Review

Mihai Ciompec, chargé d'affairs (left), at his welcome note in front of more than 400 guests.

New contacts between international authorities were made in an ideal atmosphere.

Visitors from all over the world came to Berlin, such as the Saudi-Arabian Minister of Justice (left).

Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission, was one of the Key-Note Speakers in 2009.

Two hours time for discussions: The Forum of the Federal Ministers of the Interior.

The Chairman of the Foreign Committee of the German Parliament, Ruprecht Polenz MoP, in the debate about the Afghanistan strategy.

Max-Peter Ratzel, Executive Director of Europol

I was truly impressed by the contributions of State Secretary Peter Altmaier and the Hungarian Minister of Justice, Dr. Tibor Draskovics. Furthermore, the speech of Dr. Ehrhart Körting, Senator of the Interior of Berlin, was a very good one with a lot of new perspectives. In my opinion, there is one thing for sure: each discussion or speech that I joined, pointed out, that there is a lot of unused potential and we can still learn a lot from each other. This is my second time at the European Police Congress, and here I find a perfect place for networking and new contacts – this is why a also attended the Pre-Event-Reception.

Jörg Schönbohm, Minister of the Interior of Brandenburg

At the European Police Congress you can always have discussions at the highest level and join fruitful debates with experts from all over the world. It is also worth while mentioning that this conference is always well visited and has developed itself in a truly important meeting with international importance. It is a well organised conference for authorities dealing with internal security. It is a forum for the exchange of views between authorities, industries and politics – this is what the European Police Congress characterises.

Rainer Wendt, Chairman of the German Police Union (DPolG)

It is, as always, exciting to be at the European Police Congress, especially for us. Here we have the opportunity to see the most important innovations from industry and have the chance to speak directly to its Top-Management. Another important impression is the mixture of the participants. Of course most of them are from European security authorities, but it is unique to find them next to high-ranking officials, political and industrial representatives – all major players are here. It is important for us as the German Police Union to gather information and impressions from all these people. I have attended the last six European Police Congresses and I will be there next year as well.

Discussion about international Counterterrorism: EU-Counterterrorism-Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove, State Secretary Dr. August Hanning and the Executive Director of Europol, Max-Peter Ratzel.

More than 1.500 visitors registered for the 12th European Police Congress to discuss European Security in the 21st Century.

72 Nations came to the 12th European Police Congress, even delegations from Saudi-Arabia, Jamaica and Panama attended the conference. Here: Police Officers from the UK.

Experts in the Panel Sessions. At all, 16 Panel Sessions took place in 2009, e. g. about Organized Crime in Europe with representatives from the police, Interpol and the United Nations.

Dr. Ingo Wolf, Minister of the Interior of Nordrhein Westfalen, informed himself about the latest technologies for the police.

The “Forum of the Federal Ministers of the Interior” was the highlight of the 2nd conference day. Five Ministers joined the discussion.

More than 100 journalists from TV- and Radio-Stations as well as printed media were accredited in 2009.

The visitors took the opportunity to see the exhibition stands in the breaks of the conference.

Especially the Panel Sessions are designed for a close dialogue between the speakers and the audience.

Direct information: Parliamentarian State Secretary Peter Altmaier (left) was informed about Online Investigation at the booth of PAN AMP by CEO Bert Weingarten.

Magdalene Kahlert, Oracle

The European Police Congress takes place in a perfect location. We appreciate the opportunity to use the separate meeting rooms for detailed briefings with our customers. This was really convenient for us and we are happy and satisfied here. The atmosphere is very good and gives us the chance for new contacts and networking. Through the well planning there has never been hecticness in our preparation. As Oracle has customers all over Europe, this conference is the ideal platform to show our position and promote new topics.

Dr. Mario Otte, 3M EMEA

From the presentation to the technical setup everything was simply perfect. In addition to this there were lots of visitors and a phantastic chairman. Supported by chairman Reimar Scherz my contribution was a great success and made a lot of fun. Regarding the exhibition, I have a clear position: we had a lot of good contacts. Last year we had more groups of visitors, but this year we had quite a lot good customer requests. For my business field, the European Police Congress was an excellent meeting. The conference venue is ideal for this congress and the exhibitors are from various industries – the meeting was a really successful one.