International Practice tea break talk series (November)

Join CIfA's International Practice SIG for our next tea break talk: Wildfires and archaeology: International perspectives and practice

The International Practice SIG invites you to join us for our tea break talk, taking place from 13:30 until 14:30 on Wednesday 11 November 2026.

The UK is one of many countries that has seen wildfires increase in recent years in association with climate change, posing both risks and opportunities for archaeology. Taking an international view, this talk will discuss best practice and resources in the management of wildfires and archaeology.

The session will introduce some of the causes and challenges of wildfires and will discuss how these can affect archaeology. It will consider what management practices are in place in the UK and will compare these to those in other countries where wildfires are a longer established regular risk, such as Australia, Canada and France. It will consider what we can learn from these international comparisons, with time for questions and discussion.’

Speakers: Adam Pietrzak, Senior Heritage Consultant at Arup and Caroline Pathy-Barker, Project Manager at East – West Consultancy Group.

We welcome everyone from the archaeological community to join us, regardless of your prior experience of working internationally or existing knowledge of the topic.

Additional information

This session counts as 45 minutes of CPD if it meets objectives on your personal development plan.

This meeting will take place on Teams; the link for the meeting will be sent in the confirmation email.

Event pricing

This event is free for all CIfA members to attend; this includes CIfA IPSIG Group supporters.

There is a fee of £5 for all non-members of CIfA.

If you are a not a CIfA or Group member you can become a Group Supporter for an annual fee of £15 to attend this and any future digital bitesize CPD and networking event run by the Group for free.

More information about becoming a Group supporter can be found on the Groups webpage or you can submit your details and payment information to join any groups immediately via this form.

If you are a CIfA member you must be logged into your account to select the member rate price. If you have any issues with booking, please contact groups@archaeologists.net.