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2006 Australian Mass Transport Security Conference

4 -5 December 2006, Sofitel Hotel, Brisbane

Program

Note: the PDF files range in size from 19kb to 3.5mb and the audio files range in size from 9mb to 22mb.

Day 1: 4 December 2006 – Brisbane Sofitel

 

Chairman’s Welcome
Peter Moore, UITP

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Transport security measures and the future of the Commonwealth and State’s involvement in urban transport security
Phil Reeves, Parliamentary Secretary to the Queensland Minister for Transport and Main Roads

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How effective is proscribed security legislation within Australia’s Mass Surface Transportation and what to expect based on overseas experience

  • Effectiveness of the legislation designed to protect of services from the effects of terrorist acts
  • Comparison of overseas legislative activities
  • Examines the actions that should be taken to secure operator posterity
  • trends flowing from aviation security
  • Findings of a survey of six affected Australian transport operators

Allen Fleckner, Critical Risk

 

Break

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Security incident management - A bus operator’s perspective
Alan Warren, Manager, Brisbane Transport

 

Building beneficial partnerships for effective transport operators
What the Office of Transport Security can do for you:

  • Understanding threats in your local context
  • National transport security risk guidance
  • Harnessing the power of partnerships

Tony Beard, Office of Transport Security, Department of Transport and Regional Services

 

Lunch

 

Chairman’s Welcome
Michael Apps, Bus Industry Confederation

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Lessons from the Queensland Experience
Mr Jack Noye, Executive Director (Corporate Office), Queensland Transport

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Lessons learned by the City of Melbourne in moving large crowds safely through the CBD with access and egress at the transport precincts

  • Issues that face Melbourne City Council, the Victoria Police,  the State Government and Transport Operators (
  • Lessons learned from past events such as the Commonwealth Games and New Year’s Eve celebrations in the City.
  • Operational considerations when planning for mass gatherings at large parades such as the AFL, VRC and Anzac Day.
  • Future developments on how the security and terrorism threats impact on large crowd
  • Success of the Melbourne “A Team” process

Ian Rowan, Manager Street Activity Branch, City of Melbourne

 

Break

 

Working out how much security is enough

  • Realistic risk assessments
  • Managing expectations of stakeholders
  • Winning management support
  • Containing the security spend

Kerran Campbell, Global Technical Director – Security, SKM

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Predictive profiling of terrorists and others criminals and its use on transport

  • What is predictive profiling
  • Examples of how predictive profiling operates and how it is used overseas
  • The components of a terrorist mission by developing a terrorist plan

Kim Langton, Regional Partner, Chameleon Associates (Australia)

 

Networking drinks

Day 2: 5 December 2006 – Brisbane Sofitel

 

Chairman’s Welcome
Col Robinson, Director (Transport Security), Queensland Transport

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Involving staff in managing security

  • Different approaches for different roles
  • Training and exercises

Michael Scanlan, Group General Manager, Queensland Rail

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Challenges in building successful transit police force
• Special skills required for transit police
• Relationship with revenue protection officers and transport operators
• Operational challenges at higher national security alert levels
• Use and limitations of explosive detector dogs on transport
Kevin Sheridan, Superintendent, Transit Safety Division, Victoria Police

 

Break


Protecting revenue

  • Progress following the 2004 Victorian Fare Evasion Workshop
  • Reducing fare evasion from 22% in 2004 to 14% today
  • Role of protection revenue officers and their recruitment and training
  • Contribution of security to perceptions of transport operators and revenue protection

Jackie Austin, Revenue Protection, Yarra Trams

 

Transport Node Security
John Rogers, National Manager Risk Assessment and Operations Security, Wilson Security

 

Lunch

 
Stream 1: CCTV
 
Stream 2: Specialised presentations
 

Update on the CCTV Code of Practice
Jonathan Nicholls
Victorian Department of Infrastructure

 

 

 

 

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Case study: Securing Melbourne’s Rail Transportation for the 2006 Commonwealth Games

  • Ensuring the safety of travelers was a top priority for Melbourne transportation.
  • The difficulties and lessons learnt from the event

Allen Fleckner, Critical Risk

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Intelligence led CCTV

  • Why many CCTV systems don’t reduce crime
  • Using CCTV surveillance for active surveillance
  • Keys to intelligence-led CCTV - training and intelligence systems

Jeff Corkill, s2i Pty Ltd

 

 

 

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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Guildelines for Queensland

Inspector Tony Lake, Queensland Police

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Use of real time CCTV on public transport

  • Transmitting live video to a PDA phone
  • Controlling PTZ and lighting
  • Real-time demonstration

Phil Henderson, Goldsec

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Fear of crime and spatial analyses for enhancing transit security

  • Use of GIS to create fear of crime maps
  • Use of crime maps for transport organisations
  • Case study which one transport organisation used

Bruce Doran, Australian National University

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CCTV development project with Queensland Transport
Professor Brian C. Lovell, Research Leader, National ICT Australia and and The Univerity of Queensland
 

The gaps and trends for vocation and higher education in transport security

  • Training needs
  • Supply and Demand
  Break   Break
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CCTV, Crime and Transport

  • Summary of the report released on 5 December
  • Defining the relationship between crime
    and CCTV
  • Research on QR Citytrain stations, QR
    commuters & Gold Coast residents

Helene Wells, Criminology Department, Bond University

 

Site visit: Brisbane Metropolitan Transport Management Centre

Delegates have the option of visiting the new joint transport management centre, established in an alliance between Brisbane City Council and QLD Government to service the road commuters and public transport patrons of Metropolitan Brisbane.

For more information about the Centre, click here.

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Gaps and trends in operational protocols and response

Presentation on trends: Paul Murphy, GHD

  • Responses to managing hoaxes and catastrophic
    incidents
  • Response to the detection of explosive on passengers
  • Trends in security

Panel: Police and industry specialists

 

Conference close


 

 


Research Activity of
Australian Homeland Security Research Centre

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2006 Conference

Partners

BIC

Bus Industry Confederation

UIPT

International Association of Public Transport

RNSA

Research Network for a Secure Australia

2006 Major Sponsor

Critical Risk

Networking Drinks Sponsor

Executive Protection Services

Identification Sponsor

ID Warehouse

 

 


 

Contact : Athol Yates, Executive Director
Australian Homeland Security Research Centre
Tel 02 6161 5144
Email athol.yates@homelandsecurity.org.au
Sponsorship: Keanne Stephenson
Tel 02 9420 2020
Email keanne.stephenson@homelandsecuritygroup.com.au