PSSA Interact Day – 29th and 30th January 2020 – Ardencote, CV35 8LT
Day 1 Agenda
Morning Session from 10 am
“The PSSA in 2019 and the future.”
Paul Jeffrey – Chairman, PSSA
“The effects of fireball in blast.”
Professor Andy Tyas – Research Chair in Blast Protection Engineering, The University of Sheffield
“Temporary barrier deployment.”
David McAtamney – Managing Director, Stadium
“DIT DSO – Helping UK security companies to export.”
Simon Goatcher – Assistant Head Security Exports, DIT DSO
Afternoon Session
“Considerations for barriers at events.”
Inspector Lewis Hastie – Head of Unit, National Vehicle Threat Mitigation Unit
“Strategies for airspace security.”
Amit Samani – Vice President of Enterprise Sales Americas and UK, Dedrone
PSSA Annual General Meeting – open to PSSA members only
Expected finish time 4:30 pm
Day 2 Agenda
Morning Session from 9:30 am
Welcome and introductions
“The US security barrier market.” An overview on distribution and trading opportunities for US and UK companies and current status of ASTM / IWA test standards and adoption.
Rob Reiter – Chairman of the Perimeter Security Committee, Security Industry Association
“Advanced Modeling to deliver effective security solutions and to support product development.” Uses for modelling in security strategy development.
David J. Stevens, PhD – PE Managing Principal, Protection Engineering Consultants
“American testing labs and test protocols and the differences in conducting ASTM tests versus IWA tests.” Followed by an open discussion of strategies and options for UK companies with IWA-tested products dealing with the hesitations of US government buyers.
Jonathon Gondek – Barrier Testing Manager, Calspan
Afternoon Session
“A holistic approach to security design.” Threat responses to various threat vectors, discussion of the benefits of the SAFETY Act, the hesitation of some US government agencies to accept IWA testing and the need for an American version of PAS69.
Joseph Okes – Assistant Director of Resilience and Security, Office of Security Programs, Office of the Architect of the Capitol
Multi-Topic Discussion Panel with SIA and PSSA members
Topics including PAS170 opportunities, approaches to HVA/HVM, the SAFETY Act and how it will affect trade and distribution for UK products into the US high security market.
Expected finish time 4:30 pm
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