Topics will include:
Hostile Reconnaissance Indicators
Lone Wolf Behaviour
Suicide Bomber Intervention
Recognising Mental Health Disorders
Group Offenders
Sexually Deviant Behaviour in Public
Crowd Dynamics
Non-Racial Profiling Techniques
Addressing Religious & Ethnic Concerns
Halo Effect & Stereotyping
Spotlight Effect & Paranoia
Forensic Linguistics
Questioning Styles
Intelligent CCTV
Voice, Temperature and Gait Analysis
Physiological Stress Indicators
Training to Detect
Behavioural Detection Officer Deployment
Communicating Concerns
Court-siding & Fixated Threats
Online Behavioural Analytics
Insider Threat Identification
Case Studies
Mall of America Tour
Our full programme will be announced shortly.
Please see below for the provisional programme and to view the programe from Behavioural Analysis 2018.
If you are interested in contributing your knowledge and expertise to this exciting event as a speaker, please contact our conference Chair, Philip Baum, at editor@avsec.com.
Day One: Tuesday 21st May 2019
08.00 Registration & Coffee
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Theme: Industry Perspectives
09.00 Chairman’s Opening Address
09.10 Welcome to Mall of America
09.20 Keynote 1
Session Theme: Behavioural Analysis in the Spotlight
09.45 Academic Paper 1: Physiological Indicators of Stress: undeniable facts
10.10 Academic Paper 2: Perceptions Uncovered: the guilty brain in the spotlight and the halo that presumes innocence
10.35 Academic Paper 3: Myth-busting: dispelling fake news
11.00 Coffee & Networking
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Session Theme: Industry Experience
11.30 Behavioural Analysis at the Coalface
How have different industries gone about utilising behavioural analysis techniques to protect their patrons and infrastructure? What are the lessons learned that impact current deployment and staff recruitment and training?
- 11.40-11.55 Operational Angle 1: Sports Stadium Security
- 11.55-12.10 Operational Angle 2: Securing Places of Worship
- 12.10-12.25 Operational Angle 3: Hotel Security
- 12.25-12.40 Operational Angle 4: Museum Security
12.40 Panel Q&A
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13.00 Lunch & Networking
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14.00 Perspective 1: Extremist Ideology: an analysis of recent attacks and the behaviours of the perpetrators
Session Theme: Questioning Behavioural Analysis
14.30 Question Time
We put behavioural analysis itself in the spotlight and ask a select group of practitioners, security consultants and academics to answer our delegates concerns. Whether it’s about procedures, regulations, technologies or responsibilities, conference participants will be encouraged to submit questions upon registration or upon their arrival at the conference venue.
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15.30 Afternoon Tea & Networking
Session Theme: The Counterargument
16.00 Perspective 2: Profiling and the Threat to Civil Liberties
Session Theme: Opening Our Eyes to Human Trafficking
16.30 Operational Angle 5: Flight Attendants Observing Behaviour
16.50 Perspective 3: Human Trafficking: my story
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17.30 Close of Day One
Day Two: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
09.00 Chairman’s Opening Comments
Session Theme: Aviation Security
09.05 Keynote 2: Behavioural Analysis within the US Transportation System
09.30 Operational Angle 6: Challenges in, and the successes of, implementing behavioural analysis in the UK
09.50 Operational Angle 7: Israeli Profiling: modifying profiling to respond to new threats
10.20 Academic Paper 7: Transportation Screening Personnel: coping with increased cognitive load
10:45 Panel Q&A
11.00 Coffee & Networking
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Session Theme: Mental Health
11.25 Academic Paper 8: Behavioural Indicators of Mental Health Issues
11.50 Operational Angle 8: Suicide Intervention
Session Theme: Management Security Mind-set
12.15 Perspective 4: Suicide Bomber Intervention: when time is not on your side
12.40 Operational Angle 9: The Mall of America: our hosts’ perspective
13.00 Lunch & Networking
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Session Theme: Questioning Techniques & Deception Indicators
14.00 Academic Paper 9: Identifying Negative Intent: the art of the question
14.30 Academic Paper 10: Detecting Deception: all in the answer
15.00 Academic Paper 11: Forensic Linguistics: warning signs in speech patterns
15.30 Operational Angle 10: Border Control
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15.50 Afternoon Tea & Networking
Session Theme: Sexual Assault & Sexually Deviant Behaviour
16.15 Academic Paper 12: Behavioural Indicators of Imminent Sexual Assault
16.45 Operational Angle 11: Inflight Assault: frotteurs and toucherism
17.05 Operational Angle 12: Restaurants & Entertainment Venues: protecting staff and punters
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17.30 Close of Day Two
Day Three: Thursday 23rd May 2019
09.00 Chairman’s Opening Comments
Session Theme: Artificial Intelligence & Technology’s Role in Behavioural Analysis
09.05 Keynote 3: Border Control: training to detect in person and artificially
09.35 Technologies: state of their art
- 09.35-10.00 Automated Stress Identification: utilising Artificial Intelligence
- 10.00-10.25 Gait Analysis
- 10.25-10.50 Intelligent CCTV
10.50 Coffee & Networking
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Session Theme: Insider Threat
11.10 Perspective 5: School Shootings: on scene behaviour of perpetrators
11.40 Perspective 6: Extremist Risk Assessment in the Workplace
Session Theme: Concluding Thoughts
12.05 Academic Paper 13: Crowd Dynamics: challenges in securing crowded events
12.30 Perspective 8: Port Arthur Massacre: reminding us all to be prepared
12.55 Chairman’s Closing Remarks & Close of Conference
13.00 Conference Proceedings End
Afternoon Optional Programme: Security Tours of Mall of America
BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS 2018 – PRINCIPALITY STADIUM, CARDIFF, 14 – 15 MARCH 2018
DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 14TH MARCH 2018
KEYNOTE: BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS
Lessons Learned from Recent Terrorist Attacks
SESSION 1: BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE: INDUSTRY FOCUS
Places of Worship: communities protecting themselves – Michael Whine MBE, Community Security Trust, UK
Sporting Events: combatting court-siding and gambling – Andrew Wolfe Murray, Partner, Theseus Partners, UK
Transport Security: human trafficking in focus – Sarah-Jane Prew, Wales Anti-Slavery Leadership Group, UK & Airline Ambassadors International, USA
SESSION 2: THE BIOLOGY OF FEAR & DECEPTION
Fight, Flight or, Perhaps, Freeze: anxiety isn’t always what it seems – Louise Jupe, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, UK
Case Study: The Impact of Integrating Real-time, Multichannel Behaviour Analysis and Elicitation/Engagement Strategies in
High-stake Contexts – Sorin Losnita, Romanian Intelligence Service, Romania, and Cliff Lansley, EIA Group, UK
SESSION 3: STEREOTYPING, PERCEPTION & RACIAL PROFILING
Understanding Intuitive Bias – Wim De Neys, CNRS & Université Paris Descartes, France
Good Looking People & the ‘Halo Effect’ – Ran Cohen, SDR® Academy, The Netherlands
Panel Discussion: Religious Sensitivities in Security Decision-Making
Moderated by: Philip Baum
Panel Members: Gurmel Singh, Secretary General, Sikh Council UK
Usama Hasan, Quilliam Foundation
Michael Whine MBE, Community Security Trust, UK
SESSION 4: ADDRESSING, BY UNDERSTANDING, SPECIFIC CRIMINAL & ANTI-SOCIAL ACTIVITY
Profile of the Fixated Threat in Action – David James, Theseus Partners, UK
Profile of Group Offenders – Dr Jessica Woodhams, University of Birmingham, UK
Profile of Frotteurs & Sexual Deviants – Dr Lynsey Gozna, University of Leicester, UK
Profile of a Cyber Criminal – Nadine Touzeau, Profiler, net-profiler, France
DAY 2: THURSDAY 15TH MARCH 2018
SESSION 5: POLICING PERSPECTIVES
Stop & Search: reasonable grounds? – Nick Glynn, Senior Programme Officer, Policing & Security Governance, Open Society Initiative for Europe, UK
Case Study: British Transport Police from concept to operation – Rae Jiggins, Polarm International Ltd., UK
Super Recognisers – Mick Neville, Super Recognisers International, UK
CASE STUDY:
Securing The O2 Arena
Paul Williams, Security Operations Manager, The O2, London, UK
SESSION 6:
THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
Intelligent CCTV: can the camera focus on unusual behaviour? – Simon Moore, Cardiff University, UK
Facial Thermographs: might heat spots identify negative intent? – Reyer Zwiggelaar, Aberystwyth University, UK
Layered Voice Analysis: the way we speak?- Amir Liberman, Nemesysco, Israel
SESSION 7: THE RESPONSE
The Art of Questioning: having THE conversation – Charlotte Hudson, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, UK
Emergency Response: when you think the threat is real – Ofir Malka, CEO SafeZones, Germany
Insider Threat Response: identifying radicalisation in the workplace – Usama Hasan, Quilliam Foundation, UK
SESSION 8: MARAUDING FIREARMS ATTACKS & SUICIDAL TERRORISM
Marauding Firearms Attacks: not always by suicidal terrorists – Leeran Gold, Registered Psychologist, Promises Healthcare, Singapore
The Suicidal Terrorist: recruitment & training – Dr. Sagit Yehoshua, Criminologist, Israel
The Proof of the Pudding: attacks against aviation identified by behavioural analysis – Philip Baum, Managing Director, Green Light Ltd., UK
SESSIONS WILL BE CHAIRED BY:
Neville Hay, Brooklyn Associates, UK
Katharine Ng, OneCrew Limited, Hong Kong