A significant and potentially damaging disconnect on aviation security policy and direction is beginning to emerge according to organisers of the upcoming Transport Security Expo 2011.
Transport Security Expo will run at the Olympia Exhibition and Conference Centre in London on September 13 and 14, 2011.<br><br>With the United States government maintaining a hardline stance and insisting that the European Union bend to its will on aviation security, UK policymakers seem determined to drive an industry led approach forward, that some notable observers suggest turns the clock back a full decade.<br><br>This apparent disconnect began to emerge in a brisk exchange of transatlantic views late last year and partially spilled into the public domain when special forces succeeded in capturing and killing Osama bin Laden in early second quarter of this year.<br><br>United States authorities are insistent on maintaining robust defenses and argue that any relaxation of security controls at European Union airports may adversely impact on their national security goals.<br><br>This stance has already resulted in the European Union stepping back in enforcing regulation regarding liquid screening at airports and may yet put paid to the UK government drive to place commercial sector entities in charge of air security generally.<br><br>Delegates will find themselves immersed in the decade old issue of how best to secure the system, have the opportunity to express observations within conference, present alternative solutions in a workshop context and vent forth in extensive networking opportunities.<br><br>Transport Security Expo is being held a decade to the month after 19 men boarded four aircraft, took control of the jets shortly after take-off and flew three of them into two of the most iconic buildings in the world.<br><br>The event comes against a backdrop of two improvised explosive devices being discovered in airfreight late last year, a suicide attack within international arrivals at a major airport and very recent restrictions being placed on a world leading cargo carrier due security failures.<br><br>Transport Security Expo’s aviation security conference is held over two full days and features keynote speeches and presentations by UK and overseas figures in the field. Separately, a workshop will deliver focus on the threats faced and solutions to them in the airfreight sphere. Contact organisers Niche Events –
