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We invite you to attend the Ninth International Symposium on Fire Safety Science to be held at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (formerly the University of Karlsruhe) 21-26 September 2008. This is the premier fire safety science symposium in the world and has been organized triennially since 1985 by the International Association for Fire Safety Science. Meeting and hotel booking can be accomplished via links from this website. Meeting registration will include online access to the full papers and posters, as well as a bound copy of the proceedings, Fire Safety Science Vol. 9, to be produced and distributed after the symposium.

The program will include 116 fully peer review papers over the five days of the symposium, including six invited lectures (see the Program page for details). The symposium activities begin on Sunday 21 September with several workshops in the afternoon and a Welcome Reception Sunday evening. In addition to the technical sessions, there are numerous social activities that provide opportunities to meet informally with colleagues and friends. There is a rich array of activities available in the companion program and there is much to see in Karlsruhe, and the Black Forest and Alsace regions. The symposium ends with a Farewell Luncheon on Friday.

The poster session, to be held Wednesday afternoon, provides an excellent opportunity to interact individually with researchers about their most recent work. The afternoon session will include intellectually stimulating discussion, along with German hospitality. The afternoon will be culminated by presentations for the best posters and the best fire science images. The social highlight of the meeting is the Banquet on Thursday evening, always a memorable and gala event.

The most convenient airport serving Karlsruhe for most visitors will be Frankfurt Airport. There is an excellent train service from Frankfurt Airport to Karlsruhe. Arrangements with 14 central hotels have been made to facilitate your booking accommodations. Information on all hotels is provided on this website and a link for booking the hotels is provided as well. All the hotels are within walking distance of the meeting facilities at the Audimax at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. In addition all attendees will be provided with tram passes for week which serve the hotels and the university.

We hope you will join us at the symposium. We can assure you it will be a most productive and enjoyable week. If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Dieter Brein, Local Symposium Committee Chairman
Craig Beyler, Chairman IAFSS
Carole Franks, Secretariat IAFSS