The Advisory Board (AB) for the FRISSBE project meets twice a year, of which one is striving to be in-person for all its members. Today, most of the Advisory Board members met in the fire laboratory in Logatec. The board members were updated on the project, and Tanja Vertelj (online) and Klemen Klemenak presented on relevant topics. In addition to lively and fruitful discussions, we also took some time to see the immense improvements in the office and lab part of ZAG’s fire laboratory since the last advisory board visit last May.

The members of the AB are:

• Andraž Legat – FRISSBE Project Coordinator, ZAG
• Urška Kropf – FRISSBE Project Manager, ZAG
• Aleš Žnidarič – Director of ZAG
• Tanja Vertelj – Head of Science Division in Science Directorate, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
• Aleksander Špec – Ministry of Defense – Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief
• Nina Kristine Reitan - CEO of RISE Fire Research AS
• Jose Torero - Professor & Head of UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering at University College London (UK)
• Klemen Klemenak - Senior Timber Enigineer at Stora Enso
• Friderik Knez – Head of The Department of Building Physics and Head of The Fire Laboratory and Fire Engineering at ZAG
• Andreja Kutnar – Director of InnoRenew CoE and Professor at FAMNIT at University of Primorska (representing UPR in the Advisory Board)
• Mike Burnard – Deputy Director of InnoRenew CoE
• Grunde Jomaas – Head of The Department for Research of Fire-safe Sustainable Built Environment – FRISSBE at ZAG and Professor at FAMNIT at the University of Primorska