More than 300 people attended the 6th annual Canadian Wildfire Conference which, for the first time, ran for two days from October 1 to 2 at the KF Centre for Excellence in Kelowna, B.C. The conference is designed to bring together the primary stakeholders of wildfire suppression, including air operators, fire departments, technology and service suppliers, and government agencies. …The two-day conference featured 57 exhibitors, a dozen educational sessions, and a static display of firefighting equipment, including wildfire trucks, helicopters from Yellowhead Helicopters and Coldstream Helicopters, and a Hercules C130 converted for aerial firefighting needs by Coulson Aviation. …Award-winning author John Vaillant kicked off the Canadian Wildfire Conference with a morning keynote called The New World Order of Weather. Vaillant’s 2023 book Fire Weather details the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires from the front lines and tackles the impact of climate change.