4thInternationalSmokeSymposium(ISS4)
LeighPerkinsConservationEducationCenter-Tallahassee,FL
March23-27,2026
PresentedbyInternationalAssociationofWildlandFire
8:00-9:00
Monday,March23
ShuttleprovidedfromTallahassee
8:00-5:00 Registrationdeskhours WORKSHOPS
9:00-11:00 StrategicCommunicationforFire SmokeScientistsandTechnical Experts
BobCrimian,COMPASSScience Communication
11:00-1:00
1:00-2:00
1:00-2:00
2:00-6:00 NASASatelliteObservationsand ToolsforFireandSmoke Monitoring
AaronNaeger,NASAMarshall SpaceFlightCenter;CarlMalings (MSU,NASAGSFC)KristinaPistone (BAERI,NASAARC)CaterinaMogno (UMBC,NASAGSFC)
PrescribedFireandWildfireExceptional EventsResourcesandTools (remoteparticipationavailable)
JamesBoylan,GeorgiaDepartmentofNatural Resources;RickGillam,U.S.EPARegion4,Mary Uhl,WesternStatesAirResourcesCouncil (WESTAR)
FireSatforSmoke:PracticalTools,Early Insights,andResearchOpportunities (remoteparticipationavailable) AnnKapusta,EarthFireAllianceandDr. MichaelFalkowski
Lunch(provided)
ShuttleprovidedtoandfromTallahassee WORKSHOPS
WildlandFireSmokeModelingusingBlueSky Playground
MarlinEMartĂnez,UniversityofWashingtonand SusanM.O’Neill,USDAForestService
SoutheastPrescribedFireandAir QualitySummitMeeting(inviteonly)
6:00
7:30-8:30
7:30-5:00
8:30-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:10-10:30
10:30-10:50
10:50-11:10
SmokeModeling&Observations
Moderator:
Pathogenicfungifromwildfire smokecommonacrossregionsand positiveforinfectiousdiseasein animalmodels
LedaKobziar
PopulationExposureandHealth ImpactsofPrescribedBurnsin California
RashmiRajput
PAHsinSmokefromVariousWUI FireFuels:Cars,Trees,And ConstructionMaterials
AikaDavis
AddressingNon-Negligible Uncertainties inNon-Methane OrganicCompoundEmission FactorsisNeededforImproving SmokeImpactAssessments
11:10-11:30
11:30-11:50
KelleyBarsanti
Metaltoxinsinwildfiresmoke: observationsandimplications
AlexanderHoneyman
ShuttleprovidedtoTallahassee Tuesday,March24
ShuttleprovidedfromTallahassee
OpeningRemarksandGeneralSession
NetworkingBreakwithexhibitorsandsponsors
SmokeManagementandCommunication SpecialSession
Moderator:
UnderstandingWildfireSmokeDecision-Making inRuralWesternUSCommunities
CarolineBeckman
UnderstandingCommunicationPreferences AmongSusceptiblePopulationsDuringSmoke Events:ACaseStudyfromEasternOregon
WilliamToombs
LookingatWildlandFireSmokeRisk CommunicationResearch
JessDowney
MisalignedFireNarrativesandIndigenous Realities:ReframingSmokeandSocio-Ecological ResilienceinCentralIndia
MohdAminKhan
ComparativeEvaluationofMERV13AirFilter PerformanceforSaltAerosolsandSimulated WildfireSmoke
NourElsagan
Moderator:
TheAlbanyPilotProject:AModelforFire, AirQuality,andMulti-LevelCollaboration
HollyNowell
ApplyingResearchtoAddressPeatFires inMalaysia
AdamWatts
11:50-12:10
12:10-1:40
1:50-2:10
2:10-2:30
Satellite-InformedMachine LearningBiasCorrectionofWildfire PlumeInjectionHeights
MohammadAstaneh
EmployingHistoricalWildfire GrowthDataforCharacterizing DiurnalFireBehaviorandSmoke Emissions
MichaelBillmire
EstimatingModelErrorVariancefor BetterWildfireSmokePredictions
SandraBabyale
StrategicCommunicationin Practice:CommunicatingRisk Effectively
BobCrimian
Assessmentofnational meteorologicaldispersionforecasts andmethods
TimBrown
Impactofplumerise parametrizationonairquality forecastsforSEAsiabiomass burningduring2024
ManasMohanty
PM2.5emissionsfromlaboratory burningofsoutheasternforestfuels
YongqiangLiu
Developmentofaunified prescribedfiredatabaseand accompanyingdashboardfortheU.
S
AmyMarsha
SmokeModeling&Observations
Moderator:
Trans-Atlanticsmoketransportand airqualityimpactsofCanadian wildfiresinsummer2025
MarkParrington
Coupledfireandsmokemodeling forprescribedfireapplications
SaraBrambilla
Applicationofasimplifiedsmoke emissionsanddispersionmodelfor trackingsmokeplumesona regionalscale
WithFireComesSmoke:AligningForest ManagementandPublicHealth CommunicationsforAirQuality
RachelMcIntosh-Kastrinsky
PosterSessionandLunch(provided)
IntegratedResearchManagementTeam SupportingCoproductionofWildlandFire Science
JamesFurman
Reducinghuman-causedwildfireignitionsusing communitybye-lawsinGhana
HannahOwusuTuffour
IntegratedFireManagementinAfram HeadwatersForestReserve,Ghana
EstherAdjei
WildfireIncidenceinForestandTransitional ZonesofGhana:LocalCommunityPerceptions andAdaptationStrategies
KingsfordOwusuBoampong
Assessingimpactsofclimatechangeand humanpopulationgrowthonforestfire potentialinthetropics:CaseoftheTainIIForest ReserveinGhana
EricOsei-Kwarteng
Advancingwildfiresmokeexposurescience: Fieldmeasurementsofsmokechemistryat CDPH
AlandraLopez
ImprovingWildfirePreparedness:Lessonsfrom HighSchools'WildfireClubEducational ProgramsinGhana
ReubenOseiMensah
2:30-2:50
MarkSchaaf
UncoveringKeyDriversof PrescribedBurnSmokeImpacts
UsingAirQualityModelingand MachineLearning
2:50-3:10
3:10-3:40
Correlationbetweenmeteorologicaldata andfireoccurrenceinthetransitional zoneofGhana
RichardBaffourGyan
BaselineUrinaryMonohydroxylatedPAH MetabolitesinPortugueseWildland FirefightersBeforetheFirefighting Season
SandraLavandeira
EvaluationofEBAMPerformanceinLow PM2.5ConcentrationsandHigherRelative HumidityEnvironment–Expectations, DataUtility,Recommendations
SusanO'Neill
FieldTestingofAirScrubbersataWildfire IncidentCommandPost
PaulCorrigan
TheLatestAnnualPrescribedFireUse Surveysfor2022and2023
PeterLahm
ChallengesofCarbonMonoxide MonitoringusingLowCostSensorsin WildlandFireSmokeSituations
JoshHall
CalculatingdailyaveragePM2.5emissions usingburnauthorizationsacrossFlorida givenvegetationandcroptype
HannahSchley
PublicandOccupationalHealthImpacts RemoteSensing:Tools,Insights,Visions
Moderator:
AirPollutionEmissionsandPublicHealth Impactsfrom2022MosquitoWildfire
BruceSpringsteen
Characterizationofstructurefireemissionsand effectsonexposedpopulationsandfirefighters’ health
MartaOliveira
HowLongCanGaseousContaminationPersist IndoorsfromWildland-UrbanInterface(WUI) FireSmoke?
MichaelLink
SmokeEmissionsTradeoffsinCaliforniawith IncreasedPrescribedFireActivity
SeanRaffuse
AmirhosseinGhajari
Moderator:
LinkingFireBehaviorandSmokeImpacts: FireSat’sRoleinSupportingAirQuality andHealthResearch
AnnKapusta
IdealizedNumericalSimulationsof PrescribedFiresandtheApplicationofa MultistaticRadarEmulator
EmmaMiller
Satellite-constrainedEvaluationofRRFSSmokepredictedWildfireSmokeVertical PlacementandColumnLoadingfor Summerof2025
SudheerBhimireddy
AnnouncingINFLAMES:the InterdisciplinaryNetworkforFireresearch fromLowEarthOrbitAtmospheric Measurements
GerbrandKoren
NetworkingBreakwithexhibitorsandsponsors
3:45-5:00 GeneralSessionPanel:PersonnelSmokeImpacts
5:00-6:30
6:30
7:30-8:30
Socialreceptionwithexhibitorsandsponsors
ShuttleprovidedtoTallahassee
Wednesday,March25
ShuttleprovidedfromTallahasssee
7:30-5:00 Registrationdeskopen
8:30-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:10-10:30
10:30-10:50
10:50-11:10
SmokeModeling&Observations
Moderator:
Towardsunderstandingemission characteristicsduringwildlandurbaninterface(WUI)fires
SayakaSuzuki
EvaluatingFirePixels:Amultilayeredframeworkforsmoke emissionestimationusingrecent Australianbushfirecasestudies
FabienneReisen
UnderstandingWildfireand Prescribed-BurningSmokeover CaliforniausingMUSICAv0
WenfuTang
VegetationFiresandSmoke PollutionWarningandAdvisory System,globalandEuropean perspective
11:10-11:30
11:30-11:50
11:50 -1:20
1:30-1:50
MikhailSofiev
WildfireSmokeModellingat RegionalandLocalScales:Insights fromSwedenandItaly
TobiasOsswald
SmokeModeling&Observations
Moderator:
FromSatellitetoMachineLearning: PredictingWildfirePlumeInjection HeightsacrosstheWesternUnited States
XuFeng
ComparisonofRadar-Observedand SimulatedWildlandFirePlumeand EmberTransport
JieSun
1:50-2:10
2:10-2:30
2:30-2:50
2:50-3:10
3:10-3:40
3:45-5:00
5:00-6:00
6:00
7:30-8:30
AMulti-ScaleMeasurementofFire andPlumeTransportThrougha ForestCanopy
WeixuanGong
FuelMoisture–DrivenVariationsin SmokePlumeDynamics
NedaYaghoobian
A2-D,nonhydrostatic,compressible modelforfireplumedynamics
BransonStarr
GeneralSession
NetworkingBreakwithexhibitorsandsponsors
EmergingTechnologiesandTools SpecialSession
Moderator:
QuantifyingEmissionsfromFuelsCommonly foundwithinWildlandUrbanInterface Structures
BryceBathras
Advancementsofsmokeasphyxiantmodeling inQUIC-Fire
AlexanderJosephson
Parcel-ScaleHouseFuelLoadandFireDamage RiskAssessmentinWildlandUrbanInterface
YifeiDing
DiscoveringGoverningDynamicsofSmoke PlumesandFireSpreadUsingMachine Learning-BasedEquationDiscovery
JhamiekaGreenwood
Highspatiotemporalresolutionestimatesof wildfiresmokeexposurewithmachinelearning, lowcostsensors,andsatellitedata
NathanPavlovic
Lunch(provided)
Moderator:
Howtobestcommunicateaboutsmoke andfires
PatrickMerle
TBD
TBD
PublicandOccupationalHealthImpacts SpecialSession
Moderator:
Thechanginglandscapeofwildfiresmoke exposureinCanada:Analyzingtheimpactof wildfiresmokeonairqualitybetween2010–2023usingCanOSSEM
NamanPaul
TheMultiyearWildfireSmokeExposure (MultiWiSE)Metrics:CharacterizingEpisodic PM2.5ExposureforStudiesonLong-Term HealthEffects
StephanieCleland
BurningQuestions:HowWildfireSmoke ImpactstheBrain
AnthonyWhite
BushfireEmissions:EvaluatingtheImpactonAir QualityandHumanHealthintheNorthern Territory
HafsaYousufNipa
CommunityPreferencesforWildfireSmoke MitigationandAdaptationStrategiesinBritish Columbia’sWildland–UrbanInterface
DilshaniRanasinghe
Moderator:
BuildingSmoke-ReadyCommunities: StrategiesforHealth,Equity,and Resilience
HeidiHuber-Stearns
TBD
TBD
NetworkingBreakwithexhibitorsandsponsors
GeneralSessionpanel:Modeling
HappyHourwithExhibitorsandSponsors
WagonRidearoundTallTimbers
ShuttleprovidedtoTallahassee Thursday,March26
ShuttleprovidedfronTallahassee
7:30-5:00 Registrationdeskopen
8:30-9:30 GeneralSession
9:30-10:00
Emergingtechnologiesandtools
Moderator:
NetworkingBreakwithexhibitorsandsponsors
SmokeManagementandCommunication SpecialSession
Moderator:
Moderator:
10:00-10:20
10:20-10:40
GuidingAirQualityMonitoring: FieldEvaluationofAirQuality SensorsinSoutheasternU.S.
TanvirKhan
IncentivizingDecentralizedIoT NetworkstoEnhanceSmoke DetectorCoverageintheWildlandUrbanInterface
Jyun-FanTsai
PerformanceTestingofSeven CommerciallyAvailableand ResearchGradeCarbonMonoxide SensorsforUseinWildlandFire SmokeSituations
10:40-11:00
11:00-11:20
11:20-11:40
JoshHall
SMesh:Real-TimeRadioSensor NetworksforPrescribedFireSmoke Management
JessicaYu
Ground-basedwildfiredetection cameras-howwelldotheywork?
GavinHough
IntegratedResearchManagement TeamSupportingCoproductionof WildlandFireScience
JamesFurman
11:40-12:00
12:00-12:20
12:20-1:20
SmokeresearchandtoolsattheU. S.ForestService
AaronPiña
MitigationandScience:Reaching abalancemovingforward
Moderator:
TheChallengeofBIGPrescribed Fires
PeterLahm
1:30-1:50
1:50-2:10
2:10-2:30
2:30-2:50
IntroductiontotheWildlandand Wildland-UrbanInterface(WUI)Fire ProgramoftheInternational SootingFlameWorkshopIntitiative
SamuelL.Manzello
ComputingmonthlyaveragePMâ‚‚.â‚… forecounitsinCaliforniatoassess thedirecthealthbenefitsoffuture potentiallimitingofwildfiresmoke impacts
AzimehZare-Harofteh
DevelopmentofWeatherScenarios ThatMayResultinSmoke-Induced Fog
MatthewPace
PreventingCatastrophicWildfires: AnnualGridInspectionand MaintenancePlan
SmokeScienceResourcesforExtensionand OutreachtoSupportLocalCommunities
DavidGodwin
Event-basedinsightsintoresidentperceptions ofsmokefollowingtwoprescribedfiresin Flagstaff,Arizona
SarahDevenport
TheGlobalForestFireEmissionsPrediction System(GFFEPS)
KerryAnderson
ActionableEvidencefromaComparativeProject onResilienceandResponsestoSmokeEvents
NicholasPerry
WildfireSmoke'sRoleinPM-2.5andOzone ConcentrationsinTheGreatLakesRegion
AlecKownacki
UnderstandingLightningDrivenFiresand CommunitySmokeRiskAlongZimbabwes GreatDykeCorridor
WillsonChimwedzi
EnhancingFuelsinLarge-scaleModelsby ConnectingGround-basedFuels(FCCS)
AmberSoja
Lunch(provided)
SmokeManagementandCommunication
Moderator:
EvaluatingIndoorAirCleaningEffectiveness duringWildland-UrbanInterfaceFireEvents: InsightsfromaControlledResidentialStudy
NathanLima
Canmechanicalfueltreatmentsandprescribed firesprovidelong-termairqualitybenefitsby reducingfuturesmokeemissions?
ShawnUrbanski
IntegratingPublicHealthintoUpstreamWildfire Management
SavannahD'Evelyn
HotSpotsandHotMomentsinPrescribedFire acrosstheSoutheasternUS:UsingPermitData forAdvocacyandPolicyChange
KarenCummins
AssessingConsistencyinFuelConsumed betweenActivity-basedWildfireEmission Estimates
OperationalApproachestoReducing ExposureHazardsontheFireline
SusanKidnie
TBD
Regulatory ImprovingFuelsandConsumptionfor FireEmissionsInventory
NancyFrench
Effectofseasonoffireonfuel consumptionandestimatedPM2.5 emissionsinasoutheasternU.S.pine savanna
KevinRobertson
ChangesinWildlandFireEmissions EstimationMethodsandTrendsintheUS EPANationalEmissionsInventory
JamesBeidler
SmokeModeling&Observations
Moderator:
Evaluatingandimprovingmodeled smokeverticaldistributionandsurface concentrationsforthe2020westernUS wildfires
MackenzieArnold
APredictiveModelforEstimatingHourly FireRadiativePowerUsingNumerical WeatherPredictionsandMachine Learning
ChrisRodell
WeatherToolsforSmokeForecasting
JosephCharney
FireDynamicVision:AToolforTracking andCharacterizingSmokePlumesin PrescribedandWildlandFires
BryanQuaife
Anovelsamplingsystemforgasand particulatechemistrymeasurementsin wildfiresmoke
2:50-3:10
AbolfazlTaghavi
TheDestructiveImpactofBushfire PracticesonForestTreesin Nigeria'sFederalCapitalTerritory, Abuja:ACallforSustainable Alternatives
3:10-3:30
3:30-3:45
MichaelOke
PabloSaide
TBD
Networkingbreak
MarkLeone
Compositionofgasesinalongleafpine diffusionflame
DavidWeise
3:45-5:00
5:00
8:00-9:00
9:00-4:00
9:00-4:00
Generalsessionpanel:Publichealthandhealthimpacts
ShuttleprovidedtoTallahassee Freeevening
Friday,March27
ShuttleprovidedfromTallahassee
FieldTripOne:FireontheGround,SmokeintheAir:ScienceandCollaborationinPrescribedBurning
FieldTripTwo:FireontheEdge:BurningNexttoCommunities