Figures from the UK’s security community will once again come together for the annual RUSI UK Border Security Conference taking place on Wednesday, March 14, in London. Book on the RUSI website.
Against the backdrop of the government’s recent National Security Through Technology Whitepaper and the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee report on UK border controls, this major event will examine the range of challenges that terrorism, human trafficking, illegal immigration, organised crime and cyberspace present for those upholding national security at UK’s major ports, airports and international railway stations.
It will also provide an evaluation of the strategies, partnerships and new technologies that are being used to combat evolving threats at the border ahead of the London 2012 Games.
Confirmed speakers include:
Damian Green MP, Minister of State for Immigration
Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chairman, House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee
Keith Bristow QPM, Director General, National Crime Agency, Home Office
John Donlon QPM, National Co-ordinator PROTECT & PREPARE, ACPO TAM
Chief Constable Andrew Trotter OBE QPM, British Transport Police
Tim Figures, Head of Aviation Security, Aviation Directorate, Department for Transport
Seamus Tucker, Deputy Director, CBRNE and Science & Technology, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT), Home Office
Michael O’Connell, Director of Operational Police Support, INTERPOL
Ian Hutcheson, Director of Security, BAA
Representatives from the Home Office, GCHQ, the UK Border Agency, and SOCA.
