OPENING KEYNOTE AND WELCOME

April 14, 2026 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Ambassador Alena Kupchyna Co-ordinator of Activities to Address Transnational Threats / OSCE

Bob Van den Berghe Deputy Head, Passenger and Cargo Control Programme / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Gerald Tatzgern Head of Department, Fight against Human Trafficking and Smuggling / Criminal Intelligence Service, Austria

Malin Frankenhaeuser Director of Policy, Research and Strategy / International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)

Marian Benbow Pfisterer Chief of Mission / IOM Austria

Seweryn Stopa Head of Migrant Smuggling Centre / European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling (ECAMS), EUROPOL

Willem Mudde Vice President - Aviation / European Association of Airport and Seaport Police (EAASP)

Opening Keynotes and Welcome Messages to the 2025 World Border Security Congress