The Transport Security Expo will this year be delivering more conference and seminar sessions than ever, on transport security sectors – Aviation, Maritime, Rail & Public Transport, Secure Transportation and Borders. Working with its Advisory Board, the organisers of Transport Security Expo have brought together from across Government, industry and academia, speakers including:
· Ben Lowater, Deputy Director, Critical National Infrastructure, CESG
· Kashif Chaudry, Head of International Strategy & Engagement, Aviation Security, Department for Transport (DfT)
· John Lamond, General Manager – Safety Security & Business Continuity, Hong Kong International Airport
· Assistant Chief Constable Steve Thomas, British Transport Police (BTP)
· Assistant Commissioner Tim Cutbill, Head of Operational Resilience Department, London Fire Brigade
· Peter Drissell, Director of Aviation Security, The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
· Guido Peetermans, Project Manager – Smart Security, IATA; and
· Rear Admiral Cristiano Aliperta, Maritime Attaché, Embassy of Italy in the UK.
Chris Stevens, Technical Security Director at SIDOS UK who will be speaking about emerging threats to transport infrastructures, said: “I have attended every Transport Security Expo that has ever been run in the UK, and I’ve always found that it focuses on the audience’s needs, and on the specific areas that are critical to a country’s wellbeing – transport being one of these. I have presented at the Transport Security Expo for the past four years … Transport Security Expo is a truly global conference, one that deals with very real issues, and I am delighted to be a part of it once again for 2015.”
Robert Missen, Head of Unit: Land and Maritime Security, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission added: “… for me, Transport Security Expo is the most important UK event to attend: not just because of the UK’s eminence in the field of transport security, but because of the conference’s excellent international focus.”
There will be two conference theatres in the heart of the main exhibition area and all of the sessions will be CPD-accredited, courtesy of the Security Institute. There will also be a dedicated Presentation Theatre forming part of the Expo’s Future Borders Experience and offering a rolling programme of half-hour presentations.
A Security Innovation Seminars theatre, also free-to-attend, will host two days of presentations and live demonstrations from event exhibitors, in numerous areas including: airport check point, perimeter security, large area monitoring, digital railways, surveillance solutions, biometrics, supply chain security and integrity, maritime security and text analytics. A number of Transport Security Expo partners will also be running their own seminars and workshops across the two days of Transec, including a Kidnap and Ransom workshop delivered by NYA International, the risk and crisis management consultancy.
Peter Jones, CEO of Nineteen Events, organisers of Transport Security Expo, said: “We are very excited about the variety and the outstanding quality of the conference and seminar programme we have put together this year. The fact that all of this leading edge content will be free-to-attend for all delegates will undoubtedly make Transport Security Expo a must-attend event for anyone involved in any area of transport security.”
