Main Conference One: Monday, 8 February 2010

8.00 Registration, Refreshments And Networking

9.00 Chairman’s Welcome Address

Ronald H. Augustin
Deputy Senior Vice President, KLM Security Services
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, The Netherlands

Evolved Airport Security Strategy and Risk Assessment

9.10 Identify Existing And New Threats To Middle East Airport Security

  • Determine critical changes to the operational techniques of Middle East criminals
  • Predict future threats and take the most effective preventative measures

Ronald H. Augustin
Deputy Senior Vice President, KLM Security Services
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, The Netherlands

09:45 - Collaborative Strategies For Enhancing Aviation And Airport Security In The Middle East

  • Bringing people, processes and technology together
  • Enabling predictive methods in integrated security systems
  • Global, regional and domestic linkages

Stephen S. Oswald
Vice President and General Manager - Intelligence and Security Systems
Boeing Network & Space Systems, USA

10.20 Community Participation And Airport Perimeter Security

  • Identify those who visit outside your airport perimeter and build local intelligence
  • How airport authorities and regulators embrace such a program that is very low cost
  • Bring positive returns from your neighboring communities
  • Make airport security an effective, professional community affair

Andrew Cline
Airport Watch Executive Chair
Toronto Airport, Canada

10.55 Morning Break, Networking And Refreshments

11.25 Insightful Aviation Security Intelligence: The Role Of Actionable Threat And Risk Assessments

  • Understand the role and workings of intelligence
  • The should-be two-way relationship between intelligence, the aviation industry and the overseers of Civil Aviation Security
  • Manage the intelligence Threat and Risk Assessment process among the stakeholders involved in government and the private sector

Hassan M. Eltaher
President
Aviation Canada, Canada

12.00 Utilize New Technology To Expedite The Movement Of Passengers While Maintaining High Security Standards

  • Understand the importance of viewing passengers as customers and treating their time accordingly
  • Discover new streamlined screening technology
  • Achieve efficiency by integrating a ‘human factor’ into new technology operation

Phil Blum
Head of Security Assurance
Dubai Airports, UAE

12:35 Improving The Security Of Air Travel For The Passenger

  • Improving the experience, its efficiency and the security itself
  • What does the passenger want?
  • Identifying the airport's challenges

Andrew Whittaker
Director Global Aviation Solutions
G4S plc

13.10 Networking Lunch

Communication and the Human Factor

14.10 Counter The Current Over-Emphasis On Technology As A Holistic Solution

  • Design airport security protocol that incorporates the ‘human factor’
  • Understand how strengthened communication between all security stakeholders can make the difference between success and failure
  • Support a culture of collaboration and staff interaction

Captain Mohammed Aziz
Chairman, Aviation Safety Committee
Arab Air Carriers Organization
Advisor to the Chairman
Middle East Airlines, Lebanon

14.45 Interactive Panel Discussion: Connecting Terminals - Bridge The Communication And Collaboration Gaps Between Airports, Airlines, Governmental Authorities And Law Enforcement

  • How can these critical lines of communication be strengthened?
  • How can cross-party collaboration be initiated?
  • Identify case-studies of effective collaboration in the real world

Captain Mohammed Aziz
Chairman, Aviation Safety Committee
Arab Air Carriers Organization
Advisor to the Chairman
Middle East Airlines, Lebanon

Khaled Al Mazroui
General Manager
Fujairah International Airport, UAE

15.20 Afternoon Break, Networking And Refreshments

15:55 The UK Dft Transec Standpoint

  • A brief background history relating to MANPADS
  • The development of ICAO Annex 17 including amendments 11 and 12
  • Stressing the need for truly global security solutions that are both practical and sustainable for the aviation industry

Robert P.H. Axworthy MSyI
Regional Aviation Security Liaison Officer
UK Department for Transport (TRANSEC), British Embassy, UAE

Emerging International Guidelines

16.30 Examine New International Regulations And Guidelines For Incorporation Into Middle East Airports

  • Evaluate changes to security guidelines in disease transfer prevention
  • Understand changes to the international adoption of LAG regulations
  • Determine the future direction of global regulatory framework changes

Ahmed Al Haddabi
Vice President, Safety and Security
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), UAE

17.20 End Of Day One