The Future of Border Management
Smarter Border Management is the leading forum for the border management community. The question of how to secure our borders has never been more critical. The continued threat of terrorist activities within our borders, coupled with trends of increasing migration and traveller movement has put border management at the forefront of the international agenda.
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Today, border agencies are being asked to process an ever-increasing flow of passengers and often with a decreasing budget for their operations. Within this context, it is clear that the future of cross-border travel is dependent on the increased roll out and capability of automated border control, biometric identification and large scale information systems.
It is the responsibility of the international border community to continually enhance security processes without compromising passenger experience and airport capacity. Through a detailed examination of cutting edge technology and infrastructure solutions, Smarter Border Management 2018 will provide an interactive forum for collaborative discussion, and a detailed consideration of best practice and organisational capabilities.
The challenge of unprecedented demographic trends, irregular migration patterns and the complexity of the geopolitical context in 2018 aligned with extensive technological developments in the implementations of "smart" border systems delivers an exciting and challenging background to the established forum for border security professionals from government, and the private sector.
This year's conference will build upon the success of our 2017 event, which brought together 160 leaders in border security, policy makers, experts and stakeholders. Join us in November and hear keynote presentations from Rt. Hon Caroline Nokes, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Immigration and Krum Garkov, Executive Director, eu-LISA.
New for 2018:
- Full debrief in the wake of the UK's decision to withdraw from the European Union
- Reform to preserve: Protecting the Schengen agreement through the full roll out the European Commission's Entry-Exit System
- Coherent security: border control from beyond the border and the 'whole of government approach' to border security
- Cargo management at the border across all ports-of-entry
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Early Confirmed Speakers
- Rt. Hon. Minister Caroline Nokes, Minister of State for Immigration, United Kingdom
- Sir Julian King, Head of the Security Union, European Commission
- Tom Dowdall, OIC, MSHT and Borders Vulnerabilities Command, National Crime Agency
- Krum Garkov, Executive Director, eu-LISA
- Chief Police Commissioner Abdoulaye Amadou Oumbanga, Head of Border Police, Mali
- Andy Mackinder, Senior Director, Border Systems Directorate, Home Office
- Arun Vemury, Director, Biometrics Technology Engine, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Sven Neumann, Product Owner, German Federal Office of Administration (BVA)
- Major Wahidullah Naizai, Border Commander for Torkham Jalalbad Province, Afghanistan
- Dr. Michael Rupp, Head of Section C - Civil Society, Fundamental Rights, Judiciary and Home, Delegation of the European Union to Turkey
- Captain Mohammmad Walid Azizi, Media Officer, Deputy for Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Interior, Afghanistan
- Lars Karlsson, Former Director for Capacity Building, WCO
- Shkelzen Sopjani, Inspector General, Intelligence Agency, Kosovo
- Sergio Fernandez, Regional Director Airports, Passenger, Cargo and Security, Europe, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
- Andrew Priestley, Director, Agile Borders
- Marc Waters, Managing Director UK&I, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Dato Seri Haji Mustafar Bin Haji Ali, Director General Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs, Malaysia
- Herve Mathevet, Customs Attache, Ambassade de France
- Andreas Nagy, European Migration Liaison Officer, Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia
- Jiri Celikovsky, Head of Schengen Cooperation, Czech Republic Ministry of the Interior
- Ian Neill, Director, Agile Security Partners Ltd
- Dr. Frank Paul, Adviser, Support Group for Ukraine, European Commission
- Jan Willem ter Hennepe, Sales Manager Border Control, IDEMIA
- Dr. Enrique Belda Esplugues, Deputy Director General of Information Systems and Communications for Security Secretary of State for Security, Ministry of Interior, Spain
- Kenneth Sava, Director, Trusted Traveller Programs, US Customs and Border Protection
- Dr. Hussain Alhallaf, Director of Security, Riyadh Airport
- Bart Vrancken, Head of the service eID, Belgium
- Lieutenant Colonel Rebekka Straessle, Chief of Staff, Swiss Border Guard
- Annet Steenbergen, Coordinator Happy Flow and Preclearance, Government of Aruba
- Adel Baraghith, Senior Project Manager, Lufthansa
- Wilfried Covent, Senior Security Expert, Brussels Airport Company
- Andres Hirschfeld, Director, Facilitation and Cargo Security, United Airlines
- Samy Gardemeister, Director of Enforcement, Finnish Customs
- Jeremy Springall, Global Vice President of Border Management, SITA
- Matthew Cornelius, Vice President, Airport Policy Council International
- Diana Railean, Senior specialist, Directorate General Inspectorate of Border Police of Moldova
- Ms Barbara Kostuk, Managing Director, Airlines for America
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