Following its successful Wellington debut in 2019, Conferenz’s Safe & Secure Facilities & Public Spaces conference is back for 2020. This time, the event brings a pantheon of renown physical security specialists to Auckland.
The first half of 2020 has presented unique challenges for New Zealand and on a global scale. Reports of New Zealand’s success in the fight against Covid-19 have aired around the world, and for many here there appears to be a return to normality.
Although things might have started to feel normal, the ongoing threat of Covid-19 has not disappeared entirely from our borders. Questions are being asked as to what new or additional measures might be put in place to protect people utilising transport networks, sports stadia and other large-scale entertainment venues, retail parks, hotels, museums, and tourist spots.
The post-Covid context has presented the need to treat potentially crowded spaces in an even more complex and diverse way than before.
The 2020 Safe & Secure Facilities & Public Spaces Conference will focus on key currents shaping today’s security landscape with presentations by renowned local and international practitioners and academics and the latest case studies.
The conference will draw together people concerned with safety and security at facilities where people tend to congregate, including council offices, stadiums, gyms, pools, parks, beaches and shopping precincts; hospitals, museums and education facilities; places of worship; transport hubs and vehicles; tourism and travel operators; and government facilities, commercial buildings and critical infrastructure (refineries, tank farms, ports, oil companies, water and gas).
The conference will cover key topics, including:
- Security at national and civic level – funding, collaboration, and strategy
- Protecting crowded places from attack – New Zealand’s strategy
- Threats to national security posed by social media
- Mastering the art of profiling – managing indicators of potential offenders
- Cyber-attacks on public infrastructure
- Building safer cities though innovative architectural design
- Delivering and operating effective security at major events
- Developing a whanau-centric “risk-based-approach” to COVID-19 – The National Iwi Chairs Forum Framework
- Case study: Risk framework for successful major international event delivery
- Legal clinic: Maintaining public safety without breaching the rights of individuals
- Dealing with the fallout of major incidents with the first line of response
- Dealing with disaster – how government and local councils react to tragic incidents
Organisations presenting include New Zealand Police, Sheridan Consulting (providing security and emergency management coordination services for the 36th America’s Cup Auckland 2021), Intelligence Rising, Eden Park, ATEED, Rugby World Cup 2021, and many others.
Safe & Secure Facilities & Public Spaces takes place at Eden Park, Auckland on 19 and 20 October. To view the agenda and speaker profiles, visit: www.conferenz.co.nz/events/safe-secure-facilities-public-spaces
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