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The Security Event: far beyond the expectations

The Security Event: far beyond the expectations

The Security Event, at its first edition, was held at the NEC in Birmingham running for 3 days from 9 to 11 April. “Alongside its already established cousins, The Fire Safety Event, The Health and Safety Event and The Facilities Event, The Security Event complemented them perfectly and with a cry “designed by the industry, for the industry,” set itself a very high bar for success – as the organizers say.

The educational seminars drew a lot of interest with over 12,314 requests to attend sessions from registered visitors. Panel discussions and talks ranged from convergence in an increasingly cyber enabled age, aimed at the skills installers needed, to behavioral detection and analysis which saw a queue of people waiting to talk to Andrew Palmer from Gatwick Airport and Darren Stanton, The Human Lie Detector even after their program ran 20 mins over. Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner outlined his latest guidance and a designing out crime panel brought the West Midlands Designing out Crime, Regional Organized Crime Unit, CSSC, together with Jaguar Landrover and Warrior Doors”.

43 educational sessions kept the 5,912 Visitors and 100+ exhibitors up to date with the latest thinking over the three days and “it was clear that many of the visitors were on a quest to source products for large and small projects”, the organizers add. 

The Security Event was not just focused on the here and now. Looking after the next generation is being driven by The Security Institute’s Next Generation in Security initiative and they arranged for over 50 police cadets to visit and get insights into security manufacturing, installation, designing out crime, software provision and so much more. Networking and the ability to get together as an industry was at the heart of The Security Event and the drinks on the first and second nights from 16.00-17.30 gave the industry a chance to network and do business amongst themselves packing out the central networking bar as expected and The Bierkeller on Broad Street in Birmingham welcomed over 400 VIP’s and exhibitors for an Industry party sponsored by Honeywell.

“Great to see a major security event back in the Midlands, and incredible line up of exhibitors, educational opportunities and close interaction with Police and business through the Designing Out Crime initiative,” says Barrie Millett, the Head of Operational Resilience with the Birmingham based Wesleyan Group and Chair of the West Midlands CSSC.

Peter Jones the CEO of the Nineteen Group who owns the event says, “When we first acquired The Security Event I wasn’t sure if we could deliver what the industry eagerly anticipated from a security event back at the NEC, but by sheer hard work and determination from an exceptional team of people, not only did we deliver but we exceeded what I could have hoped for.”

Tristan Norman, a founding partner and the Event Director for The Security Event said, “I was blown away by the constant number of people who kept stopping me and saying how much they were enjoying the event, what exceptional quality the visitors were and how the exhibition perfectly aligned with their business needs. For its first edition we have set a perfect foundation to use as a springboard moving forwards. This year is only the start of what promises to be a special journey for the event and the industry – Next year we will deliver a New Larger Hall, More Exhibitors, More Content, More features, More Industry-led initiatives and More Visitors – expect BIG things from TSE 2020!”

The next edition of The Security Event will take place from the 28th till the 30th April 2020.

by the Editorial Staff

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