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Intersec Future Security Summit Agenda

Programme Day 1 | 19 January, 2020

10:00 Registrations and Refreshments
Shaping the Regional Security Landscape 
10:45

Opening Remarks from the Chairperson

Faisal Al Mazam
Director, Protective Services, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE

11:00 Keynote Address: UAE Vision and Future Foresight in building a Safe and Secure Nation

Major General Omar Al Bitar

Adviser to the Minister of State for Defense Affairs, UAE
11:30 Keynote Address: SIRA Future Strategic Plans and Initiatives for 2020

Khalifa Al Salies
Chief Executive Officer, Security Industry Regulatory Agency (SIRA), Dubai, UAE
12:00 AI + 5G + Video Boosting Industry's Intelligent Transformation

Faisal Ameer Malik
CTO - Enterprise Business Group, Huawei, UAE
12:30

Panel Discussion: Changing Role of Security Leadership -Unlocking the Potential of Diversity
• Role of diversity in security industry 
• Integration of women in security industry and leadership 
• Incorporating learnings from the people with diverse backgrounds
• People of determination in security industry

Moderator:
Heimo Grasser
Regional Security Manager, Medtronic, UAE

Panelists:
Reema Al Marzooqi
Vice President – Investigations, Fraud & CyberCrime, Group Security Department, Emirates Airlines, UAE

Salah Soliman
Deputy Chief Security Officer - Global, GE, UAE

Buti Qurwash
VP- Security, Dubai Airports, UAE

Euan Air
Director of Safety and Security, Careem, UAE

13:00 Lunch and Networking Break
Security in Wake of Expo 2020 and Crowd Protection 
14:00 Keynote Address: Expo 2020 Event, Security and Crowd Protection

Colonel Ali Khalifa Al Ghais
Senior Vice President Security, Expo 2020, UAE

14:30

Presentation Session: SIRA’s Site Wide Security Methodology at Expo 2020

Eng. Arif Aljanahi
Director of Operations & Security Services, Security Industry Regulatory Agency (SIRA), Dubai, UAE
 
15:00 Panel Discussion: Highlighting the Collaboration between Different Teams to Achieve Overall Safety and Security for Expo 2020

Panelists:
Colonel Ali Khalifa Al Ghais
Senior Vice President Security, Expo 2020, UAE

Eng. Arif Aljanahi
Director of Operations & Security Services, Security Industry Regulatory Agency (SIRA) Dubai, UAE 
15:30 Refreshments and Networking Break
15:50

Panel Discussion: Are You Prepared for Expo 2020?
• Key impacts of the inflow, management and safety of the Expo 2020 visitors 
• Security Implications on your premises and businesses?
• Preparations required at an organization level to manage the heavy traffic  

Moderator:
Maria Fjeldstad 
Vice Chairman, OSAC Dubai, UAE 

Panelists:
Ala’a Bawab
Vice President - Enterprise Networking Business, Huawei Middle East, UAE

Simon Howse
Director of Global Safety and Security, Marriott International, UAE

Nikolaos Gkionis
Group HSE & Security Manager, Meraas Holding, UAE

Artificial Intelligence and Smart Security Management
16:20

Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Communications Technology: Are We Going Too Far?
• Securing diverse elements of the technology infrastructure including cloud, infrastructure, identity, and access management, privilege access management, BYOD, etc
• Privacy Issues and controlled access
• Data Privacy Implication while integrating technologies


Ala Taeeb
Regional Security Manager, Tesla, UAE

16:50 Closing Remarks from the Chair  and End of Intersec Future Security Summit Day One

Programme Day 2 | 20 January, 2020

10:00 Registrations and Refreshments
10:45 Opening Remarks from the Chairperson

John Cowling
Director – Middle East, AcuTech Consulting, UAE
  Civil Protection and Technological Advancement
11:00

Case Study by Abu Dhabi Police: The Secure City - Can It be Achieved and How?

Major Ahmed Al Shamsi
Head of Safe Cities Department, Abu Dhabi Police, UAE

11:30 Dubai Police Insight Session: Best Practices for Prevention and Reduction of Crime 

Lt. Col. Arif Ali Mohamed Bishoh

General Department of Criminal Investigation, Dubai Police, UAE
12:00

Case Study by RAK Police: Reduction of Crime Against Women and Children

Speaker Representative - RAK Police 

12:30

Police Officers’ Panel Discussion: City Protection and Use of Sophisticated Ttechnology in Fighting Crime
· Digital transformation for improved collaboration, communication and response
· Public Safety Innovation and Community Reach

Moderator:
Faisal Al Mazam
Director, Protective Services, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE

Panelists:
Major Ahmed Al Shamsi
Head of Safe Cities Department, Abu Dhabi Police, UAE

Lt. Col. Arif Ali Mohamed Bishoh
General Department of Criminal Investigation, Dubai Police, UAE

Speaker Representative - RAK Police

13:00 Lunch and Networking Break
  Security Infrastructure to Protect the Critical Infrastructure Assets
14:00
Case Study: Preparedness Against Potential Drone Threats at the Airports
  • Technologies for Detection, Defense and Disruption
  • Drone Regulation and Compliances

Adnan Al Ghamdi
Aviation Security Advisor, General Authority of Civil Aviation, KSA

14:30
Securing Our Oil and Gas Terminals and Offshore Platforms
  • Dynamics of our risk environment from RED TEAM prospective
  • Lessons learned from the MENA region, “Case studies”
  • Identifying vulnerabilities to maritime critical infrastructure.
  • Dealing with associated risks posed to the continuity of operation, (Intelligence, Security Operations, and Protection Technologies)
  • The way forward
Nasser Al-Buhairi
Emergency Response and Organization Resilience, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Kuwait

15:00

Refreshment and Networking Break

15:30

Panel Discussion: Enterprise Security : Challenges for New Age Security Managers
· Internet of Things (IOT), BYOD and Related Security Challenges
· Developing, implementing and maintaining resilience programmes in complex and volatile operating environments
· Justifying the investments in security systems deployment
· Need for flexible, simple and modular building of integration systems

Moderator:
Peter Page
Vice Chairman, ASIS Dubai & Deputy Chair, The Security Institute Middle East Members Group, UAE

Panelists:
Joule Sullivan
Director- International Security Operations, Abbott, UAE

Per Björkdahl
Chair, ONVIF Steering Committee, USA

David K. Young
Chief Executive Officer, Oxford Analytica, UK

16:00

Supply Chain Security: Risk Management at Plants, Facilities and Safeguarding the entire Supply Chain Critical to Your Business
· Trusting Data sharing with Third party vendors
· Safeguarding cloud data and applications to minimize IT risks
· Risk to your IOT sensors
· Realtime Tracking and Serialisation

Mohamed AlMulla
Director of Security, Emirates Post Group, UAE

16:30
Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of the Intersec Future Security Summit