Opening Session

Master of Ceremonies
Mr. Denis Chagnon

Opening Remarks
Mr. Sylvain Lefoyer, Deputy Director, Aviation Security and Facilitation (DD/ASF), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Keynote Remarks – Regulatory Views
Mr. Keith Goll, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Security Technology, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), United States

Keynote Remarks – Industry Perspectives
Mr. Cameron Mann, Global Market Director – Aviation, Smiths Detection Group Ltd. and Member of the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA)

Session 1 – The Present: Key challenges for States and Industry stakeholders in developing, adapting or deploying effective and efficient screening technologies that can combat evolving security threats to aviation
Many States do not have the opportunity to implement or test the latest screening technologies; they are often ill-equipped or too understaffed to manage the administrative and financial burdens to meet the demands of testing methodologies and schedules, performance standard definitions, and qualification criteria. The resulting delays in evaluating and approving new and adapted technology impact the global aviation security community’s ability to address emerging threats, and also impede commercial opportunities and inhibit entrepreneurial initiatives. Without access to the latest technologies with the lowest false-positive rates, airports and airlines must extend already stretched lifecycles of currently deployed screening equipment that may be less likely to detect emerging threats. How can we expedite acceptance, installation, operational use, and recertification of enhanced security equipment? How can ICAO and its Member States partner with testing laboratories to expedite this process?

Moderator
Mr. Domenic Bianchini, Senior Technical Advisor, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), United States, and Co-Rapporteur of ICAO AVSEC Panel Working Group on Innovation in Aviation Security

Panellists
Mr. Matthew Vaughan, Director, Aviation Security, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Ms. Sonia Hifdi, Member of the Security Programme Management Group (SPMG), European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) and Head, Security Measures Office, Directorate General for Civil Aviation, France
Mr. Andy Lee, Director, Test and Evaluation Division, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), United States
Mr. Jonathan Stone, Analogic Corporation, Member of the Security Manufacturers Coalition
Mr. Wanming Li, General Manager, Capital Airport Aviation Security Co. Ltd., China
Mr. Carlos Grau Tanner, Director General, Global Express Association (GEA)

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