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Date: 26-Feb-14 to 27-Feb-14
Location: Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan / Sofia / Bulgaria
Category: Aviation & Aerospace Military Non-Profit & Government Security, Fire & Rescue Conferences & Trade Fairs

SMi are pleased to announce the return of their 7th Annual Border Security Conference taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria on February 26 -27, 2014.

This year’s Conference will feature discussion on current concerns in Eastern Europe and around the world. As a relatively new member of the European Union, Bulgaria faces geo-political challenges unlike many of its co-members. Along with Romania, it is also doing everything it can to be accepted in to the Schengen Area. This necessitates effective border policing and this position as a border security hot spot makes it an ideal and intriguing venue.

Border Security - 2014 will cover the following challenges of border security

• Marine security: detection of small boats, UK risk assessment of small marinas, port security
• Airport security: cargo, personnel
• Global operations of criminal networks moving through nations through borders – the spread from African nations into Europe through transit countries
• Lone wolf terrorism: how home grown threat does not come under the same scrutiny when crossing their ‘home’ borders; detecting threat as they leave or return from training in foreign countries
• Prediction border movement: how is one nation affected by another nations issues; refugee predictions, criminal gangs take advantage of mass migration of refugees to get lots in the crowd
• Shipment security: detection of illegal contraband, mules; large scale contamination of utilities products; cocaine in a shipment of tons and tons of coal for example
• Technology: biometrics data; sharing data and many more.

What’s new in 2014:
• Host nation address from Chief Commissioner Penov, Chief Directorate of Border Police, Bulgaria
• Hear about the case study from Haiti covering cross border criminal activity, and irregular migration
• Brazil’s strategy for protection of port security, and preparations for the upcoming Olympics and World Cup
• Learn the new approaches of the Schengen border security evaluation mechanisms
• Discuss the 21st Century Challenges of Border security for developing countries

Visitors

Who should attend:

Senior representatives from national border services, police, customs, and immigration services, as well as organisations, services and suppliers to the border management and security industry, including:
• Customs, immigration and border control officials
• Coast guard officers
• Police and law enforcement officers
• Boundary commissioners
• Diplomats and foreign affairs officials
• Borderland planners and managers
• Defence and security departments
• Consular officials
• Policy analysts
• Security system providers

Exhibitors

Who should attend:

Senior representatives from national border services, police, customs, and immigration services, as well as organisations, services and suppliers to the border management and security industry, including:
• Customs, immigration and border control officials
• Coast guard officers
• Police and law enforcement officers
• Boundary commissioners
• Diplomats and foreign affairs officials
• Borderland planners and managers
• Defence and security departments
• Consular officials
• Policy analysts
• Security system providers

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