Continuation in October 2023 in Stuttgart, Germany

This information and training event, which has been greatly enriched in terms of content and internationally, will now be continued as a symposium on access protection in October 2023 in order to once again cover the urgent need for this unique event.

Municipalities and security authorities have to manage the turning point and thus the balancing act between security and affordability!
But how do authorities prioritize the challenges of climate change, the traffic turnaround, urbanization and the associated risks of extremist crossing acts.
And how can we combine urban tasks in a sustainable, liveable and economical way? How do we kill five flies with one (cost) swatter and how can we learn from each other worldwide to shape the urban future?

With the most modern point of view, to see access protection in the context of the turning point and new challenges, the GPEC access protection symposium 2023 expands the group of participants this year to include urban planning offices and their cooperation partners and
recognizes the role of practical action planning and forward-looking synergies from urban and security planning!

The GPEC access protection symposium 2023: Safe, economical and practical.

The participants are trained through sustainable knowledge transfer about standard-compliant access protection in order to assess current requirements and threats in their environment and to professionally evaluate external service offers in order to ultimately be able to contribute to the effective prevention of crossing offenses. The symposium offers a didactically prepared, unique lecture program by national and international experts, which provides more than just information, but also provides a comprehensive overview, exemplary practice and tangible knowledge.
 

Vehicles are increasingly being used for terrorist attacks in order to rush into crowds or to destroy buildings and facilities. Driving amok, speeding and losing control of the vehicle represent another hazard.

The aim of this symposium is therefore to introduce and train participants from the circles of the police, other security and municipal authorities and organizations in a well-founded, structured and didactically comprehensible manner in the topic of "access protection". We guarantee this through the selection of topics and the practical examples of the respective experts. The strategic intention is to use this symposium to improve the quality of current and future physical access protection measures in public space, to give the actors and decision-makers such a solid basic understanding that they can be available to the cities and municipalities as official contacts for planning and implementation of access protection measures at an early stage on the meta level and to accompany them in a spirit of partnership. The police is an essential, flanking actor of the target group of this symposium. The broader the basic police understanding of the topic, the more reliably the police can provide information and, if necessary, act in projects.
 

This unique, now fifth information event since 2017 focuses on these problems and serves the current exchange of information, education, the transfer of expertise and networks.

Our symposium 2022 event was attended by more than 110 participants from 4 countries.

The conference language is mainly German and partial English, but no simultaneous translation.

Target groups
Police, regulatory and building/construction authorities, urban planners and developers, architects with public contracts, fire brigade and rescue services, armed forces, ministries, manufacturers/exhibitors

- Conference participation for authorities and official service providers only

- Informative accompaniment and contact maintenance with information stands/presentations of manufacturers, suppliers and products in the foyer, break and catering area and outside in front of the conference building:

Exhibitor registration form

Content

Anti-terrorist systems, mobile vehicle barriers, protection of public spaces from crossing attacks, access blockades, perimeter protection for events and infrastructure, pedestrian protection, technical standards and certifications in a national and international context, urban planning measures and preventive traffic space design, innovative protection concepts - Specific example Mercedes-Benz Arena of VfB Stuttgart as one of the 10 host stadiums of the European Football Championship 2024

Lectures by national and international experts, please see the German site for the topics

Moderator: Christian Schneider, Initiative Breitscheidplatz (INIBSP)
Internationally active expert, appraiser and lecturer for access protection, registered expert at UNO, EU, DIN and ISO

Agenda to follow asap

Date & Location

10. October 2023, 10:00 - 19:00 hours - 11. October 2023,  09:00 - 16:00 hours
SpOrt Stuttgart, Sport-, Bildungs- und Dienstleistungszentrum, Fritz-Walter-Weg 19, 70372 Stuttgart; right next to the Mercedes-Benz Arena of the football club VfB Stuttgart

Participation fee
Authorities and official service providers only: 125,00 € incl. VAT