4th international scientific conference SAFETY OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES (Announcement no. 4)
Announcement no. 4
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 detailed scope of the conference includes the following issues:
- safety of new technologies;
- robotics and artificial intelligence in fire protection;
- identification and assessment of threats caused by new technologies;
- fire safety of energy storage facilities, key factors influencing safety of energy storage use;
- fire protection measures, physical and chemical at the level of battery cells;
- battery management systems (e.g. BMS, TMS);
- udevices, 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;
- new solutions and technologies in fire protection;
- conducting rescue and fire-fighting operations during incidents involving electric batteries, energy storage facilities, hydrogen propulsion and other new technologies.
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
Centrum Naukowo-Badawcze Ochrony Przeciwpożarowej im. Józefa Tuliszkowskiego – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
CO-ORGANIZERS
Fire Academy
WSB Academy in Dąbrowa Górnicza
Institut für Feuerwehr- und Rettungstechnologie (IFR) der Feuerwehr Dortmund
Municipal eadquarters of the State Fire Service in Kraków
District Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Otwock
Fire Service Officer School in Poznań
PZU LAB SA
European Fire Safety Alliance
National Association of Manufacturers of Fire Protection Systems and Rescue Equipment
Polish Association of New Mobility
Polish Association of Energy Storage
Polish Chamber of Energy Storage and Electromobility PIME Association
Association of Fire Protection Engineers and Technicians
Institute of Social Security operating within the Social Observatory Foundation
PARTNERS AND PATRONAGE
Main Chief of the State Fire Service of Poland – Honorary patronage
Marsh, „Gazeta Ubezpieczeniowa”, „Safety & Fire Technology”, WysokieNapiecie.pl
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Przewodniczący komitetu naukowego: st. bryg. dr hab. inż. Jacek Zboina
prof. dr hab. Anna Rabajczyk
prof. dr hab. Robert Socha
prof. dr hab. Bernard Wiśniewski
dr hab. Aleksander Babiński, prof. Akademii Policji w Szczytnie
dr hab. Andrzej Czupryński, prof. AWSB
dr hab. Paweł Lubiewski, prof. AWSB
dr hab. Stanisław Rysz, prof. uczelni (Uczelnia Państwowa im. Jana Grodka w Sanoku)
dr hab. Tomasz Safjański, prof. AWSB
dr hab. Maria Zielecka, prof. instytutu (CNBOP-PIB)
dr hab. Jarosław Struniawski
st. bryg. dr inż. Tomasz Klimczak, prof. uczelni (APoż)
dr inż. Jacek Roguski, prof. instytutu (CNBOP-PIB)
nadbryg. dr inż. Mariusz Feltynowski
st. bryg. dr inż. Paweł Janik
st. bryg. dr inż. Arkadiusz Kielin
dr inż. Michał Chmiel
dr inż. Dariusz Gołębiewski
dr inż. Bogusław Kogut
dr inż. Zenon Małkowski
dr inż. Tomasz Popielarczyk
dr.-ing. Sylvia Pratzler-Wanczura
dr inż. Jarosław Tępiński
dr inż. Jan Ziobro
dr Robert Gwardyński
dr Rafał Kochańczyk
ks. dr Artur Szela
dr Monika Wyszomirska
st. bryg. w st. sp. mgr inż. Krzysztof Biskup
st. bryg. mgr inż. Michał Gigoła
st. bryg. mgr inż. Daniel Małozięć
st. bryg. mgr inż. Andrzej Zajączkowski
mgr Barbara Adamska
Krzysztof Dąbrowski
Krzysztof Kochanowski
Maciej Mazur
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE
The head of Organizational Committee: mgr Ilona Masna
dr inż. Jarosław Tępiński
dr inż. Michał Chmiel
mgr Paweł Gancarczyk
mgr Katarzyna Gromadka
mgr Anna Gołąb
mgr Dorota Gajownik
mgr Magda Ślarzyńska
mgr Aleksandra Grzęda
mgr Elżbieta Muszyńska-Połeć
mgr Marta Iwańska
mgr inż. Michał Pietrzak
EXHIBITORS
Prywatne Przedsiębiorstwo Produkcyjno-Handlowe „Gras” Piotr Grabowski
Johnson Controls International sp. z o.o.
Polish Energy Storage Association PESA
TIME AND DATE
7.05.2025; 9.00–16.00
PLACE
CNBOP-PIB, ul. Nadwiślańska 213, Józefów, sala 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
| TIME | 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. Paweł Janik, Ph.D. Eng. – CNBOP-PIB Director |
| 9.10-9.15 | Introduction to the conference topic: st. bryg. Jacek Zboina, D.Sc. Eng. – CNBOP-PIB Deputy Director |
| 9.15-9.20 | Information about a new training course for firefighters, carried out in cooperation with CNBOP-PIB and PSNM |
| 9.20-9.30 | Wystąpienia współorganizatorów, partnerów, gości |
| 9.30-11.15 |  SESSION 1 Safety of new technologiesModerator: st. bryg. Jacek Zboina, D.Sc. Eng. – CNBOP-PIB Deputy Director 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 |
| Speech: | Safety of new technologies – experience and trends – SPECIAL GUEST |
| Speech: | Modern education and communication on the safety of new technologies, Krzysztof Kujawski, Paweł Mazurkiewicz – Humanverse sp. z o. o. Creative Directors |
| Speech: | The use of AI in civil protection and rescue service, dr hab. Aleksandra Skrabacz, prof. WAT, dr Justyna Stochaj – Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna |
| Speech: | Security of new technologies based on the experience of the Institute’s own research, Tomasz Popielarczyk, Ph.D. Eng. – CNBOP-PIB |
| Speech: | Use of artificial intelligence and other new technologies to support rescue operations, command and access to information – preliminary research, Paweł Bujny, CNBOP-PIB |
| SUMMARY: | moderated with speakers – Identification and assessment of threats caused by new technologies |
| 11.15-11.45 | Break, tour on exhibition |
| 11.45-13.15 |  SESSION 2 Fire safety of energy storage facilitiesModerator: Jarosław Tępiński, Ph.D. Eng. – 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 |
| Speech: | Hazards resulting from the use of energy storage, Jarosław Tępiński, Ph.D. Eng., CNBOP-PIB |
| Speech: | Research on energy storage in the field of fire safety, preliminary report from the Institute’s research, mł. bryg. Wojciech Klapsa, CNBOP-PIB BW Laboratory Manager |
| Speech: | Energy storage from the perspective of the insurance market, Marcin Zimowski – Lider Praktyki Energetyki Odnawialnej / Renewable Energy Practice Leader, Marsh Polska |
| SUMMARY: | moderated with speakers, as well as invited experts: Mieczysław Wrocławski – PSME, Krzysztof Bukała – PIME, st. bryg. Paweł Janik, Ph.D. Eng. – CNBOP-PIB Director Discussion, questions from conference participants – Perspectives, challenges, limitations and opportunities |
| 13.15-14.00 | Break, tour on exhibition |
| 14.00-15.45 |  SESSION 3 Safety of new technologies – knowledge, new solutions, products, systems, services, procedures, educationModerator: Michał Chmiel, Ph.D. Eng. – Manager of CNBOP-PIB Certification Department Main topics of the session: new solutions, products, systems and technologies dedicated to BNT, implemented solutions for fire safety, improvement of rescue technologies |
| Speech: | Resue robots – requirements and tests – mgr inż. Norbert Pahlke, Institut für Feuerwehr- und Rettungstechnologie (IFR) der Feuerwehr Dortmund |
| Speech: | iSprink Home and iSprink – intelligent fire detection and extinguishing systems in the context of the safety of new technologies, Dariusz Kot, GRAS PPPH |
| Speech: | Hybrid Method for Evaluating the Flow Parameters of Emergency Ventilators, Piotr Kaczmarzyk, CNBOP-PIB |
| Speech: | Solutions dedicated to conducting rescue operations in garages during an electric vehicle fire, Wacław Kozubal, CERBEX Sp. z o.o. |
| Speech: | Fire protection of photovoltaic installations on flat roofs, Arkadiusz Waligóra, Creatio |
| Speech: | Artificial Intelligence Methods in Chemical Risk Assessment of Next-Generation Advanced Materials: Opportunities and Challenges, Alicja Mikołajczyk, QSAR Lab |
| More speeches are going to be included in the session. Full information will be available soon. | |
| 15.45-16.00 | SUMMARY – conclustions, recommendation: st. bryg. Jacek Zboina, D.Sc. Eng. – CNBOP-PIB Deputy Director |
| 16.00 | Closure of the conference: st. bryg. Paweł Janik, Ph.D. Eng. – CNBOP-PIB Director |