Speaker Biograghy: Jean-Pierre has more than 25 years' police experience. Since February 2017 he has worked as an intelligence officer/analyst at the headquarters of the Federal Police of Belgium. From 2013 until February 2017 he was the commander of the daily police unit at Brussels National Airport. This unit of 120 police officers is in charge of the 'normal' police interventions (traffic issues, criminal investigations, public order, arrival of VIPs). On the day of the Brussels Airport attack he was by coincidence already at the airport's police station, less than 75m away from the departure hall. Jean-Pierre and many colleagues ran to the terminal after the explosions and helped as much as they could. In May 2016 Jean-Pierre testified before the parliamentary investigation commission.


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

09:05 - 09:35 - Brussels Airport attack: my personal experience
Synopsis: 22/03/2016 07:30hrs – I was already at our police station finalising the exercise with ElAl that was scheduled that afternoon. 07:58hrs – two big explosions in the space of one minute. Immediately I knew that this was the moment we were all afraid off: an attack at our national airport. The presentation covers my personal story of how I lived the day of the attack and the days afterwards: what I did and what I forgot, what kinds of tasks I had to deal with, and several take-away points.

Audience will learn:

• Stop the terrorists when they are in bed
• Cooperation with all partners is key for success
• Training for incidents is ok but expect the unexpected