Giovani Pulce, head of security for TOROC, the organising committee for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, and Vassilios Konstandinos, head of the Greek police security operation for the Athens Olympic Games, are the latest experts to join the speaker programme for the conference to be held at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland on October 19 and 20.
The conference's keynote speaker is Peter Ryan, security consultant to the International Olympic Committee and widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading experts in sports event security.
Walter Gagg, head of FIFA’s security committee, will also be joining panel sessions, while other leading federations and representatives of police and security services will be contributing their knowledge and experience to an event which is dedicated to raising the bar on understanding of the myriad complex issues around event security in uncertain times.
International Sports Security Summit ’05 will focus on the continuing security challenges facing event owners, managers, promoters and their partners and associates in local and national government and the intelligence and security services.
Its objective is to provide an intensive knowledge and experiencing sharing opportunity.
Building on the success of the inaugural event in London last year, it will be the world’s leading forum for discussion and information sharing among all those whose roles involve organising, sanctioning, bidding for or policing sports events.
The International Sports Security Summit is presented by Rushmans and partnered by SportBusiness International, the leading magazine serving the global sports sector.
Over two days, acknowledged experts from sports federations, police and intelligence services, government departments and the global security services sector will draw on their first-hand experience to present papers and lead discussions which examine the wide-ranging issues around major event security.
Complementing the conference will be a select exhibition of leading-edge products and services designed to play critical roles in the battle to ensure the security of the millions of athletes, officials and spectators who attend sports events each year.
Details of the Summit programme, speakers, booking and exhibition opportunities can be found at www.sportssecuritysummit.com.
