More than 45 representatives from security agencies, politics, business, academia and civil society have already been confirmed as speakers at the 2019 Public Security Social Dialogue.
The latest confirmations:
The group of domestic policy experts is completed by Philipp Amthor, Member of the Bundestag (CDU/CSU). The 26-year-old is the second-youngest member of the German Bundestag, a full member of the Committee on Home Affairs, and will speak alongside Uli Grötsch (SPD), Irene Mihalic (Alliance 90/The Greens) and Konstantin Kuhle (FDP).
The Vice-President of the Federal Office for Information Security, Dr. Gerhard Schabhüser, is supporting the panel discussion on the topic “Cyber Defence Centre Plus”: The blurring of boundaries and institutionalisation of inter-agency cooperation in the IT security sector”.
For the 360° Topic II on Organised Crime, we were able to secure the participation of Senior Public Prosecutor Dr Sandra Müller-Steinhauer from the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW Ministry of Justice) as well as Senior Public Prosecutor Christian Schierholt from the Central Office for Organised Crime and Corruption in Lower Saxony.
On the topic of the state’s ability to respond in the age of social media, Yvonne Tamborini, head of the Berlin Police’s social media team, will give a presentation.
In the closing plenary session Ulrike Demmer, Deputy Government Spokesperson, will share her expertise on the topic of ‘fake news’.
Also taking part are:
Armin Laschet, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Georg Maier (Thuringian Minister for the Interior and Local Government), Prof. Dr Roland Wöller (Saxon Minister of State for the Interior), State Secretary Prof. Dr Günter Krings, Thomas Haldenwang (President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution), Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) President Holger Münch as well as a large number of representatives from security authorities (State Criminal Police Offices, police), domestic policy, the security industry and research.