Border Security & Global Terrorism

This is a strategic networking event for security professionals working within Maritime, Airport, Port & Land Border Security.

Effective border surveillance is imperative to prevent terrorists entering homeland territory. At this event you will learn about best-practices in container & identity screening and identity requirements to improve current capabilities. Top counter-terrorist units from Europe and Turkey will outline their national initiatives to combat and prevent current dangers. Understand their operational challenges and identify how to improve security in modern threat environment.

Detailed presentations will give you insight into:

• NATO Mediterranean Dialogue - what are the developments and how to identify future trends?
• Black Sea & Mediterranean Security - Understand current partnerships and challenges
• Airport Security - How to improve passenger screenings and what technologies are required?
• Port Security - Investigate how to enhance container security and port security initiatives
• Counter Terrorism - Hear updates from Scotland Yard and the French Gendarmerie and evaluate lessons from recent case studies

Key Speakers include:

• Rear Admiral AJ Rix, Chief of Staff, CC Mar HQ Naples, NATO
• Michael Fullerton, Deputy Executive Director, Homeland Security Advisory Committees, US Department of Homeland Security
• Colonel Frederic Gallois, Commander, Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN), France
• Captain P Mukundau, Director, ICC International Maritime Bureau
• Ammar Y Kanaan, President, International Port Management, Beirut
• Ron Louwerse, Head of Security, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands
• Jean-Louis Blanchou, Director of Security, Aéroports de Paris, France
• Dagmar Naumann, Airport Security Management, Fraport, Germany
• Ilja Bonsen, Project Manager, CBRN Department, TNO Defence Security and Safety, The Netherlands
• Peter Warburton , International Sales Director , Senstar-Stellar Corporation.

Istanbul is the only city in the world to have played capital to consecutive Christian  Islamic empires, and retains features of both, often in congestion proximity. Turkey has always played a key part in NATO and European Security history. It is also an important role in maintaining the geographical balance in the Mediterranean and Black Sea as well as the Middle East. As one of the most important Asian and Middle Eastern gateway's to Europe, Turkey is the perfect location for SMi's Border Security & Global Terrorism Conference