Conference Agenda

11:00 - 11:30

Keynote Address

Speaker

Ar. Anuja Sawant

Principal, SSA Architects

11:30 – 12:00

Fortifying Architecture: A Comprehensive View of Facade Fire Safety

Speaker

Upendra Walinjkar

CEO, Aluvision Façade Solutions

12:00-12:30

Innovations in Integrating Passive Fire Protection Measures within Complex Projects

Speaker

Navin Kumar .S

Chief Engineering Manager, Fire Engineering & Mechanical Systems (FEMS), L &T Construction

12:30-13:00

Structural Fire Resistance in Tunnels and Tunnel Damper Testing Breakthroughs

Speaker

Tolga Yazici

Project Leader, Efectis

13:00 – 14:00

Break

14:00 – 14:30

Fire Stop & Fire Protection systems - A deep dive

Speaker

Ashish Mittal

Vice President, Engineering - Hilti India Pvt. Ltd.

14:30 - 15:00

Unravelling fire doors - Design and application

Speaker

Vikram Manthena

Executive Director, Shakti Hormann

15:00 - 15:30

Research on fire protecton - A glimpse from IITGN's Lab

Speaker

Jagdish Vatapalli

Advisor, Centre for Safety Engineering - IITGN

15:30 – 16:00

WORKSHOP: Design, Installation, Inspection and Maintenance / Maintaining Protection PART II

Speaker

Bill McHugh

Executive Director, FCIA & NFCA

16:00 – 16:30

Panel Discussion - Standardization of best practices : How PFPcan be made a norm in India?

Moderator:
Abhishek Chabbra The Assurance Expert (Gurus of TIC)
Panelist:

• Hemant Khadse - East Corp
• Amit Chaudhari - KPM Engineering
• Roy Fernandes - Tenable Fire Engineering Consultancy
• Vishal Khandelwal - Windowtech

10:30 – 11:00

EXPERT TALK

"SUSTAINABILITY AND PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION"

Speaker

Arch. Nirmal Mangal

Director Architecture, M Moser Architecture

11:00 – 11:30

"Designing Passive Fire Protection- Architect's View"

Speaker

Gaurav Gupta

Principal Archiect & Urban Planner, Decape Studio

11:30 – 11:45

Break

11:45 - 12:15

EXPERT TALK

Engineering Safety: Case Study on Optimizing Passive Fire Protection

Speaker

Preeti Tyagi

Windowtech

Kumar Waibhav

AGM-Group Fire safety Compliance, DLF Ltd.

12:15 - 12:45

Assuring Passive fire protection

Speaker

Abhishek Chhabra

The Assurance Experts ( Gurus of TIC)

13:00 – 14:00

Break

14:00 - 14:30

Fire Tested Support and Routing Systems: The Next Level

Speaker

Ashokan

Technical Consultant Passive Fire Protection OBO Bettermann

14:30 – 15:00

The Future of Fire Safety Audits

Speaker

Hemant Khadse

Director, East Corp

15:00 – 15:30

Specifying Fire rated glazing and its misconceptions

Speaker

Helmut Kugelmann

Head of Product Group Fire Resistant and Security Glazing, SCHOTT

15:30 – 16:00

Structural Fire-Resistance using SFRM and IFRM fireproofing

Speaker

Bill McHugh

Executive Director, FCIA & NFCA

16:00 - 16:30

PANEL DISCUSSSION - Pitfalls in Assurance of Passive fire protection

Moderator:
Abhishek Chabbra The Assurance Expert (Gurus of TIC)
Panelists:

• Jagdish Vatapalli, Centre for Safety Engineering - IITGN
• Jothi Ramalingam, Afiti Global
• Ratan Jotwani, Eurofins Spectro
• V. Raghavendra Kumar, Hilti India

10:15 - 10:45

EXPERT TALK

"PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION, A LOCAL AND GLOBAL OVERVIEW"

Speaker

Dr. Mukesh Tomar

Associate Director of Fire Engineering, Jacobs

10:45 - 11:00

EXPERT TALK

National standardization in field of Architectural and Specialty Glass

Speaker

Mohit Garg

Scientist, Bureau of Indian Standards

11:00 - 11:15

EXPERT TALK

FIRE RESISTANT GLASS – CLASSIFICATION AND TESTS

Speaker

Surya Prakash

Technical Manager, Vetrotech Saint-Gobain

11:15 - 11:30

EXPERT TALK

FIRE RESISTANT GLASS VARIANTS

Speaker

Tushar Zope

Vertical Head FRG, AIS Glass Solutions Ltd.

11:30 - 12:00

Panel Discussion - Practical challenges in using standards in projects

Moderator:
Abhishek Chabbra The Assurance Expert (Gurus of TIC)
Panelists:

• Dr. K Annapurna, Chief Scientist - CGCRI
•G N Gohul Deepak - Executive Director - Glazing Society of India
• Sanmukh Bawa - Fire View Glass India
• Mahesh Punjabi - Mahesh Punjabi Associates

12:00 - 12:30

Correct use of IS 18190 for evaluating perimeter fire barriers

Speaker

Jothi Ramalingam Ponnusamy

Director, Winwall Technology

12:30 - 13:00

Fire behaviour and unique façade applications

Speaker

K R Suresh

Regional Director - South Asia, Avante Façades


SPEAKERS

Abhishek Chabbra

The Assurance Expert (Gurus of TIC)

Bill Mchugh

Firestop Contractors International Association & National Fireproofing Contractors Association

Santosh Warick

Maharashtra Fire Service

Amit Chaudhari

KPM Engineering

Hemant Khadse

East Crop Group

Roy S Fernandes

Tenable Fire Engineering Consultancy

Jagdish Vatapalli

Centre for Safety Engineering, IITGN

Tolga YAZIC

Efectis, Turkey

Anuja Sawant

SSA Architects

Ar. Gaurav Gupta

CA+PE Studio

Muniyaya Ashokan

OBO Bettermann

Navin Kumar

L &T Construction

K R Suresh

Avante Façades

Kumar Waibhav

Firepedia

Ashish Mittal

HILTI India

Jothi Ramalingam

Afiti Global

Preeti Tyagi

Window Tech

Ratan Jotwani

Eurofins Spectro

Upendra Walinjkar

Aluvision Facade Solution

Vikram Manthena

Shakti Hormann

Vishal Khandelwal

Window Tech

Arch. Nirmal Mangal

M Moser Architecture

G N Gohul Deepak

Glazing Society of India

Mahesh Punjabi

Mahesh Punjabi Associates

Mohit Garg

Bureau of Indian Standards

Sanmukh Bawa

Fire View Glass India

Surya Prakash

Vetrotech Saint-Gobain

Tushar Zope

Asahi India Glass Ltd

Raghavendra Kumar V

Hilti India