After eight months of preparation, the 5th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Safety Materials Science and Engineering (AOFSM'5) conference was successfully organised and concluded. Dr Yuen served as a local organising committee member for the AOFSM'5 conference at UNSW, Sydney, Australia with his colleagues at UNSW. Over 120 participants attended the conference including guests from China, US, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, HKSAR, Japan, Korea and NZ. We look forward to the future AOFSM conference (i.e. with AOFSM'6 to be held in Beijing, China).