Conference presentations will be conducted in English with French and Arabic simultaneous translation services.
Les présentations de la conférence se dérouleront en anglais avec des services de traduction simultanée en français et en arabe.
ستعقد عروض المؤتمر باللغة الإنجليزية مع خدمات الترجمة الفورية الفرنسية والعربية

Thursday 21st March 2019

9am – 10.30am
Plenary Session – Border Security Information and Coordination
Whether it is returning foreign fighter, human training, cross border organised crime, protecting cyberborders interagency co-operation and information sharing is the key to success. What else needs to be done to make the aspiration a reality, and is there a business transformation approach beyond technology that tackles processes, regulations and security?

– Establishment of a Caribbean Border Security Information and Coordination Center – Max Antoine, Executive Secretary, Commission for Border Management of Haiti
– Role of intelligence in border security – Babatunde Olomu, Deputy Comptroller of customs, Nigeria customs service
Building Cooperation on Discussion and Dialogue
– Peter Nilsson IPMc, Police Commissioner and Head of AIRPOL
– SHADE-MED Challenges to Successful Cooperation in the Mediterranean – Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino, Italian Navy EUNAVFORMED
– Cargo Risk Assessment Demystified – Implementing ACI and PLACI Systems – Emad Muhanna, VP Government Sector, SITA

10.30am-11.15am – Networking Coffee Break

11.15am-12.30pm
Breakout Session – Surveillance Systems and Technologies on the Border
How far are we from the development and implementation of future technologies for really smart border control? What are the technology gaps and how do we close them?

– Morocco’s National Border Control System – Senior representative, General Directorate for National Security (DGSN), Morocco & Senior Representative, Veridos
– SMILE – Lenard Zsakai, Local coordinator, border policing expert, Hungarian National Police
– FOLDOUT – Protecting Green Borders – Through-foliage detection, including in the outermost regions of the EU – BG lt. col. dr Urszula Młodziejowska- Seredyn, Expert, Border Management Department
Polish Border Guards & BG Maj Grzegorz Kostecki, Expert, Border Management Dept. Polish BG HQs
– Integrated Coastal Surveillance System – An Essential Toolbox for Aiding Maritime Security – Olivier Yvon, SIE Maritime Program Manager, Airbus Defence & Space

12.30pm-2pm – Networking Lunch

2:00pm – 4:00pm
Plenary Session – Future trends in International Border Management
As the global economy continues to develop at unprecedented rates, with ever increasing interdependencies and complexities. The global economy depends increasingly dependent on the free movement of people and goods. Understanding future trends in international trade, people movement and crime will drive the development of international and integrated border management in the future.

– Women in Border Security – Inesa Nicolaescu, Associate Border Security Officer, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
– Florian Forster, Head, Immigration and Border Management (IBM), Department of Migration Management (DMM), International Organization for Migration (IOM)
– Ahad Miah, International Operations, Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Region, Border Force UK
– From Management to Governance: Comprehensive Border Governance at A Global Scale
Borut Erzen, Head of Programme, Border Management and Security, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
– IATA Open Borders Strategy and Future Initiatives (1ID -API/PNR initiatives) – Kashif Khalid, Regional Director – Africa & Middle East, Airports, Passenger, Cargo, Security & Facilitation, IATA
– Director of Project Border Control of the Future, German Federal Police*
– Commissioner, Trade, Customs, Free Movement and Tourism, ECOWAS*

4:00pm Congress Round Up and Close