European Police Congress 2023
On May 3 and 4, 2023, the European Police Congress (https://www.european-police.eu/) took place in Berlin. Our colleagues Baha Kutup and Wolfgang Jurksch attended the meeting in order to exchange ideas with decision makers from public authorities and institutions and take away new impulses for our work. The European Police Congress is organised by Behörden Spiegel , the leading German newspaper for public authorities. Once a year, decision makers from the police, security authorities and industry meet at the international congress. Opening speeches were given, among others, by Dr. Katarina Barley, Vice President of the European Parliament. A topic of particular interest for us at the Police Congress: Security authorities are increasingly digitalised. This also increases the relevance of safety-critical communication, an area in which we are ideally positioned and already provide extensive support to public authorities.
CP Conference Berlin
mecom at the Crisis Prevention Conference On March 30 and 31, 2023, the CP Conference took place in Berlin. The event is organised by the specialist portal Crisis Prevention, which focuses on topics such as hazard prevention, homeland security and disaster relief. The motto of the conference: “Crisis prevention as a task for society as a whole – only together are we strong enough”. Baha Kutup, Wolfgang Jurksch, Gudrun Menze, Michaela Weber and Inga Wilkens of mecom attended the conference in Berlin. We were particularly interested in all topics related to critical infrastructure and national crisis management. Another highlight was the lecture by Dr. Annett Schulze of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), our partner in the implementation of the MIRKKOMM project. In the context of risk and crisis communication, she spoke about topics such as uncertainties, transparency and trust. Our conclusion: exciting lectures, interesting encounters and abundant networking opportunities. A very successful event indeed.
BBK Specialist Congress
mecom at the BBK Specialist Congress “Research for Civil Protection” in Bonn What role do research and science play for civil protection? This was the topic of the Specialist Congress hosted by the German Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BKK) in Bonn from January 12 to 14, 2023. Our colleagues Inga Wilkens, Michaela Weber and Wolfgang Jurksch attended the event.The Specialist Congress “Research for Civil Protection” took place for the first time and was completely sold out. Not surprising, since a diverse and varied programme awaited the participants. We were looking forward in particular to the lecture on the topic of “Government risk and crisis communication”, scheduled for Friday morning. What is the state of risk and crisis communication at federal, state and municipal level? And which opportunities and optimisation potentials exist in this area? The speakers included: Alena Biegert of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Martin Löffelholz, Kathrin Schleicher & Johanna Radechovsky of Technische Universität Ilmenau as well as Hans-Jürgen Bucher, Bettina Boy & Johanne Mayer of Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). They presented the first results of the MIRKKOMM research project for the optimisation of risk and crisis communication in Germany, in which mecom is involved as a practice partner.
