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		Aerial Firefighting Europe 2013 Conference, Exhibition & Airshow With Wildfires grabbing the global headlines – Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to showcase your technology & platforms to the International Aerial Firefighting Community. For Sponsors, participation in the Static Display & Live Demonstrations is also possible. OVERVIEW - Conference Programme: DAY 1 Prof. Dr. Johann G Goldammer, Director, Global Fire Monitoring Centre (GFMC), Germany Richard Biagioni, Director, Pole Risques, France Keynote Address - Thierry Laurent, Ministry of Interior, DGCSGC - Civil Protection, France (Invited) Update on the Civil Protection Mechanism Dimitrios Pagidas, Policy Officer—Community Civil Protection Mechanism, EU Commission, Belgium (Invited) Air Tanker Situation in the U.S. Tom Harbour, National Director, Fire & Aviation Management, U.S. Forest Service, USA Safe Aerial Fire Fighting Operations Kim Manju, Director - Forest Aviation Safety Division, Korea Forest Aviation Headquarters, Korea Development of Educational and Training Programs by Aerial Forest Fire Center Andrey Eritsov, Deputy Director, Avialesookhrana, Russia New Developments in Italian Aerial Fire Fighting Colonel Ettore Storti, Head of Unified Coordination Operative Air Center Unit - Aeronautical Activity Office, Italian, Civil Protection Department, Italy Spanish Aerial Fire Fighting Operations Elsa Enriquez, Head, Forest Fire Service, Spain (Invited) DAY 2 David Cant, formerly Manager Aviation Service, South Australian County Fire Service, Australia Aerial Fire Fighting in the Ukraine Sergiy Zibtsev, Associate Professor, Ph.D, (Forestry), Head of International Programs, National University of Life and Environment Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Attack Against Wildfire Edward G. Keating, Senior Economist, RAND Corporation, USA Lessons Learned from the Mount Carmel Wildfire Major General Shahar Ayalon, Commissioner, Fire & Rescue Service, Israel (Invited) Helicopter & Fixed Wing Aerial Fire Fighting Operations in Mexico Alfredo Nolesco Morales, CONAFOR, Mexico (Invited) Night Aerial Fire Fighting Operations Perry Esquer, Chief of Air Operations, San Diego Fire-Rescue, USA (Invited) STATIC DISPLAY & LIVE FLYING DEMONSTRATIONS * Speaker subject to final approval N.B - it may be necessary to change the speakers, topics & timings of the programme for reasons beyond our control. We cannot be held liable for these changes should they occur. Pictures courtesy of Bombardier Aerospace Corporation, SEI Industries & Russian Helicopters





			For further details or to discuss sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities please contact: Rebecca Covey Business Development Manager Tel: +44 1628 550047 Email: rcovey@tangentlink.com For more information on this or our other TL events please visit our website







			Who You Can Meet Attendees will include senior officers and government personnel responsible for equipment specification & procurement as well as policy makers from France and other countries threatened by wildfires, including: Spain, Turkey, Israel, Ireland, Portugal, Italy, UK, Russia, Greece, Poland, Luxemburg, Australia, Lebanon, Hungary, Croatia, Netherlands and USA. Confirmed Exhibitors include: Nitrofirex, Spain ICL Biogema, Italy Leshozsnab, Russia Budenheim Iberica, Spain Air Attack Technologies, France Isolair, USA Conair Group, Canada SSC Airborne Systems, Sweden L3 Wescam, Canada CAE, Luxemburg Air Tractor Europe, Spain Wipaire, USA








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