Strategy, foresight and response for a secure homeland
The 23rd edition of Intersec presented the Global Security Leader’s Summit – A Gathering of an International Think Tank for Global Leaders in the Security Industry. Bringing together stakeholders from Government Authorities, Policy makers, Law Enforcement, Civil Defense & Private organizations to define the future of security.
Held under the theme, Strategy, Foresight and Response for a Secure Homeland, the 3-day summit will cover critical topics from Physical Security, Maritime Surveillance, and Civil Defense to Port & Border security.
Featuring the 3-day Summit was a dedicated Focus day on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, looking into the leader’s Security perspectives on KSA’s vision 2030.
Conference Day 1 - Sunday 16 January 2022
| 10:00 | Registration, coffee, and networking |
| 10:55 | Opening remarks from the Conference Chair Mr. Kyle Inan, Senior Geopolitical Analyst |
| LEADERSHIP KEYNOTES | |
| 11:35-11:45 | H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cyber Security, United Arab Emirates Government |
| BUILDING RESILIENCE, ENABLING INNOVATION AND FUTURE SECURITY | |
| 12:00-12:30 | STRATEGY & FORESIGHT SESSION Headliner - Strategy for Efficiency and Technological Depth - A Global Roadmap in International Defense - International Cooperation towards a resilient and future secure Homeland - Public and private sectors collaborations, technology exchange, - Post warfare - Current state of affairs in the Middle East - US – UK Counterterrorism lessons for the region Speaker: General (R) Sir Nick Carter, Former Chief of Defense Staff and Head of British Armed Forces |
| 12:30-13:15 | Global Security Leaders Panel: Key Discussion points: The role of Security, the Pre Vs. the Post Pandemic World - Leader’s insights into the key learnings from Pandemic - Actionable intelligence into the post pandemic world - Collaborating across industries and geographies in support of non-military threats - Supply chain strategies Moderator: Athol Yates, Institute for International Studies and Civil Security, Khalifa University Panelists: General (R) Sir Nick Carter, Former Chief of Defense Staff and Head of British Armed Forces Franc Milburn, Strategic & Operational Advisor, Political & security Risk MENA Howard Leedham, Managing Director, ESID DMCC. Licensed SIRA Security Expert Air Marshal Edward J Stringer, Former Director General Joint Force Development and Defence Academies |
| 13:15-14:00 | Prayers and Lunch Break |
| 14:00-15:45 | FORESIGHT SESSION – The Future of Homeland Security in a Digital Economy When Web3.0, Blockchain & VR/AR come together we have the Metaverse. Connecting the real world with the virtual world. A virtual environment where people can interact in digital spaces powered by Data & AI. - How quickly will True-to-Life 3D immersive experiences become an everyday reality? Gaming environments, digital twins will soon include abilities to smell, feel and taste using an integrated set of sensors and wearables. - How quickly will digital commerce for goods & services, and more importantly digital assets overtake traditional commerce? What currency will be used to establish value and who will regulate and govern trade? - What will the metaverse mean to the workforce of the future, developing talent & skills, education, medical care, banking & finance and everything we do? Imagine a scenario where a doctor in the US operates on a patient in the UAE! Most importantly how can we prepare for the metaverse by addressing cybersecurity aspects, preserving public safety and maintaining digital justice. Join us for a forward-looking conversation with leaders in public safety, digital commerce, finance and futurists to explore the fast-approaching reality Session Chair: Bashar Kilani, GM, Accenture Keynote: Bashar Kilani, General Manager, Accenture (5 minutes) Panel: (40-45 minutes) Speakers: Dr. Patrick Noack, Executive Director, Future, Foresight and Imagination, Dubai Future Foundation Charanjeet Singh, Sr. Vice President & Head - Fraud Risk & Investigation, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) Dr. Jasim Haji, President, Artificial Intelligence Society Bahrain Anwaar Al Shimmari, Artificial Intelligence Team Leader, Ministry of Infrastructure Development Sulaiman Mohamed Alkaabi, CEO, Future Foresight Foundation |
| 14:50-15:20 | STRATEGIC SESSION - Enhancing Cooperation in removing National barriers to combat threats Technology Opportunities & Challenges Speaker: Craig Jones – Executive Directorate for Policing Services, INTERPOL Global Innovation |
| 15:20-15:40 | STRATEGIC SESSION – Future of Law Enforcement - Building resilience and enabling innovation and future security - Discussing traditional, non-traditional, and emerging threats facing nations - Exploring national resilience in the context of contemporary threats, and how it can be built and strengthened - Safeguarding the critical national infrastructure: risks and opportunities - Collaborating across industries and geographies in support of non-military threats - Research and development in 4IR technology and applications in defense Speaker - Dubai Police |
| CAPABILITY IN RESPONSE TO HOMELAND SECURITY THREATS | |
| 15:40-16:00 | LEADERSHIP SESSION - Why do some imported 'best practice' Western security practices work and others don’t? Discussion points: - Experience of importing 'best practice' Western security practices into the Gulf - Differences between Gulf and Western cultures - Cultural factors embedded in 'best practice' Western security practices - What elements of Western security practices align with the Gulf culture? Speaker - Athol Yates, Institute for International Studies and Civil Security, Khalifa University |
| 16:00-16:20 | LEADERSHIP SESSION - Epistemic Security: Understanding threats to decision-making & crisis response in a technologically advanced world Speaker - Elizabeth Seger, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge, and researcher, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) |
| 16:20-16:40 | Keynote: UK Home Office – Joint Security and Resilience Centre Angela Essel, Head of the Joint Security and Resilience Centre UK Home Office (JSaRC) |
| 16:40-17:50 | LEADERSHIP SESSION - Exploring opportunities and challenges in the Security Industry - Looking to the future to solve today's the region’s talent gap - How to attract and retain local talent - Exploring the need of a more diverse and gender balanced industry Session Chair: Rick Mounfield, CEO, Security Institute Panelist: Angela Essel, Head of the Joint Security and Resilience Centre UK Home Office (JSaRC) Heidi Young, Head of Cyber Security Strategy, Founding Partner, Women in Cyber Alia Al Hazami, Strategic Planning Officer, MA in International and Civil Security Adil Abdel Hadi, SIRA John Cowling, Security Consultant Abdullah Al Shimmari, CEO of HCMS.ai, former Major, Abu Dhabi Police Elizabeth Seger, PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge, and researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) |
| 17:50-18:00 | CLOSING REMARKS - End of Conference Day 1 |
Conference Day 2 - Monday 17 January 2022
| 10:00 | Registration, coffee, and networking |
| 10:30 | Opening remarks from the conference chair |
| 10:45-11:15 | In-focus session: In conversation with H.E. Ilan Sztulman Starosta, Head of Mission, Consulate of Israel in Dubai Moderator: Mr. Kyle Inan, Senior Geopolitical Analyst |
| 11:15-11:45 | In-focus Session: The role of Leadership in Security and Defense, creating an Innovative and Resilient environment for the work of the future. Speaker - Kate Barker, Strategic Advisor & Future of Work Expert, Ministry of Interior, UAE |
| THREAT DETECTION AND BORDER PROTECTION CONTROL | |
| 11:45-12:05 | LEADERSHIP SESSION: Cross border Security Challenges Serious and organize crime represents one of the major challenges for security leaders and countries across the globe. Digitalization and modern technologies are boosting the impact of crime in our societies in unprecedented levels. Migration dynamics are rapidly evolving and posing challenges related to cross-border crime, poly-criminality, and links with several forms of crime such as migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings. Solid, robust global and comprehensive responses are still needed, more challenges ahead which are also bringing more opportunities. Speaker: Alvaro Rodriguez Gaya, Head of Operational Coordination, European Commission, Europol & EMPACT |
| FORESIGHT IN COUNTER TERRORISM & DEFENSE | |
| 12:05-12:25 | INFOCUS SESSION – Homeland Security - Examining the role of Crisis and Emergency Communications - This session analyses the role of Communications from the Homeland security perspective - Law enforcement preparedness and joint action to safeguard the population during a disaster - Industry specific comms Speaker: Ahmad Khaled Mohammad Naimat, Director of Media Response Unit, NCSCM |
| 12:25-12:45 | PRESENTATION: Commercial Open-Source intelligence (OSINT) advances - Emerging Technologies driving OSINT Development - Incorporating effective OSINT into the intelligence enterprise Speaker: Dr. John George Hatzadony, Program Chair - Homeland Security, Rabdan Academy |
| 12:45-13:05 |
PRESENTATION: The evolution of Diplomacy, and the Diplomacy of the 21st Century This session explores the Policy priority changes over the past years, and the post pandemic diplomacy. Speaker: Dr. Seppe Verheyen, Chief of Staff, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy |
| 13:05-13:45 | Prayers and Lunch Break |
| 13:45-14:05 | INFOCUS SESSION: Integrating government institutions and agencies with a system that relies on artificial intelligence in its structure to achieve the highest standards of cybersecurity to work within an integrated system. - The space industry, internet services and cyber security at the local, national and international levels. - International risk management, international crisis management, and decision-making within a networked system based on artificial intelligence and the virtual world of cybersecurity. Speaker: Dr. Marwa Salman Salah, Cyber Security Consultant for Digital Real Estate, Al Katoob International Group, Saudi Arabia |
| 14:05-14:25 | INFOCUS SESSION: Insider Threat & Counter Measures - Landside Security & its Integration with Restricted & Airside Areas of an Airport Speaker - Ehsan Ullah, Chief Director, Security Force Islamabad Airport |
| 14:25-14:45 | Transportation Security: Protecting Planes, Trains, and Pipelines from Cyber Threats Advancing transportation with the necessary technology deployment for a secure transportation Speaker: Col. (R) Thafar Maaitah, Security Specialist | Corporate Security and Control RTA, and Former Deputy Director, Interpol Amman |
| 14:45-15:30 | STRATEGIC SESSION: Homeland Security - Aerospace Surveillance & Security Keynote by session chair: To build a Security Culture Zack Zainal, Vice President, Emirates Key discussion points: - Plan and strategies to open airports - Aviation sustainability Speakers: Dr. Suaad AlShamsi, Advisor, ORAT Kashif Khalid, Regional Director - Africa & Middle East Airports, Passenger, Cargo, Security & Facilitation, IATA Franc Milburn, Strategic & Operational Advisor, Political & Security Risk MENA Ehsan Ullah, Chief Director, Security Force Islamabad Airport |
| THE FUTURE OF HOMELAND SECURITY | |
| 15:30-16:00 | FORESIGHT SESSION - The Way forward in Homeland Security A session that would offer a deep dive on a mix of soft skills, Tech, and diplomacy, exploring elements such as: - BioThreats - Cognitive Terrorism and Social Engineering - Communications as a strategy to manage domestic terrorism and replication threats - The everchanging worldwide landscape of threats due to sophisticated tech being easily accessible for civilians - How the Homeland Security landscape has changed since 9/11 - What cooperation strategies can complement the international efforts for Peace and building resilience towards future threats Speaker: Sir Alex Younger - Former Chief of MI6 |
| 16:00-16:10 | Q&A Session with Sir Alex Younger, Former Chief of MI6 |
| 16:10-16:40 | Post-Quantum Technologies, 5iR, Advanced Aerospace Technologies to 2050: Implications for Defence, Homeland Security, Energy & Transport The U.S. National Defense Authorization Act 20022 has enshrined in law an investigative and scientific program looking at beyond next generation technologies and these have been a feature of official Congressional interest since at least June 2020. A number of U.S. and UK declassified documents also shed light on these post-quantum technologies, demonstrating that government interest goes back decades. The session will highlight the nature of the technologies and characteristics of exotic aerospace platforms the Americans wish to develop by 2050, as well as providing an overview of the implications for aerospace and defence, Homeland security, energy, transport, and potential weapons proliferation. Speaker: Franc Milburn, Strategic & Operational Advisor, Political & Security Risk MENA |
| 16:40-17:00 | STRATEGIC SESSION: Global Threats and Regional Responses: Strategic Intelligence, Criminal Justice and Preventive Diplomacy in Eastern Africa Speaker: Neil Welsh, Head of Mission for 13 countries in the East Africa and Western Indian Ocean Region, Former UNODC's global Cybercrime, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism |
| LEADERSHIP IN CIVIL DEFENSE | |
| 17:00-17:45 | Leadership Panel Discussion: Regulator’s Think Tank - Fire Safety codes on the Buildings of the Future - How will the codes be assumed with net zero policy compliance? Leadership in civil defence Overview of International fire safety standards (recent changes) and sharing insight - Identifying when it is necessary to re-run risk assessments in smart buildings - Integrating video and drone technology as instruments which are integrated into fireground research Keynote: H.E Khalid Al Mansoori, President, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), UAE Session Chair: John Cowling, Security Consultant Panellists: H.E Khalid Al Mansoori, President, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), UAE Dr. Naill AlMomani, Chair of Crises Management Department, Dubai Police Academy Iain Bough, Senior Manager Emergency Response - Global Airport, Network & Cargo Operations Department, Etihad Airways Jeff Dulin, Srategic Advisor Strategic Advisor IAFC, National & International Programs |
| 17:50 | CLOSING REMARKS - End of Conference Day 2 |
Our Esteemed Headliners
General (R) Sir Nick Carter
Former Chief of Defense Staff and Head of British Armed Forces
Sir Alex Younger
Ex MI6, Former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, Longest MI6 Chief in 50 Years
Past Speakers
His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Cyber Security Council
Head of Cyber Security, United Arab Emirates Government
Adil Abdel Hadi
Security Management Industry Expert, Aman Security Training
Athol Yates
Institute for International Studies and Civil Security, Khalifa University
Anwaar Al Shimmari
Artificial Intelligence Team Leader, Ministry of Infrastructure Development
H.E. Bernardino León Gross
Former UN Representative, EU Special Representative, and Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Elizabeth Seger
PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge, and researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI)
John Cowling
Security Consultant
Kashif Khalid
Regional Director - Africa & Middle East Airports, Passenger, Cargo, Security & Facilitation, IATA
H.E Khalid Al Mansoori
President, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), UAE
Dr. Naill AlMomani
Chair of Crises Management Department, Dubai Police Academy
General (R) Sir Nick Carter
Former Chief of Defense Staff and Head of British Armed Forces
Richard Reed
Head of Corporate Emergency Management and Continuity, Saudi Aramco
Turki Matooq Althonayan
CEO, SAFE
Advisory Board Members
Key Themes
HOMELAND SECURITY
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UAE & International Ministers and Commanders of Defence, Interior and Homeland Global leaders in counter terrorism, intelligence, strategy & international relations. CSuite: CEO, CTO, COO, CSO, CIO, CISO Department Heads and Managers of: Forensics, Crime Prevention, Border Security, ICT , Cyber Security, Security, Resilient Cities, First Response, Foresight, Criminal Investigation, Counter Terrorism, Planning & Strategy, Innovation, Policy. Industry Sectors: Police, Fire, Ports, Airports, Hospitals, National Agencies, Private Sector Industry, solution providers, consultancy. |