2025 HDRFS Annual Meeting
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N Virginia St
Reno, NV 89557
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2025 HDRFS Annual Meeting
April 6-8, 2025
Please register for the HDRFS Annual Meeting by March 23, 2025 . If you have any questions, please contact Athena Lewis, alewis@nshe.nevada.edu.
The Annual Harnessing the Data Revolution for Fire Science (HDRFS) Meeting will be held at the University of Nevada, Reno, April 6-8, 2025 in the Joe Crowley Student Union, Ballrooms B&C.
The objective of this meeting is to share HDRFS research findings and outcomes, stimulate collaborations and discussions and plan for upcoming activities. The Annual Meeting will include oral presentations featuring research results of Nevada’s National Science Foundation-funded HDRFS project as well as a presentation by keynote speaker, Mojtaba Sadegh, PhD, from Boise State University. Additionally, the meeting will host a student poster session, along with a Red Rocks site visit and field demonstrations.
The site visit is scheduled for Monday, April 7 from 1 – 4 pm. Please wear appropriate clothing/footwear for the site visit due to uneven terrain.
Please note: This is a draft agenda and subject to change
Sunday, April 6, 2025
| 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | GRA Session – Silver Baron Room, Silver Legacy hotel |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Optional dinner/social (location TBD) – Participants are responsible for the cost of their meal |
Monday, April 7, 2025
All Project Team Members, External Advisory Committee (EAC), and Evaluators
| 8:00 am | Shuttle pickup from Silver Legacy to UNR |
| 8:00 am – 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am – 9:00am | Welcome and agenda review |
| 9:00 am – 11:30 am | Campaign-based presentations (Data Management, Site Set-up, Observational Campaigns, Mapping & Modeling) |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | What to expect at Red Rocks site |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Pick up box lunch. Shuttle to Red Rocks site |
| 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Lunch and infrastructure and presentations at site |
| 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Return to UNR |
| 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Heavy hors d’oeuvres in Ballroom with Poster Session/Networking |
| 7:00 pm | Shuttle Departure from UNR to Silver Legacy |
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
All Project Team Members, External Advisory Committee (EAC), and Evaluators
| 8:00 am | Shuttle pickup from Silver Legacy to UNR |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | Breakfast and opening remarks |
| 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Education-Workforce Development, Broadening Participation, Communications, Sustainability (15 min. per component) |
| 9:30 am – 10:15 am | Keynote Speaker- Mojtaba Sadegh, PhD, Boise State University (Concurrently, EAC develops recommendations, Room TBD) |
| 10:15 am – 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | External Evaluation Results – EDU Inc. |
| 11: 00 am – 12:00 pm | Yrs. 3- 4 Strategic Planning by Component |
| 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm | Buffet lunch – return to meeting room with food/beverages |
| 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm | Seed Grant Presentations – 5 min each
Leadership/EAC working lunch |
| 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm | Components 5 min Strategic Plan updates (report out) Yr4 preview |
| 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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Breakouts sessions – Yr. 4 Themes
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| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm | Combined discussion on two different burn scales & outcomes |
| 4:15 pm -4:45 pm | EAC Initial Comments and Feedback |
| 4:45 pm – 5:00 pm | Wrap-up |
| 5:15 pm | Shuttle Departure from UNR to Reno-Tahoe Airport |
Lodging Reservations
The room block is available at a rate of $51/per night plus taxes and fees. The deadline to book is March 23, 2025.
Click here to book
Silver Legacy Resort Casino
407 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89501
Hotel Amenities:
Free internet access, on-site restaurants, fitness center, spa, and pool. Complimentary airport shuttle. Check-in time 3:00 pm and check-out time 12:00 pm.
A round-trip shuttle will be provided from the Silver Legacy to UNR on Monday, April 7th. On Tuesday, April 8th, the shuttle will be provided from the Silver Legacy to UNR in the a.m. and will drop off at Reno-Tahoe Airport at the end of the session on Tuesday.
All graduate students participating in research funded by the National Science Foundation and the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Harnessing the Data Revolution for Fire Science project will provide a research introduction (1 minute) and a research poster presentation at this year’s annual meeting. The introductions and posters session will allow students to share their research with other project members and the External Advisory Committee.
Date: Monday, April 7, 2025
Times:
Annual Meeting Day One: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Poster Set Up: 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Poster Session 1: 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Poster Session 2: 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Poster Break Down: 6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location:
University of Nevada, Reno
Joe Crowley Student Union Ballrooms B&C– 2nd floor
1664 N Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89557
Abstracts must be submitted, by WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2025, to Michele Casella, mcasella@nshe.nevada.edu to be included on the conference website.
Please download and read the full Research Introduction and Poster Guidelines for more details.
This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. OIA- 2148788.
Acknowledgement: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. OIA- 2148788.