Speaker Biograghy: Cpt. Mgr. Petr Malovec is an experienced border police officer with a strong academic background. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague, and is currently enrolled in the Safety Management and Criminalistics doctoral programme, in which he focuses on automatic border systems. In addition to managing border points at international airports in the Czech Republic as a Chief Commissar - Air Border Group, he is an active member of Frontex’s Automated Border Control (ABC) Working Group and an external lecturer at the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague. He is in charge of the automated border control projects in the Czech Republic.


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

12:30 - 12:55 - Implementing an ABC system: A success story in the Czech Republic
Synopsis: The implementation of the automated border control (ABC) system EasyGO at Terminal 1 in Václav Havel Prague Airport in the Czech Republic has been a challenging but rewarding experience for all parties involved. The project has come a long way since it began in 2008 with a feasibility study. The first eGate was deployed in December 2011 and only a year later – in December 2012 – EasyGO was extended by another two eGates. More than 380,000 passengers have so far used these eGates and the popularity will lead to a further extension of the ABC system in the near future. The ABC system helps to optimise border control processes while maintaining the required security level.

Audience will learn:

• How automated border control systems (e-gates) support efficient and secure processing of travellers
• Things to take into consideration when procuring and deploying an e-gate
• Up-to-date real data (processing time, FAR/FRR, etc.) will be shared