Debates

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  • The Evolving Transition Process in North Africa and the Middle East. Opportunities and Challenges for the European and International Community

    Moderator: Paweł Świeboda – demosEuropa - Center for European Strategy

    Jerzy Miller – Minister of the Interior and Administration of Poland
    Peter Widermann - Director General, International Center for Migration
    Policy Development
    Agostino Miozzo - Managing Director, Crisis Response and Operational
    Coordination, European External Action Service
    Belinda Pyke - Director of Directorate C - Migration and Borders, DG Home
    Affairs, European Commission
    Irena Vojáčková-Sollorano - Director, Department for Migration Management,
    International Organization for Migration
    Madeline Garlick - Head of Unit, Policy and Legal Support, UN High
    Commissioner for Refugees Bureau for Europe
    Ilkka Laitinen – Executive Director, Frontex

  • Border Guards and technology

    Moderator: Edgar Beugels – Head of Research and Development Unit, Frontex

    Frank Paul - Head of Unit, Large-scale IT-systems and Biometrics, DG Home Affairs European Commission
    Ruud Dirkzwager – Commander of the National Centre for Training and Expertise in Apeldoorn, Royal Netherlands Marechaussee
    Krassimir Krastev - Deputy Director to the CTO Technology and Strategy Morpho/Safran Group
    Isabel Baltazar - Head of Department of Fraud Unit and Identification Department, Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras, Portugal

  • RABIT operation 2010 – experiences and prospects

    Moderator: Klaus Roesler – Director of Operations Division, Frontex

    Jeff Schlentz - Head of Pooled Resources Unit, Frontex
    Anamaria Petrechescu – officer within the Romanian Border Police
    Grigorios Apostolou – Coordinating Officer for RABIT 2010 Frontex
    Peter Heinrich – German border guard officer, assigned as a RABIT trainer
    Nasir Ahmed – officer within the Norwegian National Police Immigration Service

  • Border Security through the eyes of citizens

    Moderator: Edgar Beugels – Head of Research and Development Unit, Frontex

    Margreet Lommerts - Manager Security and Cargo, Association of European Airlines
    Dr. John Clarke - Professor, Director of the Program on Civil Security, “George C. Marshall” European Center for Security Studies
    Katarzyna Cuadrat-Grzybowska - Policy & Consultation, European Data Protection Supervisor
    Peter Cullum - Head of International Affairs, RoadHaulage Association

  • GIS capability in operational border management

    Moderator: Graham Leese – Special Advisor to the Executive Director, Frontex

    Adriano Baptista - Head of Operations Division, EU Satellite Centre
    Klaus Hudernigg - Analyst in Risk Analysis Unit, Frontex
    Lew Nelson - Global Law Enforcement Solutions Manager, ESRI Inc.