EWI's 4th Worldwide Security Conference
Protecting People, Economies and Infrastructure
Against Terrorism & Organized Crime
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| EWI's 3rd Worldwide Security Conference Keynote Speaker Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, President of the European Commission. |
This year EWI’s Worldwide Security Conference brought together more than 650 leaders from business, government and civil society from 70 nations to mobilize global cooperation in the fight against international terrorism and organized crime.
Media Coverage
Conference speakers included:
- Executive Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Javier Ruperez.
- Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson.
- Former Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell.
- EWI Founder, President and CEO John Edwin Mroz.
- Secretary General of the World Customs Organization Michel Danet.
- President of the Belgian House of Representatives Herman De Croo.
- German Federal Government Commissioner for Combating International Terrorism Ambassador Busso Von Alvensleben.
- European Union Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries.
- Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation in the Fight against Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime Anatoly Safonov.
- US Ambassador to the European Union C. Boyden Gray.
- Director General for External Security Affairs at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gao Jian.
- Former Prime Minister of Norway Kjell Magne Bondevik.
- Former Prime Minister of Sudan Sadig Al-Mahdi.
- Former Prime Minister of Romania Petre Roman.
- Chairman of the Indonesian Crime Prevention Foundation Da'i Bachtiar.
Conference Objectives
- Bring together government officials, key business and civil society leaders from around the world to foster greater cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
- Examine the achievements, failures and challenges in combating terrorism and determine more effective strategies to enhance regional and global security.
- Agree upon specific recommendations (political, economic and social) that the international community should take in the short, medium and long-term to enhance domestic and international security.
"We are engaged in an extremely timely and important discussion here – how we counter effectively and protect citizens and bring perpetrators of terrible terrorist acts, which are terrible criminal acts, to justice. Also, how we maintain the standards of human rights and rule of law, which are at the heart of our democracy."
- Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Vice President of the Club of Madrid at EWI’s 4th Worldwide Security Conference
