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1st Wildfire Ignition Causes International Conference

November 18-22, 2025, Porto, Portugal

Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee will be responsible for the selection of the abstract and the advice on the topics of the WIC25 conference.

These reviewers represent a global network of research and academic institutions. This dedicated team includes experts affiliated with several organizations from Algeria, Australia, Brasil, Bulgaria, Ecuador, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States of America.

Together with the Steering Committee, they will help WIC25’s mission to foster innovation and excellence in wildfire investigation, ultimately contributing to a safer and more resilient world.

  • Abílio Pereira Pacheco, CoLAB ForestWISE, FEUP, and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Addoun Tayeb, University of Ouargla, Algeria
  • Adélia Nunes, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Albano Figueiredo, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
  • Alexandra Syphard, Conservation Biology Institute, United States of America
  • Ana I. Prados, University of Maryland, United States of America
  • Ana Sá, CoLAB ForestWISE, Portugal
  • Anne Ganteaume, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France
  • António Bento Gonçalves, University of Minho, Portugal
  • Carmen Vázquez Varela, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
  • David Martell, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Douglas Woolford, Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  • Elsa Varela, Institite for Public Goods and Policies, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
  • Fernando González, University of Loja, Ecuador
  • Filipe Pereira e Alvelos, University of Minho, Portugal
  • Francisco Seijo, IE University, Spain
  • Gavriil Xanthopoulos, Hellenic Agricultural Organization "Demeter", Greece
  • Giuseppe Mariano Delogu, University of Sassari, Italy
  • Ioannis Kountouris, Imperial College, United Kingdom
  • Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Forest Service, United States of America
  • John W. Handmer, IIASA Austria; ANU, Australia
  • Jorge Grenha Teixeira, DEGI, FEUP, University of Porto, Portugal
  • José Miguel Cardoso Pereira, School of Agriculture (Instituto Superior de Agronomia, ISA), ULisboa, Portugal
  • José Pereira Coutinho, Portuguese Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal
  • Julia Touza, University of York, United Kingdom
  • Lina Eklund, Lund University, Sweden
  • Luca Carmignani, San Diego State University, United States of America
  • Luciene Pimentel, PUCPR, Brasil
  • Maria Luísa Chas-Amil, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • Matthew Danckwerts, Stellenbosch University, Republic of South Africa
  • Matthew P. Thompson, Wildfire Risk Analytics, Pyrologix LLC, Colorado, United States of America
  • Michael Coughlan, University of Oregon, United States of America
  • Michele Salis, Italian National Research Council, Italy
  • Miguel Gomes, INESC TEC, Faculty of Engineering, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • Mike Wotton, Institute of Forestry and Conservation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Nina Dobrinkova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
  • Paulo Fernandes, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), CoLAB ForestWISE, Portugal
  • Petra Buergelt, University of Canberra, Australia
  • Raffaella Lovreglio, University of Sassari, Italy
  • Raphaele Blanchi, CSIRO Bushfire, Australia
  • Ruben Remelgado, INRES, University of Bonn, Germany
  • Sandra Oliveira, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Trent Penman, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Vittorio Leone, University of Basilicata, Italy (Retired)


Conference secretariat: Fernando Correia, FLUP, Portugal