20 June 2006
Conference To Examine Major Event Security
Security industry professionals are meeting in Wellington this week (June 22-23) at the annual New Zealand Security
Association conference.
With the World Soccer Cup and the World Rowing Championship confirmed for New Zealand, the paper to be presented by
Intelligence Risks’ Chief Executive Neil Fergus on Managing the Security at Major Events, is expected to attract
particular interest.
“The Australian-based Intelligence Risks is recognised as an international leader in the fields of strategic security
planning, security risk management, infrastructure protection and security for international major events,” says NZSA
Executive Director Barrie Cooper.
“An Intelligence Risks team completed venue vulnerability studies on more than 40 facilities that were used for the
Athens 2004 Olympics. More recently, Mr Fergus was heavily involved in security issues around the 2006 Commonwealth
Games in Melbourne”
Other international speakers at the conference will include Bill Whalley, Chief Executive of Vast Academy in Australia
who will present a paper on Industry Licensing Issues from the Australian Perspective. Jim Shamess, a former Brigadier
General in the US Air Force, whose last assignment was as Director of Security Forces and Force Protection, will speak
on the subject of Getting Adequate resources to Counter Unpredictable threat.
New Zealand speakers will include Deputy Police Commissioner Rob Pope who will look at the Police perspective of Law and
Order. NZSA chairman, and representative of Matrix Security on the NZSA Board, Scott Carter will deliver a Political and
Legislation overview.
Delegates will also hear about current work at the Crime Prevention Unit in the Ministry of Justice. Senior Analyst
Brian Webster is responsible for managing the crime reduction relationships and contracts between New Zealand’s 10
largest city councils and the Crime Prevention Unit. He has completed more than100 crime reduction projects with city
councils and service providers.
ENDS