The Director of IT for Tesco will deliver a session on cost savings with new ITS installations, and Jamie Bartlett of the Guardian newspaper will present a view on how extremists use social media.

Two central themes for the event will be TETRA vs./with LTE, and the use of social media in critical incidents as well as in daily communication by the services. Cost saving and deployment of constrained resources will inform all debate. Key sessions will include:

• Leading US thinker Robert Le Grande on the path from LMR to Broadband wireless communications. Drawing on experience of the first public safety wireless network in Washington DC, Robert will outline how to prepare for the next generation platform.
• In one of a number of sessions from industry leaders looking at the potential of 4G / LTE; Euros Evans of Airwave and Jeppe Jensen of TCCA will examine the potential and the dependencies of LTE for public safety, considering both voice and data requirements. This session will involve an open discussion of control room and information management requirements in both fixed and mobile environments.
• Future predictions for telecoms in 2012 - unraveling the complexities around the Public Protection and Disaster Relief spectrum issue; does ICT help or hinder in bridging the funding gap in the UK and Europe? Titled 'Beyond our Wildest Dreams?', this session will take a wide-ranging look at how 2012 may shape up.
• The closing social media session on Tuesday 17th April will offer a high level panel discussion on the many challenges facing all services and agencies dealing with emergency communications. Panelists will bring a wide range of opinion and experience to the table, and delegates should expect rigorous debate and some difference of opinion!

See the full programme here

Passes for the Development Sessions include free entry to the Exhibition, offering the opportunity to see and assess the future public safety communications systems, services and technologies from 100 leading suppliers.
For further information and to register for the event, please visit www.bapco.co.uk