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Program
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Program Facilitator
Don Williams
Research Associate, Australian Homeland Security Research Centre
Ph: 0402 138 813
Email: don.williams@securityprofessionals.org.au
Program at a glance
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8 May 2007
Pre-Congress
Workshop Day |
9 May 2007
Congress Day 1 |
10 May 2007
Congress Day 2 |
| Morning |
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Plenary Sessions |
Plenary Sessions |
| Afternoon |
Meeting of security
professional
associations to
discuss strategic
issues facing the
professions |
Workshops
3 options |
Workshops 3 options |
| Evening |
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Networking Drinks
Congress Dinner |
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8 May 2007 Pre-Congress Workshop Day
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Pre-Congress Workshop Day |
| 1330 |
Meeting of security professional associations to discuss strategic issues facing the professions.
Presidents and Executive Officers of security associations invited |
9 May 2007 Congress Day 1
0845 |
Welcome
Athol Yates, Executive Director, Australian Homeland Security Research Centre
Don Williams, Congress Moderator |
0905 |
Keyonte: Professionalism and increased representation of security at senior levels
Terry Nolan AM, Regional Security Advisor, Asia Pacific, Shell |
0950 |
Changing role of security in organisations
David Harris, Director, Security and Emergency Management, Victorian Department of Infrastructure |
1030 |
Morning tea |
1100 |
Career paths and options
Jason Brown, National Security Director, Thales Australia |
1140 |
Education
Professor Peter Anderson, Director, Centre for Policing Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, Macquarie University |
1210 |
Outline of workshops
Don Williams, Congress Moderator |
1225 |
Lunch |
1330 |
Workshop 1 |
Workshop 2 |
Workshop 3 |
Defining the security profession and professional
Issues to discuss include:
• What defines a professional?
• Models for defining professions
• Can the various security domains be combined into one profession?
• How do we move forward? |
Career paths, expectations and rewards
Issues to discuss include:
• What are the paths of progression?
• Transportability of qualifications
• Are career paths aligned with security professional domains?
• How does the senior executive manage the security professional?
• What are the reward expectations? |
Educational and related needs
Issues to discuss include:
• What education is needed?
• What continuing professional development is needed?
• Do we need a management in security course or should security professionals undertake general management training?
• What security accreditation is recognised or accepted by other professionals? |
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1530 |
Afternoon tea |
1600 |
Delivery of findings
Workshop chairs |
1630 |
Summary of day |
1645 |
Day close |
1830 |
Networking drinks
Exhibition Foyer |
1930 |
Congress Dinner
Ballroom
Guest of Honour: Rolfe Hartley, National President Engineers Australia on the challenges in developing a recognised profession |
10 May 2007 Congress Day 2
0855 |
Welcome
Don Williams, Congress Moderator |
0915 |
Keynote: Professionalism in the public sector
Martin Studdert AM, Director, Protective Services Coordination Centre, Attorney-General’s Department |
0945 |
Security as a profit generator
Steve van Zwieten, General Manager Panthers Group & Regional Vice President ASIS International |
1025 |
Morning tea |
1100 |
Merging security and other business functions – resilience
Chris Ruff, Senior Security Advisor, Santos Ltd |
1140 |
The role of professional organisations
Julian Talbot, Jakeman Business Solutions & Security Special Interest Group |
1210 |
Panel of security executives
A panel of senior security executives will be asked to address specific questions and take questions from the floor |
1250 |
Lunch |
1350 |
Workshop 4 |
Workshop 5 |
Workshop 6 |
Best Practice for Public and Private Security – are they different?
Issues to discuss include:
• How do we define and measure best practice for the public and private sectors?
• Is security built to a common standard?
• Are the different compliance requirements merging?
• Are security outcomes different?
• Are public and private threats independent? |
Security professional specialist or generalist?
Issues to discuss include:
• What is the impact on career paths by choosing to be a generalist or specialist?
• What are the clients’ expectations when dealing with a generalist or specialist?
• Do specialists make it difficult for the profession to communicate within itself and with the clients?
• Can a specialist understand business drivers, can a generalist deliver the required services |
Raising the status of the security profession
Issues to discuss include:
• How do we define and measure the status of the security profession?
• Where do we see the current status of the security profession?
• Does the amount of financial reward equate to status?
• In whose eyes do we seek the recognition: clients, other professions, the general public? |
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1530 |
Afternoon tea |
1600 |
Delivery of findings
Workshop Chairs |
1600 |
Summary and Communiqué |
1700 |
End of Congress |
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