1.1 AI and mass data – Possibilities and limitations

Chair: Kai Küllmer, Head of Technical Operational Services and AI Coordination Office, Federal Criminal Police Office

• Dr Judith Eckle-Kohler, Operational Data Analysis, Digital Text Analytics Unit, Federal Criminal Police Office
• Dr Ing Thorsten Laude, Head of Big Data Analysis Data Science Unit, State Criminal Police Office, Niedersachsen
• Philipp Regenauer, Innovation Hub, Police Headquarters for Technology, Hessen
• Santo Mirabelli, Central Directorate for Forensic Police and Cyber Security, Polizia di Stato, Italy
• Laurin Scheuer, Director Operations, INNOSYSTEC
• Felix Abresch, Director Business Development, secunet-Security Networks
• Henrike Lübbers, Platform Consultant, Magnet Forensics

1.2 International drug trafficking, the new ways

Chair: Oliver Erdmann, Former Police Head of the Port Security Centre, Organised Crime Department, State Criminal Police Office, Hamburg (ret.)

• Marco Alexander Millan Sanchez, Attaché, Aggregado de Policia, Embassy of the Republic of Colombia
• Robert Fay, Senior Drug Investigator, EUROPOL
• Tim Beyer, Project Manager, CEPOLIS, University of Public Administration, Bayern
• Pietro Maida, Head of the RIS Chemistry Department, Carabinieri, Italy

1.3 Faster, more confident, but legally compliant? Government agility between pressure to innovate and sovereignty

Chair: Gregor Malessa, Chair of the Committee

• Thomas Berger, Chief Superintendent of Technology, Logistics and Services for the Baden-Württemberg Police Force
• Georg Ringmayr, CTO, Bavarian Police
• Stephan Hempel, Head of Department, Schwarz Digits Defence
• Henrik Ljungström, Managing Director, Capgemini
• Anne Müller, Rechtsanwältin, Fachanwältin für Vergaberecht, Partnerin, Leinemann & Partner Rechtsanwälte

1.4 Security concepts in public facilities

Chair: Heiko Müller, Councillor, City of Essen

• Sascha Langenbach, Press Officer, State Office for Refugee Affairs, Berlin
• Dr med Karlgeorg Krüger, DIAVERO Clinic, Essen
• Christian Mankel, Managing Director, German Society for Bathing
• Stephan Weh, Regional Chair, GdP Berlin

1.5 Cloud & Co

Chair: Oliver Stock, Advisor, Ministry of the Interior and Sport, Niedersachsen

Introduction: Christoph Schäfer, Sales Manager Classified Cloud, secunet Security Networks

• Dennis Möller, Project Manager for the Evidence Cloud, State Criminal Police Office, Niedersachsen
• Paul Jonkman, Global Contract & Partner Manager at Hansken, Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI)
• Arnoud de Kleyn, Forensic Test Engineer, Netherland Forensic Institute (NFI)

1.7 Sabotage – are we sufficiently prepared? The political threat landscape, organisational context and legal challenges

Chair: Dr Maike Hoffmann, Senior Manager, PwC

• Mario Germano, President, State Criminal Police Office, Rheinland-Pfalz
• Herbert Götte, Head of the State Security Division, Federal Criminal Police Office
• Julia Vincke, former Global Head of Security, DAX-listed company
• Prof Dr Markus Ogorek, Director of the Research Centre for Intelligence Services, University of Cologne
• Dr Wolfgang Zink, Partner, PwC

1.8 Working Together Against CSAM: Stakeholders, Challenges, and Solutions

Moderation: Mirjam Klinger, Behörden Spiegel

• Dr.-Ing. Oren Halvani, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Security Department (AIS), ATHENE | Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT
• Hanna Faust, Staatsanwältin, Zentralstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität, Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main
• Prof. Dr. Dirk Labudde, Professor für Bioinformatik und Digitale Forensik, Forensic Science Investigation Lab (FoSIL), University of Applied Sciences Mittweida

2.1 Police action for greater road safety

Chair: Thomas Franta, Head of Traffic Management, Police mHeadquarters Recklinghausen

• Gundolf de Riese-Meyer, Head of Traffic Police, Düsseldorf Police Headquarters
• Jan Helm, Fire Service Institute, NRW
• Marco Schäler, Traffic Safety Commission, DPolG
• Paolo Cestra, Central Directorate for Traffic Police, Railway Police and Special Units, Italy
• Dr Elisabeth Grießl, Senior Solution Manager, Bundesdruckerei

2.2 A troubled world – how international terrorism is developing

Chair: Pascal Dykiert, Chief Inspector, Central Unit for Islamist-Motivated Terrorism and Extremism

• Markus Gemünd, State Security Police, Ministry of the Interior, NRW
• Jochen Weingarten, Federal Prosecutor, Federal Court of Justice
• Dr Stefan Biehl, Terrorism Unit, Senior Public Prosecutor, Federal Court of Justice

2.3 Riot police

Chair: Andreas Schmenkel-Backhoff, Inspector General of the State Riot Police, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Germany

• Silke Meinert, Head of Staff, Police Berlin
• Marco Weigelt, Head of the Riot Police, Police Sachsen-Anhalt
• Ulrich Wagner, Head of the Riot Police, Police Hamburg
• Marcel Kelm, Riot Police, Sachsen

2.4 Do organised criminal groups endanger our society?

Chair: Oliver Huth, Head of an investigation commission, State Criminal Police Office, NRW

• Representative, State Criminal Police Office, NRW
• Michael Esser, Head of Department, Crime Prevention, Police Headquarters, Cologne
• Fredrick Boström, Chief of Police, Västra Götaland Police Authority, Sweden
• Johan Sjöstrand, Chief of Police, Gothenburg Police Authority/North-East District, Sweden

2.5 Recruitment and retention

Chair: Franz Semling, Chief of Police (ret.), Freiburg

• Falk Schnabel, Chief of Police, Hamburg
• Mark Burkhard, Commander, Basel-Landschaft Police, Switzerland
• Matthias Schwarze, Project Manager for the ‘Generation Future Police’ initiative, Lower Saxony Police Academy
• Jörg Lehnert, Head of the Berlin Anti-Money Laundering Authority for the Non-Financial Sector from 2012 to 2024

2.6 Criminals are using 5G, while the emergency services are using narrowband radio! How can we harness the benefits of MCx solutions for the emergency services?

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2.7 Master new public procurement law, find good bidders and award contracts quickly

Chair: Dr Stefan Mager, Lawyer, Specialist lawyer for public procurement law, partner, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft

• Dr Stefan Mager, Lawyer, Specialist lawyer for public procurement law, Partner, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
• Adrian Freidank, Lawyer, Specialist lawyer for IT law, counsel, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
• Dirk Kunze, Project Manager for large-scale public IT projects/consultant for cyber resilience/cyber security, Cyber Resilience Lab

2.8 Police data analytics between state and market: How much autonomy do we need – and how much cooperation can we dare?

Chair: Dr. Philipp Mette, Partner, Strategy&

• Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann, Institute of Computer Science, Research Focus on Cybersecurity, Goethe University Frankfurt
• Daniel Muth, President, State Criminal Police Office of Hesse, LKA Hessen
• Tobias Wiemann, Head of Subdivision ÖS I – Legal and Policy Affairs, Public Security Department, Federal Ministry of the Interior
• Dr. Justin Jahn, Senior Manager, Strategy&

3.1 New applications for AI in security agencies

Chair: Heinz-Dieter Meier, Federal Police Director (ret.)

• Alexander Poitz, Deputy Federal Chairman, GdP
• Gioele Caruso, Head of the RIS Ballistics Department, Carabinieri Messina
• Daniel Geyer, Head of Public/OTT & Streaming Competence Hub, Appsfactory
• Magnus Svard, Director of Strategic Partnerships, DarkOWl
• Martin Rollinger, Managing Director, SINC
• Dr Ganen Sethupathy, Head of the BOS Client Division, Sopra Steria
• Aylin Aslaner, Managing Director, AXON

3.2 Human trafficking and illegal migration/routes, dynamics and criminal structures

Chair: Maren Baisch, Senior Specialist Planner, German Society for International Cooperation

• Oliver Janser, Head of the Project to Combat Serious Crime in the Western Balkans, GIZ
• Holger Farnung, Head of Operational Planning, FRONTEX
• Angela Boranieva, Director of the Regional Centre, MARRI (Migration, Asylum, Refugees, Regional Initiative), Macedonia
• Stefano Milani, Central Directorate for Migration and Border Police, Polizia di Stato, Italy

3.3 Police OSINT in the digital revolution

Chair: Louis Jarvers, Researcher in Information Systems, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

• Heiko Löhr, Operational Data Analysis OK, Federal Criminal Police Office
• Melanie Schneider, Internet Research, Cybercrime and Digital Traces Division, State Criminal Police Office, Baden-Württemberg
• Nicolas Glesel, OSINT Coordination,State Police Headquarters, Berlin Police
• M.L., Cybercrime/Cyber Intelligence Unit, EUROPOL
• Stefan Majchrzak, Lecturer in Criminalistics, University of Economics and Law, Berlin
• Kilian Moser, Chief Customer Officer, Maltego
• Dominik Kampmann, Director, Government Practice Lead for National Security in Europe, Moody‘s
• Natalya Chernogub, CEO, YC World

3.4 New international crime phenomena

Chair: Michael Esser, Head of the Crime Prevention Division, Police Headquarters, Köln

• Leanne Noronha, Senior Analyst, Child Sexual Abuse, Federal Criminal Police Office
• Fabrice Herberger, Operational Analysis of Organised Crime, Federal Criminal Police Office
• Andreas Franke, Deputy Operational Coordinator, National Situation Centre and Operational Investigation Unit, Sweden
• Giuseppe Giliberti, International Police Cooperation Service, Polizia di Stato, Italy

3.5 Think globally, act locally – the value of international educational formats for police practice

Chair: Carsten Rose, Director, Police Academy, Niedersachsen & Dr Sebastian Knospe, Head of International Affairs, Police Academy, Niedersachsen

• Veronika Lemke, Digital Transformation, Ministry of the Interior, Sport and Digitalisation, Niedersachsen
• Arne Schönbohm, President, Federal Academy of Public Administration
• Éva Földesy, Head of Department, National Liaison Office of the Central European Police Academy
• Gabriele Jacobs, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Culture, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Anne Weininger-Lepper, Representative of the Germanspeaking Countries Section, Overseas Education and Training Department, International School for Holocaust Studies Yad Vashem
• Vincenzo Maria Rossi, Police Academy, Polizia di Stato, Italy

3.6 Youth violence – what is happening among young people?

Chair: Hermann Josef Borjans, Project Development Manager, Behörden Spiegel Foundation

• Alexandra Dorndorf, Chief of Police, Police Headquarters Münster
• Norman Heise, State Parent Representative for Berlin Schools
• Prof Dr Dirk Baier, Head of the Institute for Delinquency and Crime Prevention, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
• Engin Çatık, School Director, Friedrich-Bergius-Schule, Berlin

3.7 Sovereignty ‘Made in Practice’

Chair: Laura Anna Baur, Business Development & Strategic Relations, Schwarz Digits Defense

• Thomas Berger, Chief Technology Officer, Baden-Württemberg Police
• Jörg Wiedemann, Head of the Public Sector Office, SVA System Sales Alexander
• Stephan Hempel, Managing Director, Schwarz Digits Defense
• Hans Groff, CEO, futureLAB

4.1 AI in everyday criminal investigation

Chair: Prof Heiko Rittelmeier, Lecturer in Digital and General Forensics, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences

• Alexander Poitz, Deputy Federal Chairman, GdP
• Prof Dr Thomas-Gabriel Rüdiger, Head, Institute Cybercriminology, Brandenburg Police University
• Claude Njunjic-Goll, Head of Solution Pre-Sales, Public Security Solutions, Thales DIS FRANCE SAS

4.2 Digital transformation processes in the police force

Chair: Heinz-Dieter Meier, Former Federal Police Director (ret.)

• Veronika Lemke, Digital Transformation, Ministry of the Interior, Sport and Digitalisation, Niedersachsen
• Salvatore Rapicavoli, Head of Data Processing, Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Italy
• Prof. Dr. Moreen Heine, Institute for Multimedia and Interactive Systems, University of Lübeck
• Christopher William Knight, Business Development Manager, ecaptureDtech
• Matevz Domajnko, Managing Director, Verus Digital

4.3 Are our trains and stations safe?

Chair: Rüdiger Wollgramm, Chief Superintendent of Police (ret.)

• Markus Kober, German Forum for Crime Prevention Foundation, BMI
• Dr Alexander Schmelzer, Senior Superintendent, Federal Police Headquarters
• Torsten Malt, Managing Director of Production, DB Security
• Detlef Neuß, Federal Chairman, Pro Bahn

4.4 Domestic violence – Femicide – Electronic Foot shackle

Chair: Marc Pawleta, Head of Department, State Criminal Police Office, North Rhine Westphalia

• Kerstin Ascherfeld, EAÜ Coordination Office, State Criminal Police Office, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Stefanie Müller, Threat Management HG, State Criminal Police Office, Hessen
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4.5 Secure mobile communication

Chair: Oskar Neda, Head of Department, Innovation Hub, Niedersachsen

• Dr Günther Welsch, Head of Department, Federal Office for Information Security
• Dirk Klimpel, IT Architect, BWI
• Thomas Gmelin, Technical Sub-Project Manager in the Messenger in P20 project, ZPD, Niedersachsen
• Dr Christoph Erdmann, Managing Director, Secusmart & SVP BlackBerry Secure Communications
• Dr Christoph Bach, CTO, Service Providers & MCN, Ericsson
• Dr Phillipp Kurtz, Managing Director, Famedly
• Marco Gocht, CEO and founder, ISEC7
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4.6 Technology and logistics in support of maritime policing (waterway security): operational challenges and innovative solutions

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