0830 – 0930 Arrival and Registration.
0930 – 0945 Chairman’s Welcome and Opening Remarks.
Brig (Retd) Jeff Little, OBE MBA FICPEM, CEO National Security Inspectorate
0945 – 1055 Session I: The UK approach to National Security in an Age of Uncertainty.
Chair: Les Chapman, Chief Operating Officer, RTI Ltd.
Presentation 1 – The UK approach to National Security – defence aspects.
Major General Tim Cross, CBE (Retd), President of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management.
Presentation 2 – The UK approach to National Security – civil aspects.
Stephen Hawker, CB, Fellow of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management.
1055 Coffee
1115 – 1225 Session II: Terrorism and Multi-Agency Working in an Age of Uncertainty.
Chair: Rosanna Briggs, Deputy Head of Emergency Planning, Essex County Council.
Presentation 3 – Counter-terrorism in an Age of Uncertainty.
Keith Weston, QPM, Senior Research Fellow in Counter Terrorism, Cranfield University; formerly Head of the Police International Counter Terrorist Unit.
Presentation 4 – Multi-Agency working; CBRN and Emerging Threats.
Peter Simpson, Director, National Inter-Agency Liaison Officer Course.
1230 – 1400 Lunch with visit to exhibition.
1400 – 1510 Session III: Cyber Security and Civil Emergencies in an Age of Uncertainty.
Chair: Alan Elwood, Director of Business Continuity Services, Emergency Planning Solutions and ICPEM Regional Representative in Northern Ireland.
Presentation 5 – Cyber Security in an Age of Uncertainty.
Professor Sadie Creese, Director of e-Security and Head of the WMG Digital Programme at the International Digital Laboratories at the University of Warwick..
Presentation 6 – National Security Strategy & Command Expectations.
David Johnson, Chief Fire Officer, CE and County Emergency Planning Officer, Essex.
1510 – 1530 Tea
1530 – 1640 Session IV: The effects of the Defence and Security Review on Business and Academia.
Chair: Karen Reddin, Editor of the ICPEM journal, Alert.
Presentation 7 – The effect of the Strategic Defence and Security Review on Business.
Paul Beaver. Executive Director - Beaver Westminster Limited
Presentation 8 – The effect of the Strategic Defence and Security Review on Academia.
Les Moseley, Fellow of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management; former Director of the Centre for Disaster Management at the University of Coventry.
1640 – 1700 Chairman’s Closing Remarks.
Delegates will be awarded five hours towards their Continuing Professional Development Scheme. Certificates will be available for those requiring them.