Geos Group

April, 30 2008

Thursday 26 June - Conference: Tourism, Expatriation and Safety/Security.

Seminar of the French High Commitee for Civil Defence (HCFDC) in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the participation of GEOS.?Since the 1950s, international tourism has grown at an exponential rate. In 2000, 700 million people travelled worldwide, as compared to 25 million in 1950. The attacks of September 11, 2001 marked a turning point for the global tourism industry and international corporations. The situation suddenly changed and the tourism industry now faces real threats: terrorism, natural disasters, political unrest and health scares. This broad range of risk leads to an analysis of the means and ways needed to ensure the security of tourists and expatriates the world over. Security is high on the agenda of all the stakeholders. Tourism industry professionals, companies and governments are being led to work closely together in an effort to prevent and manage the risk, respond rapidly to a given problem and deliver intelligence and expert solutions in order to counter emerging threats. The objective of this conference is to highlight the importance of intelligence sharing between nation states and the need for comprehensive travel security planning. Secondly, it will be interesting to examine real-life crisis case studies, the resources required for successful crisis management and the mechanisms in place for bilateral and multilateral cooperation between the different countries and stakeholders.
Didier Ranchon, vice-president of GEOS European Business Development and Louis Caprioli, GEOS Special Advisor, will address two round table discussion groups, respectively entitled « Crisis management » and « Intelligence sharing and multilateral cooperation». For more information and to download the entry form: http://www.hcfdc.org/vf/colloque.php

April, 18 2008
FORUM Sciences-PO
Development & Security
GEOS personnel will be present at the Forum on Development & Security, to be held on Friday 18, 2008. The Group will present its activities to students in the International Affairs Graduate program interestedin businesses and organizations involved in defence, peacekeeping and conflict resolution.

April, 17 2008
CONFERENCE
ADVANCED SECURITY EUROP
Lieutenant General Heinrich, President of the GEOS Group’s Supervisory Committee, will address the 3rd European Conference for Corporate Security Services to be held in Munich on April 25 next on the theme of « European corporations in high-risk zones ». He will appear beside Horst Seehofer, German Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Peter Trautmann, Director of Munich Airport, Dr Wilhelm Schmidbauer, President of the MunichPolice, Hans Elmar Remberg, Vice President of the Office for the Protection of the German Constitution, and Dr Gert-René Polli, Director of the Austrian Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counter-Terrorism. For more info: www.as-advanced-security.com

April, 15 2008
GEOS IN HEADLINES
GLOBAL SECURITY
Stéphane GERARDIN, CEO of GEOS, gave alengthyinterview to specialists of the Institut Choiseul’s journal Sécurité Globale on the issue of « Risk control in an unstable world ». For more info: http://www.choiseul-editions.com/

April, 09 2008
CONFERENCE
Overseas Security Advisory Council
Louis Caprioli, GEOS Group Special Advisor will address OSAC on the theme of « Terrorism in the Maghreb/ Algeriaand its consequences for American firms ». The association has more than 3,500 members and supports the development of US firms.
For more info: www.osac.gov