Philip Bamber, Assistant VP Airport Security, Hamad International Airport, Qatar

Speaker Biograghy: Philip has been the Assistant Vice President of Airport Security at Hamad International Airport (HIA) for the last four years. He has close to 20 years’ experience in airport operations and aviation security. His career started in terminal operations service delivery, moving on to leadership roles within operations delivery including roles as Head of Service Delivery at Heathrow. He then focused on aviation security, where he worked as Head of Security for Terminal 5 and then Head of Security Improvement for Heathrow Airport. He has prepared airports for comprehensive ICAO audits and the development of operational security delivery plans and project management for the opening of new infrastructures including Heathrow Terminal 5 and Hamad International Airport. He has implemented security management systems (SeMS) and airport security programmes. He spearheads the project management of smart security programmes at HIA and is the Airport Enterprise Risk Management Champion at HIA.


Day 2 - 21 March
Session: Aviation Security, Border Control & Facilitation

15:00 - 15:30 - HIA’s integrated passenger screening and landside security programmes
Synopsis: The HIA security programme includes a commitment to mutually beneficial research and development in coordination with selected suppliers to improve the effectiveness of passenger screening, while optimising efficiency and improving the experience. We will share some of the recent developments across our HIA screening operation and the outcomes of integrated trials conducted with Rohde & Schwarz, CEIA, and Smiths Detection that provide an integrated passenger screening solution combining WTMD, millimetre-wave body scanner and shoe screening equipment. Landside security: proof of concept results from HIA trials of Apstec’s Human Security Radar product, to enhance security in public spaces.

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