EU Borders Getting Smarter Through Technology
17th October 2018 | Swissôtel, Tornimäe 3, Tallinn, Estonia
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Welcome Coffee and Registration |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Keynote addresses |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Krum Garkov, Executive Director of eu-LISA |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director of Frontex |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Olivier Onidi, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commissio |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Mike Fandler, Head of Unit IV/2, Austrian Federal Ministry of Interior |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | SESSION 1 – Future of information driven integrated border management Moderator: Mike Fandler, Head of Unit IV/2, Austrian Federal Ministry of Interior Panellists: Theofanis Syrigos, Chairperson of the Entry/Exit System Advisory Group, Customer Relationship Officer, eu-LISA Richard Ares Baumgartner, Senior Strategic Advisor, Frontex Luis de Eusebio Ramos, Deputy Executive Director of Europol, Capabilities Directorate Marc-André Daigle, Director, Strategic Initiatives and GCMS Coordination, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada / Government of Canada |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break and discussion in the hall |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | SESSION 2 – Integrating technology into external border management – View of the end-users Moderator: Javier Quesada, Head of Research and Innovation Unit, Frontex Panellists: Nicolas Goniak, Advisor, European and International Affairs, French Ministry of Interior Fares Rahmun, Project Management and Software Development, Federal Office of Administration (BVA), Germany Pasi Nokelainen, System Manager for Border Checks, Finnish Border Guard Headquarters Pedro Figueira, IT expert, Foreigners and Borders Service, Portugal |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Buffet Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | SESSION 3 – Interoperability – adding maximum value for the border management community Moderator: Mare Haab, Head of the External and Internal Communication Sector, eu-LISA Presentations: “Interoperability – state of play and upcoming challenges” by Rob Rozenburg, Head of Information Systems for Borders and Security Unit, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission “Interoperability and privacy rights implications” by Owe Langfeldt, Acting Head of Prior Checks and Consultations, European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) “Implementing interoperability – a collaborative effort already underway” by Ciarán Carolan, Head of the External Affairs and Capacity Building Sector, eu‑LISA |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break and discussion in the hall |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | SESSION 4 – Future outlook Moderator: Guido Brockmann, Head of Sector, Test and Integration Services, eu-LISA Panellists: Michiel van der Veen, Chief Executive, European Association for Biometrics Laurent Beslay, Scientific Project Leader , Law enforcement technologies and citizen, DG Joint Research Centre, European Commission Paolo Venturoni, Chief Executive Officer, European Organisation for Security Sirra Toivonen, Senior Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, BODEGA project representative |
| 17:00 – 17:20 | Closing remarks by Frontex, eu-LISA and the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU |
| 19:30 – 22:30 | Reception in Maarjamäe Castle, Pirita tee 56, Tallinn Busses depart from Swissôtel to the reception venue at 19:10 Return from reception – bus No 1 leaving from Maarjamäe to Swissôtel at 22:10 – bus No 2 leaving from Maarjamäe to Swissôtel at 22:30 |
