2008 Exhibitors Included:
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7th ACI EUROPE Security Summit
“Fostering a secure air transport business through effective stakeholder collaboration”
Monday 27 October 2008
Official Opening Party
Conference delegates are invited to attend the Official Opening Party for an evening of relaxed networking and socialising. The Airport Exchange exhibition will be officially opened by Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE and Dr Rainer Schwarz, CEO, Berlin Airports and delegates will be treated to cocktails and canapés whilst enjoying an exclusive preview of the exhibition, with live entertainment from the renowned 18 piece Blue Baba Swing Bigband.
Tuesday 28 October 2008
09:00 - 10:00 – Opening Session
Welcome address
Vlad Olteanu,
Policy Manager,
ACI EUROPE
Keynote addresses
Challenges ahead of the EU aviation security policy
Eckhard Seebohm, Head of Aviation Security Unit, DGTREN, European Commission
How do security providers see security evolving in the long term?
Luigi Rebuffi, CEO, European Organisation for Security–EOS
10:00 - 10:45 - Networking coffee break
10:45 - 12:15 – First Working Session
A special ESPAS (European Strategic Partnership for Aviation Security) session - Regulation and Industry development
Chairman: Vlad Olteanu, Policy Manager, ACI EUROPE
How does ESPAS believe shortcomings of the current security regime can be overcome, and what are the future goals of the partnership?
Peter Andres, Vice President Corporate Security, Lufthansa Airlines, Chairman of Security Committee
Cooperation between the industry and the regulators. How can the industry play the best possible role in the definition of the security regime in Europe?
Eckhard Seebohm, Head of Aviation Security Unit, DGTREN, European Commission
One of the key goals of the European Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF) was to foster cooperation amongst multiple stakeholders in the field of R&D to create innovative solutions that will fundamentally change security processes. How is this progressing, and which of these new solutions might impact the air transport sector?
Eleanor Travers, Managing Director, Transport Security Solutions Ltd
12:15 - 13:45 - Networking lunch break on exhibition floor
13:45 - 15:15 – Second Working Session
Maintaining excellence in operations
Chairman: Vlad Olteanu, Policy Manager, ACI EUROPE
Panel discussion with 5 minute presentation from each speaker to set the scene
Eckhard Seebohm, Head of Aviation Security Unit, DG-TREN,
European Commission
Ernst Schlecht, Head of Safety & Security, Unique (Zurich Airport AG)
Illar Vaks, Aviation Security Director, Tallin Airport
Philipp Kriegbaum,
Senior Security Coordinator, Fraport AG and Vice Chairman of the ACI EUROPE Security Committee
William W. Gaches,
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Global Strategies,
TSA (invited)
15:15 - 16:00 - Networking coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 – Third Working Session
Getting the costs of security under control while maintaining excellence in operations
Chairman's introduction
How are Europe’s airports coping with pressure from regulators and airlines on security costs?
Mary Coveney, Manager Forecasts and Tariffs, Dublin Airport Authority
Panel discussion with 5 minute presentation from each speaker to set the scene
Johnnie Müller,
Head of Security,
Copenhagen Airports
Ian Clayton, Airport Regulatory Affairs Manager, easyJet
Dr Harry Bush,
Group Director,
Economic Regulation Group.
The Civil Aviation Authority UK
Hans Zirwes,
Director Sales International, Smiths Heimann GmbH
Marie-Caroline Laurent,
Manager Security & Cargo, Association of European Airlines (AEA)
Questions to consider:
Airlines often claim that airports spend too much money on security. Is there a middle ground that would satisfy both parties?
What progress is being made on public vs private financing of airport security?
How will the Commission move its communication on financing of aviation security forward?
How can suppliers help lower security costs for aviation in the future?
Wednesday 29 October 2008
09:00 - 10:30 – Fourth Working Session
Research, Development and Certification
Chairman’s introduction:
Bart Mos, Corporate Security Adviser, Schiphol Group
Airport of tomorrow - How will the new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport deliver the very latest security technology & system innovations?
Dr. Uwe Weigmann, Project-Manager “Modern Airport - Tested for New Efficient Technologies”, Berlin Airports
Is certification of security equipment now essential?
Kurt Lykstoft Larsen, Director General of Civil Aviation, Denmark and Vice-President of ECAC Co-ordinating Committee (invited)
A manufacturers perspective of what can, and will need to be done in the context of EU & US moves to mandate new technology at the checkpoint.
Jagtar Basra, Marketing Director, Rapiscan Systems
10:30 - 11:15 - Networking coffee break
11.15 - 12.45 – Fifth Working Session
The human factor in the security field
Chairman - Zamir Eldar, Chief Executive Officer, ICTS EUROPE BV
What were the findings of the recent working group study on security staff training?
Marc Pissens,
President of EASA (European Aviation Security Association)
and
President of Securitas Transport Aviation Security
The threat from the inside
Dagmar Naumann, Airport Security Management, Fraport AG
Improving screener professionalism
Jean-Louis Blanchou, Director of Security, Aéroports de Paris
12:45 - 14:00 - Networking lunch break on exhibition floor