Programme

Virtual platform opening/testing

Opening of the conference and welcome by moderator Joe Lynam

Opening remarks

Ylva Johansson, Commissioner for Home Affairs, European Commission
Monique Pariat, Director-General, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Herbert Reul, Minister of Interior of the State North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Krum Garkov, Executive Director, eu-LISA

Panel I – Long journey from silos to interoperability – what lies ahead?

Dr. Kai Schollendorf, Head of Division, Directorate-General for Public Security, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, Germany
Olivier Onidi, Deputy Director-General, DG Home Affairs and Migration, European Commission
Jeroen de Graaf, Program Director Borders & Security, Ministry of Justice and Security, The Netherlands
Krum Garkov, Executive Director, eu-LISA

Lunch break

Panel II – The new information architecture in JHA domain: endless possibilities?

Rob Rozenburg, Head of Police Cooperation and Information Exchange Unit, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Adriano Silvestri, Programme Manager in the Asylum and Migration, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Unit, FRA
Jürgen Ebner, Deputy Executive Director, Governance Directorate, Europol
Francois Laruelle, Head of ETIAS and Interoperability Task Force, Frontex
Dieter Schürmann, State Director of Criminal Investigation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Birgit Sterzenbach, Senior Police Officer, State Police of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Sören Clerton, Deputy Police Commissioner, Swedish Police

Conclusions

Günther Krings, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Germany
Krum Garkov, Executive Director, eu-LISA