October 22-23, 2026 | Bolzano, Italy
The conference Forest Fire Ecology and Restoration Strategies in Mountain Regions will bring together researchers, practitioners, land managers, and conservation specialists working on wildfire ecology, fire-risk management, air quality, ecological restoration, and biodiversity conservation in mountain environments.
Contributions may address Alpine fire regimes and wildfire behaviour, climate–fire interactions, air quality, fuel and vegetation dynamics, remote sensing and monitoring technologies, preventive silviculture, post-fire vegetation recovery, biodiversity conservation, and interactions between fire and invasive alien species.
The official language of the conference is English.
Accreditation for continuing education credits is foreseen.
Abstracts
Participants are invited to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations. Please use exclusively the template you receive via this link.
Abstracts should clearly state the study objectives, methods, principal results, and main conclusions, and must address at least one of the official conference themes:
Alpine Fire Dynamics
Climate Change and Innovative Technologies
Air quality
Management and Preventive Silviculture Strategies
Post-fire Restoration Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation in Mountain Ecosystems
Invasive Alien Species and Fire Interactions.
Deadlines:
Abstract submission deadline: 20 September 2026
Notification of acceptance: 25 September 2026
Deadline registration: 12 October 2026
Registration for Accreditation: 12 October 2026
The participation to the conference is free of charge.
However, all personal expenses like travel, accommodation, meals must be covered by the participants. This also applies to any costs associated with the field excursion on 23 October 2026 to St. Martin im Kofel, Val Venosta.
Questions? Contact:
Prof. Camilla Wellstein, Prof. Enrico Tomelleri, Dr. Gianmarco Tavilla
fire_ecology@unibz.it
