FORTHCOMING EVENTS

12 August 08 – BIRMINGHAM – Kidnap Avoidance and Hostage Survival – Don’t be a ‘Product’

Critical, life-saving training for any individual, or responsible agency with personnel working or travelling in potentially hostile environments.

NOTE: If you intend to travel to or work in a high risk area you need this training!

There are over 20000+ reported abductions per year against corporate staff, diplomats, security contractors, children and backpackers.  Indeed, this is just the tip of the iceberg.  Kidnapping is a growth business.  Don’t allow yourself, your employees or your loved ones to become simply a ‘Product’.

Simon Atkinson, Managing Director of ASIC Ltd, is a former HM Forces covert HUMINT Operator with extensive worldwide operational experience.  He was also the Operations Officer of a specialist military unit responsible for the training, in hostage survival and resistance to interrogation techniques, of HM and Allied Forces personnel deemed ‘Prone to Capture/Exploitation’. During a varied career, Simon has successfully advised on a wide variety of Hostage incidents around the globe.  See Simon’s full bio here.

Throughout the day, Delegates will learn key skills that will allow them to:

Reduce the risk of being taken hostage.

If the worst should happen – to survive captivity and exploitation.

Develop Best Practice for ‘Unintentional Negotiators’ – the person who is the initial Point of Contact between family/employer and the Hostage Takers.

Delegate rate for this world class, life-saving, training is £195 + VAT (£230) and includes lunch and refreshments.

Places are limited – please register early by contacting us at events@athenaintelligence.co.uk or by telephoning our office
on +44 (0) 141 314 3983.

 

19-20 November 08 – LONDON – Combating the Modern Terrorist Threat - A Comprehensive Counter-Terror Solution.

DO NOT fall foul of the new Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act. This event gives essential practical training for the security professional and contingency planner, ensuring that they fulfil their Duty of Care obligations to their staff in the face of the present heightened Terrorist threat state.

Following from our widely acclaimed Glasgow seminar, ASIC Ltd and DEMOMAN Intl will co-host their next event in the world’s financial hub.

This Seminar will detail vital strategies that have already been successfully implemented, by Public and Private bodies, in key European cities.

Following the WTC attack on 11 Sept 2001, there were examples of businesses with continuity plans so well rehearsed and so well implemented, that they were able to continue trading in alternate premises within the hour.  Their evacuation plans were meticulous and their staff survived purely and simply because of the knowledge and professionalism of their corporate security staff.

Delegates will obtain valuable information on the different methods employed by different extreme terror groups, enable them to detect Suicide Terrorists, help them to understand what an effective protective policy might look like, and study lessons learned about actual incidents.

By gaining an understanding of who the terrorists are, how they operate, how they gather intelligence, the Modus Operandi of different terror groups and how they might be stopped you will be able to create effective and integrated security plans should the worst occur.

If you intend to play a credible role in the design or implementation of Security policy for future major events - you should attend this Seminar

Tal Hanan, key Speaker and CEO of Demoman International, is a former Explosive Unit Deputy Commander of the Israeli Special Forces.  He has led many special operations searching for and disabling terrorist and conventional munitions.  Mr Hanan has presented to members of the US Secret Service, US Naval Intelligence, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Congressional Armed Forces committee assistants and many other US agencies.  He has also lectured and consulted in Israel, Europe, South and Central America and Africa.  He has a BA in International Relations from Hebrew University, Jerusalem and has been published in many professional journals including Counter-terrorism and Homeland Security International, INTRSEC Journal of International Security and he serves as a board member of the Israeli Security Magazine MUGAN.

DELEGATE DAILY RATE
£250 + VAT (£293.75).  Refreshments and lunch are included in this rate.  A discount of 10% will be applied for additional delegates attending from the same organisation.  Accommodation is not provided but local discounts have been negotiated.  Daily programmes are designed to be related but independent, therefore delegates may choose to attend one or more days as appropriate. 
Places are limited and will fill rapidly – please register early by contacting us at events@athenaintelligence.co.uk or by telephoning our office on +44 (0) 141 314 3983.