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| Counter Terror Expo 2009  Counter Terror Expo 2009 looks set to become the biggest event of its kind when doors open at London's prestigious Queen Elizabeth 11 Conference Centre in the heart of Westminster in early February. Against a backdrop of continued tension globally, Counter Terror Expo 2009 brings together many of the world's leading experts to debate the issues in both open and closed session and define strategies for the most intractable problems faced today. In excess of 2000 delegates from across the globe are expected to attend the debates and visit the extensive exhibition."Recent world events demonstrate graphically the need for continued vigilance in the face of the terrorist menace and emphasis once again that a combined counter terrorism effort is the strategy with greatest prospect of success in the battle to rid the world of the outrages we have witnessed in recent times, " comments Peter Jones, Event Director, Counter Terror Expo 2009. "This event brings together 50 of the world's top experts in the field to discuss the significant terrorist threat continuing to face the global community, measures required to address these threats and to share their collaborative best practice experience in working toward this goal." Comprising keynote plenary sessions, strategic briefings, case studies and panel discussions, conference and associated workshops will cover many of the overall headline issues including countering radicalisation, intelligence gathering and sharing strategies, consequence management and command and control with a focus directed toward critical infrastructure protection and business continuity. Addresses by the Baroness Neville-Jones of Hutton Roof DCMG, UK Shadow Security Minister; Richard Williams, Deputy of the Director of Armaments Directorate of Division, NATO, Frank Gardner, Senior Security Correspondent for the BBC, Mike Smith, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations (UN); Nigel Inkster CMG, Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk, The International Institute for Strategic Studies, Former Director of Operations and Intelligence, British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Dr Jeffrey Stevenson Murer, Lecturer in Collective Violence; Research Fellow, School of International Relations University of St Andrews - Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) will set the direction for Counter Terror Expo 2009. Principal presentations by Crispin Black, Senior Government Advisor and author of 7-7, The London Bombs – What Went Wrong?; Dr James Jones, Professor of Religion and Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology, Rutgers University, Lisa Garin-Michaud, Bioterrorism Prevention Program, INTERPOL, Dr Jack Zhang, Beijing Emergency Response System (EMS) Project Group, State Council of China and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Magnus Christiansson, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Swedish National Defence College and many others will set the pace for Counter Terror Expo 2009. "Mumbai was the most recent of large scale terrorist attacks and illustrated that the threat trajectory is once again evolving. Keeping pace with this evolution and countering the threat of a similar attack happening again elsewhere is vital. We fully expect that delegates attending this event will leave armed with the knowledge and tools necessary to take the battle against such terrorist outrages forward, " concludes Peter Jones. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Exhibition News :: home page |