Programme 2021

Virtual platform opening/testing

Opening remarks

Mrs. Ylva Johansson, Commissioner for Home Affairs, European Commission
Mr. Aleš Hojs, Minister of Interior, Slovenia
Mr. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Mr. Krum Garkov, Executive Director, eu-LISA

Panel I – Come Fly with Me – Lessons Learned from COVID-19

Opening presentation
Mr. Mohamed Rahma, Director of the Air Transport Bureau of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) – “The air-travel after COVID-19”

Panel discussion:
Ms. Nuria Fermoso, European Regional Manager, Passenger Experience & Facilitation, IATA
Mr. Filip Cornelis, Director of Aviation, DG MOVE, European Commission
Mr. Franck Le Gall, Head of Airport Operations, Groupe ADP (Aéroports de Paris) & Member of the ACI EUROPE Facilitation & Customer Services Committee

Lunch break

Panel II – Invisible Borders – The Next Generation Schengen Area?

Opening presentation
Mr. Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director, Frontex “The future of the Schengen Area – digitalisation and border management”

Panel discussion:
Mr. Marko Gašperlin, Chair of the Frontex Management Board, Assistant Director of the Uniformed Police Directorate at the Slovenian Ministry of the Interior
Ms. Nina Gregori, Executive Director, EASO
Mr. Luca Tagliaretti, Deputy Executive Director, eu-LISA

Break

Panel III – New Travel Intelligence – How Digitalisation Could Contribute to Security?

Opening presentation
Ms. Catherine De Bolle, Director of EUROPOL: “How could AI contribute to internal security?”
Mr. Aleksander Pur, Ph.d., Senior Police Superintendent, IT and Telecommunications Office, Slovenian Ministry of the Interior “Practical application of AI in the area of law enforcement.”

Panel discussion:
Mr. Dragoş Tudorache, MEP, Chair of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age
Mr. Matthias Oel, Director for Schengen, Borders and Innovation, DG HOME, European Commission
Mr. Saâd Kadhi, Head of CERT-EU
Ms. Ann-Charlotte Nygard, Head of Technical Assistance and Capacity Building, FRA

Wrap-up – Towards the Digital Schengen Area

Mr. Dragoş Tudorache, MEP, Chair of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age
Mr. Krum Garkov, Executive Director, eu-LISA