CivSec 2016CIVIL SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE

31 MAY - 1 JUNE 2016 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIASECURITY, SAFETY AND SOVEREIGNTY FOR THE INDO-ASIA-PACIFIC

It will be a congress of conferences, seminars and workshopsthat will address the complex and increasingly importantchallenges of border control, law and order, terrorismprevention and disaster response and relief management.

The CIVSEC 2016 conference schedule will offer specialistinsights on how we deal with the protection of people andcommunities and safeguard vital infrastructure and resources.

This powerful forum will bring together experts, innovatorsand government professionals from throughout Australia, theIndo-Asia-Pacific region and indeed the world.

Its focus will include:

• Homeland and Civil Security• Counter-Terrorism • Border Protection and Security • Maritime, Aviation and Transport Security • Infrastructure and Resource Security • Cyber Security

• Bio Security • Customs, Immigration and Quarantine • Policing and Law Enforcement • Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance • Search and Rescue • Civil and Military Cooperation • Emergency Services • Civil and Community Safety • Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief • Emergency, Disaster and Crisis Management

The event will welcome government and industry decisionmakers, policy advisors, operational professionals, strategists,academics, scientists, technology developers and industrysuppliers.

A unique and important focuson civil securityCIVSEC 2016 will be a major showcase ofexpertise, ideas and information in the fieldsof civil security and civil defence.

CivSec 2016For further information please contact Chris Macfarlane

Phone: 03 5282 0500 Email: expo@amda.com.auwww.civsec.com.au

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The last word in security softwareSydney-based security software developerZone Advanced Protection Systems willshowcase its latest technologies atCIVSEC 2016.

During the past five years, Zone has grown from being animporter of security products to a major technologyinnovator in its own right.

It is the company behind the Australian developed Arbitor™system.

Arbitor™ is a leading edge command and control platformcapable of taking data and digital information from multiplesources and devices and feeding it into a central commandfacility.

The system utilises Open Microsoft Framework within anenvironment of totally open architecture.

Its ability to coordinate and manage information receivedfrom multiple sources and provide a complete “end-to-end”technology solution makes it a world class technology.

Arbitor™ manages all forms of digital information and isagnostic to third party devices, for example videomanagement systems (VMS), access control and groundbased radars.

In fact, it can manage multiple VMS and access control fromand for the one location.

The Australian marketplace for Physical Security InformationManagement platforms is expected to grow rapidly in theyears ahead.

Arbitor™ is well positioned to take advantage of this highgrowth environment as it delivers substantial financialsavings and reductions in the number of control operatorsand it also features strong audit and compliance reporting.

Recently the company was awarded a contract to providehigh end security solutions for a prestigious and sensitive,high security building in Canberra.

The rigid security requirements of Defence bases are alsowithin Zone APS capabilities.

ZONE will use its presence at CIVSEC to enhance its currentmarketing strategy and explore new opportunities withpotential partners.

The Conference AgendaThe CIVSEC 2016 conference program will bring together experts, innovators and governmentprofessionals from throughout Australia, the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and indeed the world.

In all there are 31 scheduled conference, symposia andworkshop sessions on the CIVSEC 2016 agenda.

They will feature a range of quality speakers and presentersfrom home and abroad.

A major feature of the program will be the BORDER 21International Conference - The First and Last Line of Defence:Border Security Challenges in the Evolving World.

BORDER 21 is being organised by Curtin University’sDepartment of Social Sciences and Security Studies.

It will examine the full spectrum of threats to nationalsovereignty posed by organised crime, people traffickers,poachers and terrorist organisations.

Department head Dr Alexey Muraviev, who will run BORDER 21,is also Director of the university’s Strategic Flashlight on nationalsecurity and strategy, a program of seminars and workshopsfocussed on Australian and regional strategic and security.

Conference sessions will be held 31 May - 1 June and will

feature speakers from Australia, the Indo-Asia-Pacific regionand the European Union.

Other important events on the conference schedule include

• Optimising Multi-Agency Crisis Response - Chaired by Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director of the Australian Civil- Military Centre.

• Counter Terrorism and Policing Seminar - Chaired by Associate Professor Nick O’Brien, Head of the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University.

• Infrastructure Protection, Innovation and Technology - Australian Association of Unmanned Systems (AAUS) Conference - Chaired by Mr Greg Tyrrell, Australian Association of Unmanned Systems.

• Cyber Security, Resilience and Business Continuity - Chaired by Dr. Rajiv Shah, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence.

ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN.... visit www.civsec.com.au

CIVSEC 2016 will draw a wide range ofparticipants, delegates and speakers fromthroughout Australia, the Indo-Asia-Pacificregion and elsewhere overseas.In addition to hosting senior government, NGO, and industrydelegations, CIVSEC 2016 will attract a comprehensive arrayof humanitarian and security professionals and other visitors atall levels.

Register to attend the conference most appropriate to yourfield of interest and expertise.

It will be your opportunity to evaluate and compare thelatest ideas, technologies and strategies in the importantand growing field of civil security and defence.

An up-to-date listing of the various CIVSEC 2016conferences, seminars and workshops is available on thewebsite www.civsec.com.au

There will be no entry charge for accredited conferencedelegates and attendees.

The Organisers ….CIVSEC 2016 promises to be an essentialevent of undoubted high quality.

It is being organised, on a pro bono basis, by IndustryDefence and Security Australia Limited, which is a member ofthe not-for-profit group headed by Aerospace Maritime andDefence Foundation of Australia Limited.

Members of the group are known internationally for theirflagship defence technology events such as the AustralianInternational Airshow and Aerospace and DefenceExposition, the Pacific International Maritime Exposition andthe Land Forces Exposition.

Like those quality events this new venture will be held biennially.

Entrance to the conferences, seminars and workshops will be

free of charge, though limited to bona fide practitioners andprofessionals.

Foundation CEO Ian Honnery said CIVSEC 2016 is a naturaladjunct to the group’s other major defence-related events.

“In many ways it is a reflection of the changing times”, he said.

“Never before has such a wide variety of security and civildefence issues been so high on the national agendasimultaneously.”

“CIVSEC 2016 will address the security challenges of themodern era in terms of philosophy, strategy and technology.”