Critical Communications World 2016: Developing Critical Communications in a new era of data, applications and emerging technologies

It is now less than a week until Critical Communications World 2016; with over 4,000 professionals expected to attend, 200+ leading industry speakers and over 150 exhibitors showcasing their latest products, solutions & technologies this year is shaping up to be the best show yet.

Our 2016 seminar programme is jammed packed with innovative content, case studies and insight; our prominent keynote sessions include:

• “Are we currently trying to invent the wheel?” 1st June, 09:10-10:00
  An overview of current and future critical communication evolution plans globally, zoning in on what business case needs to be put forward to justify investment in enhancing critical communications systems.

Speakers: Tor Helge Lyngstol, Director General, DNK Norway; Jarmo Vinkvist, Chief Executive,  Virve; David Lund, President, Public Safety Communication Europe; Fahad Al Mushayt, Chief Executive, Bravo
Moderator: Adrian Scrase, Chief Technology Officer, ETSI

• “UK’s Emergency Services Network (ESN)” 1st June, 10:00-10:30
  A look at why the UK is replacing the current service, what they are replacing it with and how they propose to do it.

Speakers: Gorgon Shipley, Home Office Programme Director, Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme

• “Effectively increasing TETRA usage to 600,000 users in Germany” 2nd June, 14:00-14:50
  A case study session detailing the processes, requirements, and challenges involved in constructing this network.

Speakers: Barbara Held, Head of Directorate for Operations, BDBOS; Dr Markus Kolland, Head of Region – Europe, Airbus Defence & Space Secure Land Communications; Dr Richard Georgi, Project Leader, Digitalfunk BOS Hesse; Johann Skwara, Head of the Authorised Central Office for Digital Radio Services in Bavaria, Bavarian Police
Moderator:  Jeppe Jepsen, Board Member, TCCA

The exhibition will open on Tuesday 31st May at 16.00-20.00; Wednesday 1st June 10.15-18.00 and finally on Thursday 2nd June 10.15-17.00

Key events not to be missed:

• The Critical Communications Finnish Pavilion
  We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting our first user driven country pavilion.  Free to attend and with its aim to encourage information exchange and cooperation across agencies and countries, we have put together a case study on Finland’s success in multi-agency cooperation. The Finnish Pavilion will host Finnish authorities, 14 Finnish technology providers and national public safety operator VIRVE on May 31st at 4.30pm. To read the case study in full please visit https://criticalcommunicationsworld.com/case-study-finland/
• Live Future Technology Awards Product Pitches, 1st June 1200-1300
  This will be a fantastic opportunity to witness what the most innovative companies in emerging technologies are developing as two of our four finalists will pitch their latest, state of the art products to our audience and esteemed panel of judges. Find out who was shortlisted: https://criticalcommunicationsworld.com/future-tech-awards-2016/
• Interactive Demo Tours
  A great opportunity for you to visit a host of solution providers who will host you for 5 minutes before your expert guide from the TCCA takes you to the next exhibitor. To find out timings please visit: https://criticalcommunicationsworld.com/interactive-demo-tours/

“With just a week to go, we are very excited about Critical Communications World 2016. The event is shaping up to be the best yet, with a wealth of new features and we are excited to launch our 2017 re-brand onsite. We can’t wait to welcome all attendees to the RAI in Amsterdam and we encourage those who haven’t registered, to do so as soon as possible”,  said Jake McNulty, Head of Marketing at IIR Telecoms/KNect 365 TMT.