Organizers Profile

The Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf is the center of the scientific area Düsseldorf. It encloses the following faculties with ca. 18.000 students:

• Faculty of Law
• Economic Faculty
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• Faculty of Medicine

The Conference of Municipal Authorities (Deutscher Städtetag) is the largest municipal central organization in Germany. It encloses over 5.500 cities and communities with 51 million inhabitants.

The Working Group for Security in Economy (ASW e.V.) was founded by the central organizations of economy and the regional organizations for security in economy. It represents the security issues of economy in politics and administration and supports the cooperation between economy and government.

The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) Herzliya, Israel, is a research institute and think tank dedicated to developing innovative public policy solutions to international terrorism. The Policy Institute applies an integrated, solutions-oriented approach built on a foundation of real world and practical experience.

The Working Group Protection of Infrastructures (AKSIS) aims on the analysis of interdependences between information technology and the fields of traffic, energy, public finance, telecommunication, security services, economy and administration. It works out solutions for protection, reaction and interdisciplinary security management.