SMi Group's 7th annual Border Security conference & exhibition returns to Sofia in February 2014. Last year's exhibition room sold out so make sure you sign up soon. Contact Sadia Malick at smalick@smi-online.co.uk now to be part of it. Last year's sponsors included Flir Commercial Systems Defendec Panasonic Europe Cobham Ultra Electronics TeamNet International Regula Baltija Safran Morpho SITA Arinc Cassidian Raytheon UK The latest draft programme is attached and should be finalise din the coming weeks.

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SMi present …
7th
Annual Border Security 2014
26-27, February, 2014
Hotel Sheraton Sofia, Bulgaria
Sponsored by
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Confirmed Chairman:
Neil Hall AFNI MIACP, Assistant commissioner Police (retd)
Confirmed Speakers:
John Vine CBE QPM, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Independent Chief Inspector
of Borders and Immigration, UK
Police Brigadier General Gábor Kovács, EU Twinning Project, Hungarian National Police
Marek Adamczyk, Adviser - The Headquarters of Border Guard, Border Guards Poland
Alberto Andreani, Programme Officer, OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Captain Pierre Wuillemin, Head of Biometrics and ID, Swiss Border Police
Mr Marius Dumitru, Director of the Project Management Unit, Romanian Border Police
Mr Zaharin Penov, Director, Chief Directorate Border Police, Bulgaria
Neil Hall AFNI MIACP, Assistant commissioner Police (retd)
Jon Trumble, TNTD Border Unit, OSCE Secretariat
Malcolm Kell,Stabalisation advisor, UK Government's Stabilisation Unit
Adriano Baptista, Head of Operations Division, European Union Satellite Centre
Serge Rinkel, Director of Technical Committee, Borderpol
Mr Howard Riley, UK North West Counter Terrorist Unit
Representative from the International Office of Migration
Petrus Neacsu, Head of Telecommunications Unit within Directorate for the Implementation of
Integrated System for Border Security, Romanian Border Police.
Tony Mihaitoaia, Specialist officer within Directorate for border surveillance and Border Crossing
Control, Romanian Border Police
Subject to final confirmation:
Dvir Rubinshtein, Aviation Security Operation Center Manager, Security Department, State of Israel
Ms Petia Karayaneva UNHCR
Mr Erik Berglund Frontex
Ralph Markert, Deputy Head, Border Security Task Force, INTERPOL
Representative from C/o Steve Mehringer NATO Headquarters
Invited Speakers:
Massimo Ramanzin, Border and Migration Adviser, Ministry of Internal Affairs, EULEX, Kosovo
Franz Prutsch, Technical Cooperation Specialist for Europe and Central Asia, IOM Austria
Mr Alexander Nouak, Head of Competence Centre Identification Biometrics, Fraunhofer Institute for
Computer Graphics Research IGD, Germany
Brig. Gen. Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director, FRONTEX
James Douglas, Vice President Aviation, European Association of Airport and Seaport Police
Police Chief Commissioner Petrus Neacsu, Project Management Unit, Romanian Border Police
Major Aivo Pinte, Chief of Luhamaa BCP, South Prefecture, Estonian Border Guard

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Sponsors from 2013
Distinguished Advisory Board
SMi, are fortunate to be working with the following advisors to ensure that Border Security 2014 continues to
grow and develop as one of Europe’s leading border security forums
The following people will aid the Border Security 2014 team with content and direction with the 2014 conference;
Mr Zaharin Penov, Bulgaria General Commissioner, Director, Chief Directorate Border Police
Marek Adamczyk, Adviser - The Headquarters of Border Guard, Border Guards
Ralph Markert, Deputy Head, Border Security Task Force, INTERPOL
Alberto Andreani, Programme Officer , OSCE Chairman-in-Office
“Border Security 2014; addressing the major challenges that face today’s
Border control agencies, including criminal networks, marine security,
biometrics, inter-agency cooperation and future planning”

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Day One: 26 February 2014
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
Neil Hall, Former Assistant commissioner, Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police Force
Host Nation Briefing
9.10 Bulgarian Model of Border Security
• Bulgarian strategy and cooperation
• Working with the partner nations
• Unique challenges of Bulgaria’s geo-political concerns
• Forward thinking to Schengen
Mr Zaharin Penov, Bulgaria General Commissioner, Director, Chief Directorate Border Police
Key European Nation Border Security Updates
9.50 Border security and Schengen external borders’ evaluation process – polish approach
Polish border security system
5 components of Polish border management strategy
Polish Border Guard as police-type and migration service
Interagency co-operation at national and international level
Marek Adamczyk, Adviser - The Headquarters of Border Guard, Border Guards
10.30 Morning Coffee
10.50 The Hungarian National Police current strategy and capability for protecting the EU external
borders
The border guarding organization in Hungary
The Hungarian National Police border policing strategy
Main principles and methods of the border guarding
Main results, main problems and solutions
Co-operation with another border policing organizations and the FRONTEX
The future, main tendencies
Police Brigadier General Gábor Kovács, EU Twinning Project, Hungarian National Police
11.30 Identification & biometrics: an effective remedy for identity fraud & error?
How can we achieve security with biometrics?
Ways to make biometrics more secure

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Privacy in biometrics
Alberto Andreani, Programme Officer, OSCE Chairman-in-Office
14.10 Networking lunch
1.30 Specialist Surveillance of the Romanian Border Police
Tony Mihaitoaia,Specialist officer within DIRECTORATE FOR BORDER SURVEILLANCE AND BORDER
CROSSING CONTROL, Romanian Border Police
Maritime Border Control
14.10 Irregular Migration and its effect on crime
Neil Hall AFNI MIACP, Assistant commissioner Police (retd)
14. 50 Contribution of Space Assets for Effective Border Management
Remote sensing to support border management – overview of satellite capabilities and limitations
GEOINT challenges and possible solutions
GIS capabilities in the context of border management
Role of European institutions/agencies in collaborative border management
Mr Adriano Baptista Head of Operations Division , EU Satellite Centre
3.30 Afternoon Tea
3.50 New challenges for the Mediterranean as an EU border. How to better
Coordinate European efforts?
Profile of border security in the public domain
The Mediterranean – African gateway to Europe
Working towards unambiguous European policies governing migration, asylum, security, foreign policy and maritime
issues
Invitation to: Mr Erik Berglund, Frontex
4.30 New Technology for Mobile control to the Border Guard Corps BGC
• Border security and Mobile Passport control
Captain Pierre Wuillemin, Head of Biometrics and ID, Swiss Border Police
5.10 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day one
DAY TWO: 27th
February 2014
8.30 Registration & Coffee

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9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
Neil Hall, Former Assistant commissioner, Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police Force
International agency cooperation and updates for Border Security
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
9.10 Effective Inspection of the UK’s Border Security Functions
The Independent Chief Inspector for Borders and Immigration in the UK will present findings from his high-profile
inspection reports looking at border security functions across the UK’s airports and ports
An insight into how the Chief Inspector and his team carry out effective, impartial and robust inspections aimed at
improving the UK’s border
John Vine CBE QPM, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, UK
9.50 Enhancing Border Security: INTERPOL's Approach in a Globalised World
Current INTERPOL Initiatives to Enhance Border Security; MIND/FIND; STOP; (Reverse ITD); IMEST
Real Life Examples- Success Stories; Examples/Facts
Partnership Development- IATA Future; AIRPOL; FRONTEX; EUROPOL
Funding Approach and Future Direction- Current funding cuts; require enhanced security; How to deal with that? –
Collaboration, synergy and combining resources
Invitation to: Ralph Markert, Deputy Head, Border Security Task Force, INTERPOL
10.30 Morning Coffee
10.50 Stabilising Conflict Borders
Malcolm Kell, Stabalisation advisor, UK Government's Stabilisation Unit
11.30 Passports, ID cards and Birth certificates – how can global standardization protect against the threat of fraud
What are the current numbers of document theft in the EU
Interpol’s efforts for collating the records and distributing the information
Will standardizing birth records documents combat some of the threat of forged passport and other types of formal
identification
Invitation to: James Douglas, Vice President Aviation, European Association of Airport and Seaport Police
12.10 Networking lunch
1.30 Romanian IBM Concept Implementation
Romanian Border Police structure
Introduction in Integrated Border Security System (IBSS)
Current status of IBSS implementation
Threats and challenges faced
Petrus Neacsu, Head of Telecommunications Unit within Directorate for the Implementation of Integrated
System for Border Security, Romanian Border Police
2.10 Small Airstrip management of smuggling
Defective management of aviation authority

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How are customs controlling the small airstrips with limited resources
What regulations are in place to manage airstrips with the UK
How can these lessons influence overseas aviation authorities
Organised crime is taking advantage of these small low surveillance hotspots to bring in Cash, Fuel, Cigarettes and
alcohol.
Mr Howard Riley, Regional Ports Border Coordinator, UK North West Counter Terrorist Unit
Invitation to: Mr Jerry Hart, SGS Group
2. 50 Border Security: Developing Countries & the 21st Century Challenge
The example of West Africa, a hot bed for marriages of convenience between terrorists, smugglers, fraudsters and
pirates – how are they moving into Europe
o With no official borders in Europe how can agencies prevent movement and expansion of this threat
links between criminal networks across borders
A look at the Maritime security of the gulf of Guinea
The specific role to be played by the international community, including Borderpol
Serge Rinkel, Director of Technical Committee, Borderpol
3.30 Afternoon Tea
3.50 European Port Security Information Exchange Network (EPSIEN)
Invitation to: Chief Superintendent Peter Van Den Berg, Vice President for Maritime Affairs, European Association of
Airport & Seaport Police (EAASP)
4.30 Borders and Borderlands - A Space of Common Interests and Common Challenges
Jon Trumble, TNTD Border Unit, OSCE Secretariat
5.10 Chairman’s closing remarks and end of conference