The Association of University Chief Security Officers (AUCSO) has announced that it will host its first European Region Winter Conference at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
The conference will take place from 27 November 2024 – 29 November 2024 and is free to all AUCSO members.
What to expect
Day One –
- A first sessions will be led by Gunther Groenwals and Sarah Vermeersch from Ghent University in Belgium and will be on the topic of ‘How UCare and Mental crisis intervention supports mental well-being at Ghent University’ followed by ‘Mental support after shocking events and crisis interventions: What can or should we do?
- The afternoon will see a session will be led by Leo Harskamp from Leiden University on the topic of ‘Horizon scanning and foresight – the added value of tools’ followed by ‘First Alert and ways to utilise it’ with Gus Hodson from Dataminr
- Eric Lanxner from Université Libre de Bruxelles and Leo Harskamp from Leiden University will also lead a session on ‘Physical security – counter criminal and counter terrorism’
Day Two –
- The second day will see sessions on ‘Protests as a daily business’ with Jaap Weijermans from Universiteit van Amsterdam and long term partner of AUCSO, Critical Arc who will be presenting its emergency management planning tool, Safezone, which is rapidly becoming the most widely-used and trusted technology of its kind
- There will also an interactive session on ‘What should AUCSO Europe focus on’ and announcements of what’s coming up in 2025
- The Conference will be closed by Benny Vandenberghe, Chair of the European Region for AUCSO
“Lots of opportunities for networking”
Julie Barker, Chief Operating Officer, AUCSO, said: “We are really excited to be hosting our first European Region Winter Conference at Leiden University in the Netherlands and we are looking forward to welcoming many of our AUCSO members and colleagues from Higher Education in Poland, Switzerland, Finland, Belgium and the Netherlands.”
Barker added: “It’s going to be a jam-packed agenda of topical and interactive sessions together with lots of opportunities for networking and having some fun too.”
