15

1st Lieutenant Taher Hassan Al Taher, Preventive Safety Department Dubai Civil Defence - “Opening Message”


Session I : Safety Design of Complex Buildings

Chairwoman : Shamim Sumar, Director Business Development | Aon Fire Protection


09.15 – 09.45

John Noone, Associate | Arup - “Fire Engineering Design Approaches”


09.45 – 10.15

Alexander Castellanos, Associate – Fire & Life Safety | WSP - “Fire Safety Design Principles for Malls”


10.15 – 10.45

Aaron Vanney, Operations Manager | RJA - “Safety Enhancements for Super Tall Buildings”  


10.45 – 11.15

Paris Stavrianidis, General Manager | FM Approvals - “Contribution of Research in Product Testing to Safety Design in Buildings”


11.15 – 11.30

Panel Discussion - supported by Dubai Civil Defence:

1st Lieutenant Taher Hassan Al Taher, Preventive Safety Department

Terry Johnson, Senior Fire Service Advisor


11.00 – 11.30

Coffee Break


Session II : Implementation of Fire Safety Design

Chairman: Rob Davies, Technical Director – Fire & Life Safety | WSP


12.00 – 12.30

Shamim Sumar, Director Business Development | Aon Fire Protection - “Inspection & Maintenance of Automated Sprinkler Systems”


12.30 – 13.00

Altaf Afridi, Regional Director MENA | Dorma - “Access Control & Evacuation”


13.00 – 13.30

Alex Tsiolas, Fire Engineering Manager | AkzoNobel - “Optimization of Intumescent Coatings using Structural Analysis”


13.30 – 13.45

Panel Discussion - supported by Dubai Civil Defence:

Taher Hassan Al Taher, Preventive Safety Department

Terry Johnson, Senior Fire Service Advisor


13.45

Lunch