4th international scientific conference SAFETY OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Announcement no. 2

The Scientific and Research Centre for Fire Protection – National Research Institute together with co-organizers and partners once again invites you to participate in already the 4th international scientific conference entitled SAFETY OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, dedicated to fire safety of photovoltaic installations, energy storage, electric vehicles, their charging points and stations, smart home solutions, which will take place on May 7, 2025 at the Institute’s headquarters.

From the very beginning, the conference series was intended by its organizers and partners to create an opportunity to present and disseminate current research results, information, review knowledge and solutions regarding new technologies. The idea of the event unchangeably concentrates on the safety of new technologies, as well as, improving rescue technologies used by fire service.

The fourth edition of the event will discuss the broadly understood fire safety of energy sources, electric batteries, energy storage, as well as new solutions in fire protection and rescue. Topics involving future and the broader use of robotic solutions and AI will not be missed. The conference will include speeches by invited speakers, as well as a discussion to help formulate conclusions, identify needs and propose actions to reduce fire risks caused by electric batteries used in devices, electric vehicles and renewable energy installations. The topic of energy storage in the context of fire safety, ongoing work on guidelines in this area, as well as the use of new solutions and technologies in fire protection and rescue will also be discussed.

The conference is addressed to manufacturers, designers and installers, officers and civilian employees of the State Fire Service, specialists and appraisers in fire protection, managers, users and owners of building facilities, as well as other people interested in the above-mentioned topics.

Technological progress and increasingly ambitious climate goals adopted at the European and global level influence the dynamic development of renewable energy sources (RES) and electromobility. Electric vehicles, as well as renewable energy sources, increasingly use electrochemical batteries to store energy – the so-called electric batteries. The safe use of electric batteries used in devices, electric vehicles and renewable energy installations requires maintaining their cells in specific conditions, including the required voltage and temperature ranges. Loss of control over the increasing temperature of cells, their excessive discharge, and overcharging are just selected cases that may lead to a fire in the battery and the device it powers.

A battery fire is characterized by high dynamics of development and intense release of smoke and fire gases. The subject of the conference is therefore in line with the market need for a broader discussion on areas requiring attention, improving the fire protection conditions of electric batteries and methods of conducting rescue and fire-fighting operations during incidents involving them. The choice of this topic is also dictated by the need to undertake debates and activities in relation to new technologies – their safety and the possibility of their use, also in fire protection. Fire protection requires adapting it to the threats related to the creation and implementation of new technologies – both completely new ones and evolutions of already known ones. These new technologies and solutions, including artificial intelligence, pose not only security challenges, but also opportunities to use them to improve fire safety.

The speakers at the conference will be: representatives of the State Fire Service, universities, insurance companies, manufacturers, invited specialists and experts, who will raise selected issues in the field of fire safety of new technologies and improvig rescue actions.

Additionally, during the VIth International Scientific Conference entitled SAFETY OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, a presentation of preliminary CNBOP-PIB research results related to the Guidelines regarding fire protection of energy storage will be held. This publication is prepared by a large group of experts from various industries as part of an agreement concluded between: Scientific and Research Centre for Fire Protection – National Research Institute, Polish Chamber of Energy Storage and Electromobility, Association of Firefighting Engineers and Technicians, and the Polish Energy Storage Association. In addition, experts from the State Fire Service Headquarters, the Fire Academy, the National Association of Fire Protection and Rescue Equipment Producers, and PGE Energia Odnawialna S.A. were invited to participate in this work.

The first conference in the series was held at the headquarters of CNBOP-PIB in October 2023, and the second conference in June 2024. We encourage you to read the materials available at https://cnbop.pl/en/nauka-en/konferencje-en/konferencje-bnt-en/, including extensive conference reports containing summaries of topics, discussions, conclusions and postulates – available in Polish and English)

ORGANIZER

Scientific and Research Centre for Fire Protection – National Research Institute

TIME AND DATE

7.05.2025 ; 9.00–15.30

PLACE

CNBOP-PIB, Nadwiślańska 213 st., Józefów, room C

Conference in a hybrid form: stationary participation or online transmission

CONTACT

mgr Ilona Masna; tel. 692 149 552; e-mail: imasna@cnbop.pl

mgr Anna Gołąb; tel. +48 22 76 93 221; e-mail: agolab@cnbop.pl

mgr Dorota Gajownik; tel. +48 22 76 93 391; e-mail: dgajownik@cnbop.pl

REGISTRATION FOR LISTENERS (ON-SITE/REMOTE PARTICIPATION) AND EXHIBITORS

Scientific Committee invites to submit topic proposals. Topics are collected until 17.03.2025, to the e-mail address: ds@cnbop.pl. The agenda involves 15-minute speeches and moderated disscussion. You are invited to active participation in the event!

Godzina	FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC conference “SAFETY OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES”
8.00-9.00	Registration, tour on exhibition
9.00-9.10	Opening of the conference: st. bryg. dr inż. Paweł Janik, Dyrektor CNBOP-PIB
9.10-9.15	Introduction to the conference topic: st. bryg. dr hab. inż. Jacek Zboina, Zastępca Dyrektora CNBOP-PIB
9.15-9.30	Co-organizers, partners and guests speeches
9.30-10.30	SESSION 1 Safety of new technologies Moderator: st. bryg. dr hab. inż. Jacek Zboina, Zastępca Dyrektora CNBOP-PIB Main topics of the session: security of new technologies; robotics and artificial intelligence in fire protection; identification and assessment of threats caused by new technologies
9.30-9.45	Speech: About new technologies
9.45-10.00	Speech: SNT – on the example of the Institute’s own research
10.00-10.15	Speech: The use of AI and other new technologies for enhancing rescue actions, command and information access – initial research
10.30-11.00	Break, exhibition
11.00-12.15	SESSION 2 Fire safety of energy storage facilities Moderator: dr inż. Jarosław Tępiński, Dział Prac Studialnych i Projektów CNBOP-PIB Main topics of the session: fire safety of energy storage facilities, key factors affecting the safe use of energy storage facilities; fire, physical and chemical protection at the battery cell level; battery management systems (e.g. BMS, TMS); devices, electric vehicles and renewable energy installations equipped with electric batteries as a potential fire hazard; fire protection requirements for buildings equipped with renewable energy installations with electricity storage, intended for parking and charging electric vehicles
11.00-11.15	Speech: Key factors influencing safety of energy storage use – initial research results
11.15-11.30	Speech: Energy storage tests in the acpect of fire safety
11.30-11.45	Speech: Energy storage from an insurance poinf of view
12.15-12.40	Break, exhibition
12.40-13.40	SESSION 3 New solutions and technologies in fire protection Moderator: dr inż. Michał Chmiel, Kierownik Jednostki Certyfikującej CNBOP-PIB The main topic of the session: new solutions, products, systems and technologies implemented in fire protection
13.40-14.20	Lunch break, exhibition
14.20-15.20	SESSION 4 Improving rescue operations Moderator: bryg. mgr inż. Grzegorz Mroczko, Zakład Ocen Technicznych CNBOP-PIB Main topic of the session: conducting rescue operations, including firefighting, during incidents involving electric batteries, energy storage, hydrogen drives and other new technologies. The use of new technologies in fire protection
14.20-14.35	Speech: Condcting rescue oparations
14.35-14.50	Speech: Construction solutions in fire vehicles dedicated to first response operations
15.20-15.30	SUMMARY – conclustions, recommendations st. bryg. dr hab. inż. Jacek Zboina, Zastępca Dyrektora CNBOP-PIB
15.30	Closure of the conference: st. bryg. dr inż. Paweł Janik, Dyrektor CNBOP-PIB