Seminars Programme

The session will explore how integrating AI surveillance systems drives revenue growth and cost reduction. Discover how businesses leverage advanced technology to enhance security, boost efficiency and achieve greater financial returns; we’ll also include key points on building the business case across outside departments.

Up until recently, monitored security connections from a premises to Alarm Receiving Centres (ARCs) have been reliant on the legacy copper wire telephone network. This network has served the UK well since its creation in 1876, however it is due to be switched off in 2025 meaning all PSTN based services including monitored security and monitored intruder detection need to move to another service before then.

This session will help you Understand the benefits of going all-IP as a Professional Security Installer and how these can be extended to your end-user customers to provide powerful platforms which deliver intelligent security solutions as part of a wider security eco-system.

This session will provide an overview of the use AI and CCTV and will discuss what’s next for AI in relation to surveillance.

Security is now a global business sector and one that’s growing fast. It has developed to encompass everything from the security officer patrolling the Shopping Centre or the office complex through to smart surveillance systems monitoring everything, everywhere, all of the time.

The demand for security is generated by an alignment of interests between big business, insurance companies, the media, lawyers, politicians and human nature. Undoubtedly, security has become a key feature of all our lives at home, at work and in the online domain.

As security increasingly incorporates new technology (including facial recognition, drones, Artificial Intelligence and digital analytics), are we creating Big Brother or Big Mother? The presentation offers a panoramic view outlining precisely why the more security we have, the more we want.

Energised in response to the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena in 2017, Martyn's Law – named in honour of Martyn Hett who, along with 21 other individuals, tragically died in this incident – will improve protective security and organisational preparedness across the UK by mandating, for the first time, those responsible for certain premises and events to consider the terrorist risk and how they would respond to an attack.

The Government's Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill will require certain venues to fulfil necessary, but proportionate steps according to their capacity in order to mitigate the impact of a terrorist attack and reduce harm. The duties bestowed upon premises will depend on the size of the venue. Premises and events with a capacity to host 800 or more individuals will reside in the 'Enhanced Tier', while those premises with a capacity of 100 to 799 will be in the 'Standard Tier'.

An update on progress and the next steps will form a key part of this session at conference.

Developing – and then sustaining – an effective security culture is an essential component of a protective security regime and helps mitigate against a range of threats that could cause physical, reputational or financial damage to today’s organisations.

In essence, the term ‘security culture’ references the set of values, shared by everyone in an organisation, that determine how individuals are expected to think about and approach security. Ensuring that the security culture is right will assist in realising a security-conscious workforce, while also promoting the desired security behaviours required of members of staff.

The benefits of an effective security culture include a workforce more likely to be engaged with (and, importantly, assume responsibility for) security issues, enhanced compliance with protective security measures, a reduced risk of insider incidents, greater awareness of the most relevant security threats and members of staff being more likely to think – and act – in a security-focused manner.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is an integral aspect of career and skills enhancement within numerous professions, among them engineering, architecture, medicine, the law and, of course, security.

CPD references the process of tracking the skills, knowledge and experience gained by practising security professionals. Its importance cannot be overstated as CPD ensures the capabilities of individuals within the sector keep pace with standards exhibited by others operating across the discipline.

What's more, CPD contributes towards public confidence in security professionals and, indeed, the security profession as a whole.

The focus for this session will be squarely on the importance of continual learning for today’s practitioners, the organisations whom they serve and wider society.

The National Security Inspectorate (NSI) is a highly trusted and respected UKAS-accredited certification body operating within the security and fire safety sectors. As a not-for-profit organisation helping to protect businesses, the public sector and members of the general public, the Inspectorate counts premium local solution providers – as well as the UK's premier national security and fire safety providers – among its myriad clients.

The NSI's mission is to secure the highest standards of security and safety for the buyers of commercial and domestic security and fire systems, security guarding and general security services through independent third party audit and certification in both the UK and Eire.

This session at conference will explore in detail how the NSI is playing a vital role in the delivery of industry excellence.

In this modern day and age, we are all connected. Alongside human data, that connectivity will only increase. However, today's security teams are struggling to wrap their arms around everything that needs to be within their scope.

It follows that managing physical security in what’s now an ever-changing security landscape, not to mention the continuous evolution of ransomware with the added threat of Artificial Intelligence-driven attacks, should be a key discussion in every organisation.

Undoubtedly, today's organisations – including those concentrated on Critical National Infrastructure – are on the front line confronting bad actors and the continual threat of attack. Ultimately, they need to ensure that new and developing systems are secure.