Conference Day Two: Tuesday 24th February 2009

09.00 Chairman's Welcome Address

CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING: BEST PRACTICE STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME SECURITY CRISES

09.10 ICAO Guide To Strengthening Airport Security: Ensuring That You Are Meeting International Standards

• Designing training programs that equip you to handle new challenges facing airport security
• Examining how to meet the ICAO training standards for your airport security and meeting audit security requirements

Abdul Hameed Abalary
Director Security
SAUDI ARABIAN GENERAL AVIATION CIVIL AUTHORITY (GACA) Chairman, Aviation Security Panel
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION (ICAO)

09.50 Interactive Panel Discussion: Managing New Emerging Threats - A Global And Middle Eastern Perspective

• Identifying new sophisticated threats
• Managing these threats
• Exchanging best practice experience

Panel led by:

Abdul Hameed Abalary
Director Security
SAUDI ARABIAN GENERAL AVIATION CIVIL AUTHORITY (GACA) Chairman, Aviation Security Panel
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION (ICAO)

10.30 Ensuring That Security Training Is Evolving With The Changing Threats

• Understanding and adopting new security methods: passenger differentiation, profiling, behavioral profiling, prohibited items list
• Examining new techniques in access control
• Investigating the need for association or background checks for enhancing airport security

Parvez Sayed
Senior Security Inspector
GENERAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (GCAA)

11.40 Cooperation Between Airlines And Airports For Effective Security Solutions: Stakeholder Engagement During Security Master Planning

• Understanding the concept of security master planning and stakeholder requirements collation
• Overview of the competing objectives of the security planning requirements of Etihad Airways and ADAC
• Analysis of Etihad Airways’ security challenges as the primary tenant of Abu Dhabi International Airport
• Examining security risk mitigation during airport master planning
• Assessing strategic project management strategies for airline security
• Ensuring planning for the incremental regulatory security compliance requirements

Mohamed Abubaker Farea
Vice President, Safety
Security and Quality ETIHAD AIRLINES Former Director, Aviation Safety and Security
GENERAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (GCAA)

FACILITATION AND SECURITY: HOW CAN NEW TECHNOLOGIES MAKE THE PROCESS BETTER?

13.30 Ensuring Efficiency Of Security Systems

• Integrating technology into the security process
• Optimising technologies in security and facilitation
• Implementing best practice testing, qualification and selection

Zack Zainal
Vice President
EMIRATES GROUP SECURITY

14.10 Use Of Biometric Technology In Airport Security

• Examining ways in which biometrics can facilitate airport security
• Standardisation of biometric applications: is this feasible?

Max Snijder
Chief Executive Officer
EUROPEAN BIOMETRICS FORUM

15.20 Interactive Panel Discussion: The Big Biometric Debate

• How is biometric security performing so far in the real world?
• Examining the challenges facing successful implementation of biometric solutions in airport security
• Is this the way forward for the Middle East?

Panel led by:

Max Snijder
Chief Executive Officer
EUROPEAN BIOMETRICS FORUM

16.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks And End Of Conference Day Two

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