Speaker Biograghy: Chrisoula has worked in the security industry for 28 years. She spent 12 years in the Department of Security at McGill University, Montreal, where her responsibilities included the handling of all security incidents, theft, threat, harassment and other special cases. Thereafter, she joined Athens International Airport in 2000 and is responsible for security planning, training and quality control for the airport’s Security Department. Chrisoula was significantly involved in the handling of the airport’s security measures during the Olympic Games phase in 2004 and has had an in-depth involvement in the EU FP7 projects POMPEI and TASS (Total Airport Security System) and, currently, eVACUATE as well as EUROSKY. Chrisoula studied Psychology at the University of Calgary, Canada and received an executive MBA in Management from the University of Reading, UK in 2010.


Day 3 - 16 March
Session: Management & Operations: Crisis & Disaster

10:05 - 10:35 - Situational awareness guidance and evacuation systems for airports
Synopsis: The presentation will outline a complete system for the provision of efficient support for the application of safe and effective evacuation strategies at large public venues such as airports. It is a resilient and seamless communication platform integrated into the mechanisms already in place, to allow communication with the theatre of the evacuation operations and other civil and military response units. The platform is the outcome of the eVACUATE EU-funded research project.

Audience will learn:

• The provision of efficient support for the application of safe and effective evacuation strategies
• Smart airport spaces: awareness is increased by the availability of ubiquitous sensing such as location, proximity, context and sensing
• The interactive visualisation and sharing of a common operational picture