Speaker Biograghy: Ronald worked for 16 years in several functions for the Dutch Royal Marechausee. These functions were mainly in intelligence and foreign missions. His last mission was in Bosnia before he joined KLM in 1996. At KLM he managed security for cargo and later for Latin America before he became Deputy Head of the Security Department. From 2007-2012 he was Chairman of the Security Group of Skyteam. Currently he leads the Risk Management Department, is a member of the Air France-KLM Security Management team and advisor for several foreign governments for aviation security and risk management.


Day 1 - 25 March
Session: Aviation Security, Border Control & Facilitation

11:45 - 12:10 - Risk management: who dares to take the risk?
Synopsis: We live in a world of uncertainty. It is changing rapidly, often without warning, and becomes more complex after every change. Lessons learned from the past are less and less guides for the future. Lawmakers tend to react to this development to make more rules, and enterprises to make more internal regulations to apparently seek comfort in compliance. For decision makers it is becoming more and more complex to find a balance between calculating risks, compliance and entrepreneurship. This presentation will provide examples of how to make a risk-based decision.

Audience will learn:

• How to make a risk-based decision

Day 1 - 25 March
Session: Aviation Security, Border Control & Facilitation

17:05 - 17:35 - Panel Discussion: Finding the balance between better security and improved throughput
Synopsis: More security means more cost, more congestion, slower processing, angrier passengers – is there a better equation?

Audience will learn:

• A realistic assessment of your throughput choke points: architectural, technology, regulatory, procedural, training – or all of the above
• Defining 'better security' through a threat/vulnerability assessment (how much security is enough) and a resulting Concept of Operations
• Technology is not the only answer – but it makes up for a lot of human error
• Waiting for Godot – will the promised new technology ever get here? When it does, will it ever stop changing?
• Maintaining the flexibility to respond to what’s happening here, not an event 6,000 miles away

Day 2 - 26 March
Session: Aviation Security, Border Control & Facilitation

17:15 - 17:40 - Panel Discussion: The changing threat. Or has it?
Synopsis: IEDs in baggage, VBIEDs at the kerb, suicide bombers boarding at LPDs to the USA, bombs in international cargo, drive-by or walk-in shooters – the usual daily concerns. We haven’t heard much lately about shoulder-mounted missile or body implants – have they gone away, or is it because there’s not much an airport can do about them? How about small commercial drones that you can buy at the local hobby store?

Audience will learn:

• Are there discernible patterns, or are we simply subject to the random whims of dozens of radical groups?
• Is the intelligence community sharing everything, so we can be better prepared for the next wave?
• Is the threat to the airport, the airline or the government?
• vWhere are those lines of demarcation for responsibility, response and funding?