Plenary and keynote speakers

Anders Granström
Plenary talk: Fire in the boreal European forest. Can the past fire regime be safely implemented in nature reserves?
Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences at Alnarp
Anders is one of the Swedish leading researchers in forest fire ecology and conservation practice.

Unfortunately, Mats Niklasson (SLU) cannot make it due to a change in his work duties - but we are excited to have his colleague Anders Grandström, who has years of experience working with forest fires!

Orsolya Valkó
Keynote talk: Living with Fire: Policy Recommendations from the EASAC Report on Changing Wildfires in Europe
HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary
Orsolya is interested in conservation and restoration of grassland biodiversity, using a seed ecological approach. Chief of the working group at the European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC) report on ‘Changing Wildfires’.

Ondřej Sedláček
Keynote talk: Burn it! Fire as a tool to solve environmental problems
Assistant Professor at Charles University in Prague and Ochrana fauny ČR NGO
Ondřej focuses on modern nature conservation and practical management. He is particularly engaged in the role of fire in the ecosystems and implementing it into conservation practices.