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Events > May 2010

May 2010

 

10 -13 May

NEC Birmingham

IFSEC

www.ifsec.co.uk

 

11 -13 May

Manchester

ACPO APA

The ACPO-APA International Policing Exhibition is the UK’s biggest and most influential event for policing. The 2010 event will take place at with the exhibition running from 12-13 May and the summer conference for ACPO-APA officials taking place from 11-13 May. The International Policing Exhibition is the main annual event for suppliers, buyers, specifiers and users of all products and services for policing in the UK. New for 2010, the event will feature an educational seminar programme to provide you with career training and advice from leading experts in the policing and security sectors. The event is free to attend and open to all police, staff, associates and colleagues. To find out more information including features, venue and travel information visit www.acpo-apa.co.uk. Register FREE Now for the policing event of the year.

www.acpo-apa.co.uk

 

17-18 May

Swissotel, Tallinn, Estonia.

Cyber Defence 2010

Cyber warfare has become a major concern for international governments, militaries and civil agencies over the last few years. Recently a wave of cyber attacks against NATO member Estonia in 2007, and then Georgia in 2008 have highlighted the crippling impact cyber warfare can have against a nation's critical national infrastructure. How do you protect national security in a borderless world? SMi's Cyber Defence 2010 is well timed and brings together international experts from across the cyber security sector. Being run in partnership with the Estonian MoD the event will examine the threats you face in cyberspace. Take the opportunity to attend our most interactive conference to date where you will have the chance to take part in panel discussions and multiple stream sessions.

www.smi-online.co.uk/events/overview.asp…

 

18-20 May

ExCeL, London, UK

ITEC 2010

ITEC is Europe's largest and most established Defence Training and Simulation Conference and Exhibition. ITEC 2010 provides expert insight into the opportunities and challenges driving developments in the Defence Training, Education and Simulation industry, along with hands-on experience of new and proven solutions from world leading defence companies and smaller specialist suppliers. ITEC 2010 will be held in London. The UK is second to the US in terms of defence training spending and is ideal to play host to Europe's annual defence training, education and simulation event.

www.itec.co.uk/

 

19 - 20 May

Brussels, Belgium

International Offshore Patrol Vessels 2010

Offshore Patrol Vessels are the fastest growing segment of the Naval Vessels Market. OPVs are being used in an increasing number of roles, including fishery protection, pollution control, fire-fighting, search and rescue, humanitarian operations, and EEZ patrol. At least 23 countries are known to have a total of 76 OPVs that have been ordered or planned. This is a market that is worth at least $10bn. This international conference will cover both the high end war fighting vessels as well as the more basic multi-role vessels. Attend this conference to learn about the evolving threats and security issues, the increasing role of OPVs, national OPV programmes and fleet management, the latest technological advancements, the latest on national and international co-operation and a lot more.

www.jacobfleming.com/jacob-fleming-group…

 

25 - 27 May

Suntec Singapore International

Tetra World Congress

Join us in Singapore in May to learn and network at the heart of the TETRA industry and meet end-users, operators, application providers and manufacturers from around the globe. The TWC conference will give you detailed analysis of the current market, different user experiences from around the world and expert insights into the latest developments in TETRA. Senior figures from the TETRA community will share information and experiences with you. This year’s speaker line-up will include representatives from: - Public Safety users (Police, Fire, Ambulance, Municipalities, Large events) - Transport users (Rail, Metros, Airports, Ports) - Industry users (Oil & Gas, Mining, Metal Works) - Utilities (Electricity, Power Distribution and Generation, Water, Gas) - Network Operators (Government, Commercial, Shared Use) - Application Developers (Picture and Video Messaging, Location Devices, Monitoring, Automation, Database Access) - Integrators with Complementary Technologies (WiMAX, GPRS, 3G and 4G networks)

www.tetraworldcongress.com/contingency

 

25-26 May

Millenium Gloucester, London, UK

Tackling Kidnapping, hostage taking and hijacking

With the potential rewards high for its perpetrators, be they criminals or terrorists, the risk of kidnap to key employees worldwide should not be underestimated. There have been dramatic increases in the numbers of kidnappings recently, which has serious implications for companies or individuals at risk, companies insuring those at risk, and those involved in negotiating hostage release and ransom payments. This international conference will bring together the various organisations affected by the threat of kidnap, to discuss the issues arising from the problem and ways of mitigating the risk and reducing its occurrence.

www.quaynote.com/ankiti/www/?code=kid10&…

 

30 May- 3 June

The Davos Congress Centre, Switzerland

International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2010

GRF Davos will organize it's 3rd International Disaster and Risk Conference from 30 May - 3 June, 2010. After a very successful start with the IDRC Davos Conferences in 2006 and 2008 with 900 resp. 1200 participants from over 100 countries and the two regional IDRC Conferences 2007 in Harbin and 2009 in Chengdu, the International Risk and Disaster Conference IDRC is back home in Davos.

www.davos2010.org/

 


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