EC Workshop Integrated Border Management

01
June
15:50 - 16:30 hrs
EC Workshop Space

Using technology to secure Europe’s borders & freedom of movement

This workshop will be a follow on of the panel discussion of the SRE Conference. Those who are interested in Integrated Border management can discuss further with project coordinators and the panellists so that they can look through in-depth what security research can do for policy making in the future.

The European Commission has adopted important measures to help improve border management and the EU’s internal security, as well as to safeguard the principle of free movement of people. This brings opportunities for new technologies on for example the use of unmanned systems and sensors for border protection to ensure strong and shared management of external borders.

Panellists:
Session Chair : Beatrice Comby (Director, FRONTEX)
Stelios C. A. Thomopoulos (Director, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” and Representative of PERSEUS project, EE)
Krum Garkov (Executive Director, eu-LISA)
Jean-Yves Guedon (Director of Business Units, Morpho)
Nathalie Paez (Technology Innovation Office, Guardia Civil Headquarters, ES)

Speakers

Stelios C. A. Thomopoulos
Krum Garkov (Executive Director, eu-LISA)
Jean-Yves Guedon (Director of Business Units, Morpho)
Jean-Yves Guedon holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Centrale Paris. He started his career in R&D activities in the Defense field. He joined Morpho in 1998, and managed several ID cards and biometric systems programs, before to hold the position of Vice President of the Border Control Business Unit. He then moved to the US to manage the Business Units and Operations of the US subsidiary of Morpho during 4 years. He moved back to France mid 2013 as Vice President Partnerships and Development for Morpho.