Conference highlights at BAPCO 2010

04 February 2010, 3:33pm

The BAPCO 2010 Conference and Exhibition is fast approaching and promises to be the central debating and learning event of the year taking place from 20th – 22nd April 2010 at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London.

‘Towards a New Dawn’ is this year’s theme, giving delegates an insight into what the future holds for improving and delivering public safety-civil contingency services through the effective use of integrated communication and information management technologies. Public safety communication officers and information technology specialists can see the full conference programme at www.bapco.co.uk and how attending will benefit their role now and in the future.

Dual Stream Format

Due to popular demand, the conference will once again feature a dual stream format offering a wide range of discussion under 2 key streams all with a highly educational focus. Plus to support individual personal development programmes, all conference delegates receive a Certificate of Attendance.

Conference Highlights: 20th - 22nd April 2010
On day one of the conference, Tuesday 20th April, Julie Stinson, Project Manager, 5 Star Team, will present on the 2010 Winter Olympics Communications Planning in Washington State. This presentation is a ‘must-see’ for all those communications officers who are involved in the 2012 Olympics.

Following on the Tuesday, Dr Ahmed Aldabbagh, Principal Engineer at QinetiQ will present on Seamless communication for crisis management (SecrIcom). Dr Ahmed Aldabbagh, a principal engineer with over 15 years involvement in resilient wired/wireless communications, will provide a brief background on SECRICOM, an EU funded FP7 research project addressing secure communications across all agencies involved in large scale crisis. The presentation will cover two aspects: (i) the work undertaken by BAPCO and QinetiQ to establish the user requirements and capability shortfalls and (ii) the application of technologies to address these shortfalls, concluding with an illustration of how the implementation of SECRICOM can be achieved.

On Day two, Wednesday 21st April, Paul Holman, Operations Manager – Specialist Emergency response Department, Ambulance Victoria, will give an insight into Australia’s summer of 2009 entitled “Visited by Hell and all its Fury”. This presentation will outline the principles and key features of the Ambulance Victoria Emergency Response Plan in addition to its application in the Victorian Heat Wave in January 2009 and the catastrophic “Black Saturday” bushfire event of February 2009. Paul Holman will present the pre-event information that was available, how Ambulance Victoria prepared for each utilizing its plan along with the outcomes of each event and the lessons learnt.

On Thursday 23rd April sessions open with a presentation from Jeanette Innes, Assistant Director, Programme Manager for Telecommunications Resilience from the Civil Contingencies Secretariat Cabinet Office. Jeanette Innes will discuss in detail the relationship between The Cabinet Office and the Civil Contingencies Act.

For the full conference programme visit the link below.

Delegate Registration and Rates

With so much to discuss and learn at this year’s BAPCO Conference delegates can register today to be part of it and learn more about the products, systems and services that will be shaping their role in the future.

Early Bird booking discounts are available on all delegate packages fully paid before 5th March 2010, to take advantage of these discounts book online now at the link below.

BAPCO conference programme

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