Group Leader of Department of Mechanical Engineering. University of California, Berkeley (USA).

Asociate Dean of Postgrade Studies Division. Dr. Fernández-Pello is Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain and ASME Fellow. Consultant to USA Government and NASA Advisory Comittee. Prof. Fernández-Pello has experience in dozens of research projects, with more than 400 published papers and book chapters.

Director of the BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering, University of Edinburgh (UK).

Currently elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering at United Kingdom, Dr. Torero is a member of the International Committee of the International Association of Fire Safety Science, the British Section Committee of the Combustion Institute and Member of the Editorial board of several scientific journals. He is a member of several technical committees at SFPE, ASME and AIAA.

Professor at Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury (New Zealand).

Prof. Fleischmann’s research interests include compartment fire modelling, computer modelling and backdraft and flashover phenomena. He is member of the SFPE, NFPA and IAFSS. He is a Member of the editorial board for several scientific journals, scientific committees and has published more than 35 referenced papers.

Professor in the Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal, University of Córdoba (Spain).

Prof. Jimenez Peris has been President of the Spanish Association of Fire Laboratories (AELAF), Vice-Chairman of the Wood Construction and Architecture Rehabilitation Class Room - University of Sevilla -, Expert Projects Consultant of the European Union and Spanish Agent in AICI.

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of Edinburgh (UK).

Prof. Rein's research is about combustion and fire sciences providing solutions to real problems relevant to industry and society. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Fire Technology, the Committee of the British Section of the Combustion Institute and Associate Editor of the Newsletter of The IAFSS.

Professor of the Applied Mechanics Department, Polytechnic Inst. of Bragança (Portugal).

Dr. Piloto is a Member of the research unit for Numerical Methods in Mechanics and Structural Engineering (CENUM), at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IDMEC); Member of the editorial board of the Portuguese Journal for Experimental Mechanics, etc.

President of APICI

Is an Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSII). He holds a Degree in Planning and Business Administration from the same University and PhD. at the University of Cantabria. Also, he is the Secretary of ALAMYS (Latin American Association of Metros and subways), President of APICI (Professional Association of Fire Protection Engineering.), and Deputy Director of the Corporate Direction of METRO DE MADRID, SA.

President of TECNIFUEGO-AESPI

He is Civil Engineer at the University of La Coruña, PhD. at the University of La Coruña.

He is The General Director of PROMAT IBERICA and the president of TECNIFUEGO AESPI (Employers' Association of the fire safety companies in Spain)

Founder of GBH International

He is Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He is the chairman of Fire Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings of NFPA, Technical Coordinator Fire Advisory Council on Transport Means, chairman of the committee of Smoke and Combustion Products (ASTM E05.21), chairman of the committee Terminology and Services / Functions (ASTM E05.31) and Secretary-Editor of the Fire Standards committee (ASTM E05), Transportation committee (ASTM E05.17), Furnishings and Contents (ASTM E05.15) and Planning and Review (ASTM E05.91). He is also member of several other committees of ASTM and NFPA.

University of Maryland (USA)

Associate Professor in the Department of Fire Protection, University of Maryland (USA).

Prof. Trouvé is also an Affiliate Associate Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Dept. of Aerospace Engineering. His primary research focus and experience is in the field of multi-dimensional numerical modeling for turbulent combustion. He is member of several international associations and committees.

University of Cantabria (Spain)

Dr. Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, University of Cantabria. Professor of the Department of Knowledge Engineering Construction Department of Transport and Technology Projects and Processes UC. Director of Technology Research Group Construction-GITECO.

 He has held various responsibilities in the academic field such as the Department Director or currently Deputy Director of the Engineering School of Roads, Channels and Ports. He has been investigator responsible in numerous competitive research projects and under contract, and has dozens of publications in the field of Construction Engineering.

Hartford Environmental Research (UK)

Dr. David Purser has worked for over 35 years on fire toxicity and human evacuation behaviour.

 Formerly Technical Development Director at BRE he is currently Visiting Professor at the Universities of Greenwich, Central Lancashire and Maryland. He has chaired Fire Engineering and Toxicity committees in British Standards and ISO, is a member of the scientific committee of the US National Association of State Fire Marshals and wrote the chapter on Assessment of Hazards to Occupants in the SFPE Handbook.

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)

Professor Emeritus at the Superior Aeronautical Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain).

 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research in 1993. Prof. Liñán holds a PhD. Degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and is member of Editorial Board of several scientific journals and has participated in many research projects and referenced publications. He is currently the President of the Spanish Section of the Combustion Institute.

University of Ulster (UK)

Director of FireSERT and Professor of Fire Safety Department, University of Ulster (UK).

 Prof. Delichatsios is the Director of FireSERT at the University of Ulster, overseeing research and teaching of combustion fundamentals, thermal fluid sciences, CFD, fluid mechanics, fire dynamics, fire safety design and risk assessment. He is a member of several reference associations and international Committees.

University of Maryland (USA)

Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at University of Maryland (USA).

He is currently serving as a visiting professor in Continuing Education and University Outreach at California Polytechnic State University, where he is spearheading the establishment of a Fire Protection Engineering graduate program. His primary research interests include fire modeling and building fire safety, among others.