Events

The Wildland Fire Canada Conference (WFCC) and Canadian Smoke Forum brings together wildland fire management agencies, Indigenous knowledge holders and experts, scientists, partners, and collaborators from across Canada and around the world. This biennial conference focuses on wildland fire management, science, and knowledge-sharing in Canada.

The IAWF is honored to once again host the 19th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit jointly with the 10th International Conference on Forest Fire Research. This joint event promises to be a pivotal forum for advancing research and safety discussions.

The theme for Wildfire2026 is ‘New Perspectives – Shared Solutions’, reflecting the urgent need to rethink how we approach wildfire challenges and recognising that no single perspective can address the complexity of fire risk. By sharing knowledge, experiences, and strategies, we aim to create solutions that are informed, inclusive, and effective, helping communities, policymakers, and professionals to respond to wildfires more resiliently.

The IAWF is proud to be a partner with the organizers of the 9th IWFC in Melbourne.

Australia welcomes the global wildland fire community back for the International Wildland Fire Conference (IWFC) for the first time since Sydney hosted the event in 2003. The 9th IWFC brings together fire and emergency management practitioners, policymakers, scientists and researchers from around the world to share knowledge and shape the future of wildland fire management. The conference will be held alongside the 2nd Global Fire Management Hub Plenary, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The theme is Fire knowledge, shared across the world.