Registration opens
Opening remarks from the Chair
Wayne Middleton
Venue Management Association
Exclusive insight into the Orlando pulse night club mass shooting: immediate interagency response during a crisis event
Deputy Chief Eric D. Smith
Orlando Police Department (USA)
CASE STUDY: City of Perth’s strategy and actions to provide a safe and activated city
Konrad Seidl
City of Perth
Maximising security and safety stakeholder engagement
Mal Abley
University of Melbourne
Kostas Kyrifidis
Victorian Security Institute
Deputy Chief Eric D. Smith
Orlando Police Department (USA)
Morning Break
Steam A – Venue Security
Wayne Middleton
Venue Management Association
Stream B – Safe Cities and Communities
Kostas Kyrifidis
Victorian Security Institute
Developing layered security methods for open air events
Tomás Finnerty
Sydney Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands
Analysing how human factors and technology are even more critical since Christchurch
Sir Kenneth McKenzie
Auckland War Memorial Museum (NZ)
Biometrics with the times
Suzanne Lockhart
Vice-President & CEO, Technology Engineering Group Pty Ltd
Organisational airspace security: threat and opportunity
Joel Spencer
The Institute for Drone Technology™
Building a strong security culture among staff
Ross Judd
St Vincent's Hospital
Danielle Austin
St Vincent's Hospital
Community level prevention of violent extremism
Michael Cruse
Victoria Police
Lunch break
Vote for your favorite security technology – winner will receive a face-to-face time with the VIPs of the security industry
Technology is only as valuable as its impact on real life
Lee Shelford
Sales Engineering Manager Asia Pacific
Alarm monitoring centres- gaining insights into the evolving standards
Kostas Kyrifidis
Victorian Security Institute
PANEL: Maximising visibility and situational awareness through integrated communication systems
Adam Leach
University of Melbourne
Sir Kenneth McKenzie
Auckland War Memorial Museum (NZ)
Deputy Chief Eric D. Smith
Orlando Police Department (USA)
Closing remarks from chairperson & end of day one
Wayne Middleton
Venue Management Association
Registration opens
Opening remarks from the Chair
Wayne Middleton
Venue Management Association
Craig Sheridan
Sheridan Consulting Group & Lead Security and Risk Advisor, Vivid Sydney, Destination NSWoup
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY: The Las Vegas festival shooting incident: lessons learned for city and security stakeholders
Stephanie Ward
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (USA)
CASE STUDY: Successfully managing extreme security events- a Woolworths perspective
Darin Crofts
Woolworths Group
PANEL: Enhancing resilience and quality of life in cities and communities
Craig Sheridan
Sheridan Consulting Group & Lead Security and Risk Advisor, Vivid Sydney, Destination NSWoup
Danielle Austin
St Vincent's Hospital
Morning Break
Presilience and security – why an approach of presilience is critical to thrive in the new normal
Gavriel Schneider
Risk 2 Solution & Program Director, Australian Catholic University
Identifying best practise control room design and operations
Luke Schibeci
University of New South Wales & Resilience
PANEL: Privacy vs Security- finding the right balance
Danielle Austin
St Vincent's Hospital
Kostas Kyrifidis
Victorian Security Institute
Lunch break
Restricting entrances to secure facilities through automatic bollards and security barriers
Craig Sheridan
Sheridan Consulting Group & Lead Security and Risk Advisor, Vivid Sydney, Destination NSWoup
Afternoon Break
A proportionate risk-based approach to countering vehicle-as-a-weapon attacks on crowded places
Simon West
Security Consulting Group
Closing remarks from chairperson & end of conference
Craig Sheridan
Sheridan Consulting Group & Lead Security and Risk Advisor, Vivid Sydney, Destination NSWoup