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1st European Security and Safety Summit

Citizens first!

Under the patronage of Stavros Dimas, Member of the European Commission

with the support of

6th & 7th June 2007 - Brussels Heysel, Belgium

Mrs Wallis, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mr Reynders, Vice-Prime Minister of Belgium and Mr Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium, honoured EENA through their participation to our event as you can see on the pictures below.

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Program

June 6th

- 8.30: Opening, registration

- 9.30/10.30: OPENING PLENARY SESSION

Olivier Paul-Morandini, Founder of EENA

  • Diana Wallis, Vice President of the European Parliament, Chairman of the opening session

An efficient 112 for all the Citizens

  • Joachim Spohn, European Citizen
    More Europe through the 112 !

Interoperability of telecommunications systems

Alert Systems to the population

  • Richard Barnes, London Assembly Member, United Kingdom
    Report on 7th July terrorist attacks in London
  • Robert Martin, Executive Director of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), USA
    Report on the role of emergency communications in disaster response, both large and small

Conclusions by Diana Wallis

- 10.30/12.30: Free time Hall

- from 10.45: Poster presentations in the exhibition area
- 12.15/13.00: Lunch within the exhibition lounge

- 13.00/15.30: Parallel session 1: Telecommunications from Citizens to Authorities, the 112 link

The session will be attended by European Commission officials from the several concerned DG's

  • Dr. Demetrios Pyrros, President elected of the World Association of Emergency and Disaster Medicine WADEM
    Chairman of the parallel session

With the participation of

  • Mrs Piia-Noora Kauppi, Member of the European Parliament, Finland
  • Jochen Richter Deputy Head of Cabinet with Leonard Orban, Commissioner for Multilingualism European Commission

Information to the public - access to the PSAP's - call taker's education - call handling

  • Yves Dussart - Principal Administrator, Civil Protection Unit, DG Environnement, European Commission
  • Ioana Daramus - Center for Health Policies and Services - Romania
    Evaluation of the population use, perceptions and knowledge about the 112 system in Romania.
  • Jukka Jalasvuori - Emergency Response Centre Administration - Finland
    The call taker's education programme in Finland.
  • Rauni Komulainen - The Emergency Services College - Finland
    The call taker`s education program in Finland
  • Dr. Jeff Clawson - International Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatch - United Kingdom
    Standarized emergency dispatch protocols.
  • Tjerk Terpstra - Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations - Netherlands
    Fighting misuse of of 112 calls:
    Cleaning up of 112-calls.
  • Nuno Carvalho - - Video Communication Consultant - Portugal
    Emergency Number on Video - a new application becoming a reality in Portugal.
  • Dr. Dieter Nuessler - Federation of European Union Fire Officer Association - Germany
    Foreign language training to answer and handle the single European emergency call number 112.
  • David Jose - Language Line - United Kingdom
    Telephone interpreting in 170 languages in case of emergency.
  • Philippe Le Marchand European Citizen - Belgium.
    The European Citizens' initiative
  • Stuart Goldman Alcatel-Lucent - USA
    112 Accessibility for People with a Variety of Handicaps
  • Zdravko Zdravkov - Winbourne & Costas Inc. - USA
    Governance Model and Call Taking Protocol for 112 Emergency Comms Systems (Bulgarian case).

Caller location

  • Adina-Ioana V?lean -  Member of the European Parliament - Romania
  • Arnaud Masson - Director of Thalesaleniaspace Location Solutions department, Thalesaleniaspace - France
    Trends in satellite location technology
  • Velipekka Kuoppala Blue Sky Positioning - France
    AGPS SIM: Cost-efficient solution for accurate emergency call positioning
  • Mary Boyd - Vice President, Intrado - USA
    Policy considerations for location and deployment
  • Mike Amarosa - Senior Vice President, TruePosition - USA
    Caller location in America
  • Roger Marshall - Senior Member of Technical Staff , Telecommunication Systems - USA
    Technical and Policy Considerations for Unified European 1-1-2 Emergency Services
  • Christophe Fondin - Director Business Development, EMEA, Andrew Network Solutions - France
      E112 Location in Next Generation Networks.
  • Ola Svensson - Sales Manager of Location Based Services, Ericsson - Sweden
      Emergency positioning: market overview, technology evolution and effects on LBS market.
  • Moshe Levin - CTO, NewTel ? Latvia
    Geo-location challenges in urban areas.

Conclusions by Dr. Demetrios Pyrros

- 13.00/15.30:Parallel session 2: Early Warning systems to the population (to be updated)

The session will be attended by European Commission officials from the several concerned DG's

  • Ruud Jonkman - Elected secretary and executive officer of the Federation of European Union Fire Officer Association - Netherlands
    Chairman of the  this parallel session
  • Peter Billing - DG Environnement, Civil Protection Unit, European Commission
  • Karl Rauscher - Executive Director, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent - USA
    Reliable Emergency Communications During Crises.
  • Gianni Petiti - CHORIST Delegate for EENA - Italy

    The CHORIST project to enhance citizens' safety and communications between rescue actors.
  • Marc Wood Conviener of Cell Broadcast Harmonisation Liason Group - ITU - International Telecommunications Union - United Kingdom
    Cell Broadcast Harmonisation
  • Robert H. Brumley- CEO - TerreStar - USA
    A Resilient and Ubiquitous Emergency Response Network
  • Andrew Sage - Helios Technology - United Kingdom
    Provision of emergency communication messages through SBAS: The ESA ALIVE concept

- 15.30/16.00: Coffee break within the exhibition lounge

- 16.00/18.00: Parallel session 3: Telecommunications between Authorities, need for interoperability standards (to be updated)
The session will be attended by European Commission officials from the several concerned DG's

  • Jeppe Jepsen, Vice-President TETRA MoU
    Chairman of the parallel session
  • Ilan Havered - Channel Manager, Spectracom Corporation - USA
    Emergency Operations Need Synchronized Time for Interoperability.
  • Raymond Forbes - Chairman of European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Special Committee EMTEL - United Kingdom
    Emergency Telecommunications Standardisation activities in the European Telecommunication Standardisation Institute.
  • Adrian Boukalov - University of Luxemburg
    Public Safety Communications Europe Forum challenges.
  • Ronald Bonneau - Acting 1st Vice President of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) - USA
    NENA Next Generation (NG) 9-1-1.
  • Antoine Soulie - Mobile & Applications Strategy  Manager, Alcatel-Lucent  - France
    Mobile telecommunication needs and solutions for first responders.
  • Gregory Rohde - Executive Director of the E9-1-1 Institute - USA
    Lessons learnt from the American experience.
  • Wim Liekens - Federal Police of Belgium
    The Belgian experience of interoperability and the need of standards (provisory title)
  • Jean-Claude Hemmerechts - Business Developpment Manager, PSHS for European Market, Cisco - Belgium
    Cisco conected to Public Safety: transforming emergency prepardness and response.

- 16.00/18.00:Parallel session 4: Road Safety - Telematics and eCall

  • Ari Vatanen, Member the European Parliament
    Co-Chairman of the parallel session
    Vanessa Witkowski, Co-Chairman, journalist and project manager, Cafebabel - Belgium
  • Brian McNiff - VP Marketing, TechnoCom Corporation - USA
    Smart streets help save lives.
  • Gary Wallace - Vice President, Corporate Relations ATX Group - USA / Germany
    A New Approach to European E-Call Initiative: A JPPI with current TSPs with deployed programs
  • Andy Fellows - Senior Vice President of TerreStar - USA
    Connectivity no matter where you are driving.
  • Liévin Quoidbach - Vice President and General Manager of Navtech- Belgium
    E112 and Geolocalisation accuracy
  • David Horncastle – Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Connexis – Hungary
    Road Safety - Telematics and eCall
  • Jukka Jalasvuori - Emergency Response Centre Administration – Finland

Poster Presentations, June 6th

  • Gregory Francis, EU Respond,
    Europe's forum for resilient communications
  • Velipekka Kuoppala, Blue Sky Positioning,
    AGPS SIM – Cost-efficient solution for accurate emergency call positioning
  • Raymond Forbes, ETSI/EMTEL,
    Producing and maintaining Standards for Emergency Communications
  • Ola Svensson, Ericsson,
    Emergency Positioning
  • Andrew Sage, Helios Technology,
    Provision of emergency communication messages through SBAS: The ESA ALIVE concept
  • Ian knibbs, LanguageLine,
    Telephone interpreting in 170 languages in case of emergency
  • Moshe Levin, NewTel,
    Cellular geo-location challenges
  • Greg Kleven, Telecommunication Systems,
    E 112 - Emergency Caller Location In Europe - Responsability and possibility -
  • Jeff Clawson, International Academies of Emergency Dispatch,
    Standardised Emergency Dispatch Protocols
  • Antoine Soulie, Thales Alenia Space,
    Communication Needs and Solutions for First Responders in Emergency Situations

- 18.15: Cocktail in the exhibition area

- 19.30: Reception & 112 Awards Ceremony

Best Political Initiative - Mr Didier Reynders, Vice Prime Minister, Belgium -

Best Project Initiative - Mr Nuno Carvalho, IT Senior Consultant, Portugal-

Best Citizen Initiative - Mr Joachim Spohn, Germany -

Best Professional Users Initiative - Sectron SOT AD, Bulgaria & Serviço de Bombeiros e Protecção Civil, Portugal -

June 7th

- 9.00: Opening, registration

- 10.00/12.00: PLENARY SESSION 2

Social, human and financial consequences related to the daily accidents of individuals and to big disasters  / Funding opportunities in the EU for both emergency services and industry

  • Dr. Jeff Clawson - International Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatch - UK
    Chairman of the closing plenary session
  • Didier Reynders - Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
      
    The insertion of an efficient 112 into my political programme
  • Dr Arafat - World Heath Organisation
      
    Presentation of the EMS evaluation in Europe
  • David Donegan - Head of Security & Continuity Risk Management, BT Group - United Kingdom
      
    Telecommunications planning for civil emergencies and the BT response to the 7th of July Bombings
  • Pam Collins - Executive Director of the Justice and Safety Center, housed in the College of Justice and Safety at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), USA

    The Efficacy of US Emergency Call Centers and Emergency Communications: A US Perspective
  • Elaine D. Seeman, Margaret T. O'Hara, James Holloway - East Carolina University - Greenville, USA.
    The impact of government intervention on technology adoption and diffusion: the example of wireless location technology
  • Anders Linder - General Manager – Sales & Marketing, Sweden.
    Transforming Professional Communication
  • Mauro Bianchi - Teseo - Belgium
  • Annie Lalé – Squaris, Belgium.
    How to submit a project for funding ?

- 12.00: Conclusions presented during a Press conference (with European Commission officials, Members of the European Parliament, Industry and Civil Society)

- 13.00: Lunch within the exhibition lounge, networking

Poster Presentations, June 7th

  • Rauni Komulainen, Emergency Services College,
    Emergency Reponse Centre Operator Training in Finland
  • Dr. Anil Jampala, EMRI,
    Transforming Emergency Management in India
  • Mark Wood, CEASA-INT,
    Building Trust Between government and Citizen, by Harmonized Cell Broadcasting
  • Anders Linder, Ericsson,
    Transforming Professional Communication
  • Elaine Seeman & James Holloway, East Carolina University,
    A comparative analysis of the impact of government intervention on wireless cellular adoption & diffusion in the EU and USA E1-1-2 and E9-1-1
  • Ilan Havered, Spectracom Corp.,
    Emergency Operations Need Synchronized Time
  • Ionna Daramus, CHPS Romania,
    Evaluation of the population use, perceptions and knowledge about the 112 system in Romania. The role of the REMSSy program
  • Karl Raucher, Bell-Labs,
    Reliable Emergency Communications During Crises
  • Stuart Goldman, Alcatel-Lucent,
    112 Accessibility for People with a Variety of Disabilities
  • Alexander Mayrhofer, nic.at,
    Status and Development of VoIP based emergency calls
  • Jean-Claude Hemmerechts, Cisco,
    Cisco conected to Public Safety: transforming emergency preparedness and response

- 17.00: End of the European Security and Safety Summit

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