Australian Urban Transit Security Conference

14 & 15 November 2005 Hilton on the Park Melbourne

A conference which focused on the practical aspects of public transport security.

Participants who attended the conference learnt in detail about the practical aspects of dealing with a terrorist threat or incident and provided with practical information that would assist them in their roles as owners, operators, managers, supervisors, safety and security specialists, and other staff whose duties have a security component.

The conference program focused on the operative level of governments and their agencies and on transport operators and their roles and responsibilities.

Conference structure

Following sessions on security developments, emerging threats and emergency response arrangements, the conference proceeded with sessions structured around the phases of the AS4360 Risk Management Standard. Each phase or group of phases was addressed in a session and illustrated by one or more mini-case studies. This format provided participants with information in a form that most assisted their day to day activities. The risk management process is illustrated below.