Speaker Biograghy: Abdulhameed has 32 years of aviation experience, mostly in airport operations, aviation security, facilitation and management. He was Chairman of the ICAO AVSEC Panel from 2006 to 2008, and is a former Director of AVSEC at Saudi Aviation Authority. He was also a Director of Airport Operations at Jeddah International Airport, where he is now Managing Director. Abdulhameed has served in several posts within the aviation industry, and led a number of task forces and working groups at national and international levels.


Day 1 - 25 March
Session: Aviation Security, Border Control & Facilitation

11:20 - 11:45 - Striking the optimum balance between aviation security and facilitation
Synopsis: The presentation highlights the two conceptual extremes of airport implementation on security and facilitation measures and their associated problems. It will provide a balanced understanding of the necessity to make air travel easy and smooth, and at the same time saving and secure. It will also touch on the most recent challenges facing airports and airlines in complying with security rules and regulations, resulting in adverse effects on their operations and profitability. Finally the presentation will provide a view on a practical solution to these challenges through the optimisation of security and facilitation.

Audience will learn:

• There is no guarantee of 100% state of airport security
• Airports today must cater for a new era of 'facilitated security'
• Technological solutions will achieve an optimum level of security
• Airlines must adapt to show more integration with airport functions
• Any extreme thought of facilitation or security will cost the industry very heavily

Day 1 - 25 March
Session: Aviation Security, Border Control & Facilitation

17:05 - 17:35 - Panel Discussion: Finding the balance between better security and improved throughput
Synopsis: More security means more cost, more congestion, slower processing, angrier passengers – is there a better equation?

Audience will learn:

• A realistic assessment of your throughput choke points: architectural, technology, regulatory, procedural, training – or all of the above
• Defining 'better security' through a threat/vulnerability assessment (how much security is enough) and a resulting Concept of Operations
• Technology is not the only answer – but it makes up for a lot of human error
• Waiting for Godot – will the promised new technology ever get here? When it does, will it ever stop changing?
• Maintaining the flexibility to respond to what’s happening here, not an event 6,000 miles away