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For its second edition, MEMAD returns to Abu Dhabi on December 5-6, 2010 as the region's leading event gathering the most enlightened policymakers and missile defense experts from around the world to discuss the absolute cutting edge in multi-layered missile defense technologies.
MEMAD is your answer to keeping abreast of the latest developments for national missile defenses, whether in the technological realms or the intellectual. MEMAD is uniquely adapted to the Middle East-specific threat environment in consultation with key informed officials and security experts, with a special focus on GCC efforts to realize C4I enabled missile defense operations that achieve horizontal integration and shared early warning between member states.
Border Control, Airport and Seaport Securitywill be the definitive homeland security event in the Gulf this year. Under the patronage of the Ministry of Defense and the Higher Committee for UAE Civil Seaports and Airport Security, this focused exposition will present an unmissable opportunity to examine the most prevalent issues in border security through presentations and seminars from the international experts at the forefront of this field.
SMES 2011 is the second edition of the Levant's first and only homeland security exhibition and conference. The launch in 2009, in Beirut, Lebanon, was held Under High Patronage of the Lebanese President General Michel Sleiman and with the total support of both the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Internal Security Forces (ISF).
At its massively successful launch in April 2009, SMES stamped its name as a not-to-be-missed show on the international defense and security exhibitions calendar. SMES attracted over 8,000 visitors and 85 companies at its launch and was covered by more than 90 international and regional media outlets. More than a dozen official delegations from Arab and friendly nations including Ministers attended SMES.
SMES comprehensively covers important facets of homeland security-related equipment and solutions including technologies in border control and management, internal security, critical infrastructure protection, and counterterrorism.
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Mr. Daniel Wagner, INEGMA Non-Resident Scholar and Managing Director of Country Risk Solutions (CRS), a political and economic risk consultancy based in Connecticut (USA), Mr.Tyler Rouillard, Research Analyst, CRS.
"We are implementing a policy of vision - and that vision is soft power, mediation, engagement and peace.
