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IFSEC West Africa gains a conference

Montgomery Africa has announced that the IFSEC West Africa Conference will coincide with IFSEC West Africa which will be the first event of its kind to ever take place in the West African region, and will offer security professionals a unique opportunity to view, source and purchase the very latest security services, products and innovations from around the world, while networking with industry peers.

The IFSEC West Africa Conference entitled Security Strategies and Solutions for Corporate, Personal and Asset Protection, will address security topics pertinent to businesses operating in the West African region. The conference will be held on 15 and 16 February 2011 at the Eko Expo Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

According to Grant Mills, managing director of Montgomery Africa, the IFSEC West Africa Security Conference is a forum for national and international security experts from the public and private sector to come together and address some of the most pressing security concerns facing the region.

“The security conference will provide security practitioners with unique insights and help them weigh up the pros and cons of different security strategies, helping them make informed decision about security budget spending,” says Mills.

The discussion will begin with an overview of the key security issues and infrastructure challenges facing West Africa, as well as how the government, police and public sector are addressing these limitations with workable strategies to improve West Africa’s security situation, and open up the region to international investment.

The conference will also address the thorny issue of kidnapping threats, identifying key kidnapping threat situations for permanent and visiting personnel, and evaluate anti-kidnapping technologies to reduce the threat of kidnapping.

The corporate and security planning portion of the conference will look at designing and implementing an holistic security system to protect against external and internal security threats for corporations.

The IFSEC West Africa conference will also include an in-depth discussion of asset protection strategies, and particularly pertinent to oil-rich West Africa, will be the examination of initiatives to improve the security and protection of Oil and Gas assets. Delegates will hear insights and advice from leading security experts including the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, Pipeline Professionals’ Association of Nigeria (PLAN), West African Action Network on Small Arms, and the UK National Counter Terrorism Security Office.

The discussion will also include an evaluation on how major corporations such as Fidelity Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Shell Petroleum Development Co, and Addax Petroleum Development are implementing cost-effective security measures to protect staff and assets. Finally, the conference agenda will incorporate some of the most innovative technological solutions for asset and corporate protection, including: wireless technologies for protecting remote assets from malicious damage and implementing IP surveillance, access control and alarm systems.

For further information contact Sean Osterloh, Montgomery Africa, +27 (0)11 835 1565, [email protected]

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