The 8th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST) was held at Rydges in Swanston Melbourne on 7-9 December 2010. During this symposium, the membership meeting of Asia-Oceania Association for Fire Science and Technology (AOAFST) was held on Dec. 7, 2010. At this meeting, Prof. LIU Naian from SKLFS proposed the next AOSFST to be held in China and hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science (SKLFS). This proposal has been supported. On Dec. 16, 2010, Dr. Craig L. Beyler, Chairman of International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), sent a formal letter to invite the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science (SKLFS) of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) to host the 9th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST) in China.
The Symposium is one of the important activities of AOAFST, a branch organization of the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). It is organized once every two or three years. The first AOSFST was held at USTC in 1992, hosted by SKLFS. The AOAFST was also set up at the same year. The 8th AOSFST has just been held in Melbourne in December 2010 and the one before that in Hong Kong in September 2007.
Sponsored by Asia-Oceania Association for Fire Science and Technology (AOAFST), this premier scientific conference will attract the best and most important work of the fire safety science community everything from fundamental breakthroughs to new best practices.
