DIRECTORATE-GENERAL MIGRATION and HOME AFFAIRS
Directorate B: Migration, Mobility and Innovation
Unit B.4 : Innovation and Industry for Security
SECURITY RESEARCH CONFERENCE at SRIEE 2017
Blu Hotel Olümpia Conference Centre, Tallinn, 14 – 15 November
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
08.00 – 09.15 Registration and welcome coffee
09.15 – 09.20 Welcoming video message
Julian King, Commissioner for Security Union, European Commission
09.20 – 10.00 Opening
Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of Estonia
Matthias Ruete, Director-General, DG HOME, European Commission
10.00 – 11.00 High-level panel 1 – From research to practitioners and end-users
Elena Santiago Cid, Director General, CEN-CENELEC
Éric Freyssinet, Chief Digital Strategy Officer, French Gendarmerie nationale
Normund Popens, Deputy Director-General, DG REGIO, European Commission
Clive Goodchild, Technology Planning Manager, BAE Systems Industry
Moderator: Matthias Ruete, Director-General, DG HOME, European Commission
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 12.30 High-level panel 2 – The future of security research
Dan Chirondojan, Director for Space, Security and Migration, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Jean-Pierre Serra, Vice-President Defence and Security, Airbus Defence and Space
Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General, DG RTD, European Commission
Alberto de Benedictis, PASAG-member (Horizon 2020 Protection And Security Advisory Group)
Moderator: Teri Schultz
12.30 - 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Panel discussion: What can research and education do for police?
Ciaran Carolan, Research and Development Officer eu-LISA (European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice)
Thierry Hartmann, Head of Division, International Cooperation Department, French Ministry of Home Affairs
Kimmo Himberg, Director, Police University College, the Management Board of the European Law Enforcement Training Agency, CEPOL (European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training)
Yves Vandermeer, Chair, ECTEG (European Cybercrime Training and Education Group)
Matthias Zeiser, Vice-President, Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei (Münster)
Moderator: Teri Schultz
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 - 18.00 Panel discussion: Preventing and responding to terrorist attacks
Demosthenes Ikonomou, Head of Unit, ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security)
Üllar Lanno, ENFSI and the R&D Standing Committee, Director of the Estonian Forensic Science Institute
Patrick Padding, I-LEAD coordinator, ENLETS (European Network of Law Enforcement Technology Services)
Priit Suve, Professor, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences
Moderator: Erkki Koort
19.00 Walking dinner
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
08.00 – 09.00 Registration and welcome coffee
09.00 - 10.30 Panel discussion: Towards dematerialized border controls?
Enrique Belda Esplugues, Deputy Director General of Communications and Information Systems for Security, Ministry of Interior of Spain
Edgar Beugels, Head of Unit Research and Development, EBCGA/FRONTEX (European Border and Coast Guard Agency)
Frank Heijmann, Head of National and International Trade Relations, Customs Administration of the Netherlands
Joanna Goodey, Head of Freedoms and Justice Department, FRA
(Fundamental Rights Agency)
Helen-Neider Veerme, Head of the integrated border administration bureau of the Police and Border Guard Board, Estonian Border Guard
Moderator: Ralf Otto
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Panel discussion: Managing multi-country disaster situations
Paola Albrito, Chief Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction)
Montserrat Marin Ferrer, Scientific Project Manager, Disaster Risk Management Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
K. Phil Waters, Director, US Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate
Jean-Michel Dumaz, Security andDefence Programs Director, FIRE IN Coordinator Managers)
Rob Testelmans, Policy Advisor Safety and Security, Emergency Planning City of Geel
Moderator: Annika Nitschke
12.30 – 13.00 Closing
Erkki Koort, Secretary General, Ministry of Interior of Estonia
Matthias Oel, Director for Migration, Mobility and Innovation, DG HOME, European Commission
13.00 – 14.15 Lunch