It was a great opportunity to meet security research stakeholders from across Europe to learn and share innovations that contributes to society protection from radicalization, crises, terrorism, especially in the field of CBRN threats.
Our team had several interesting and inspiring conversations with colleagues implementing security research projects funded under the Horizon Framework Programmes, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management.
During the conference, on top of our regular discussions on fighting crime and terrorism, border management and disaster resilience, the organizers attempted to answer the question of how to strengthen Europe's strategic autonomy.
The SRE exhibition illustrates the main themes of the event with more than 50 booths presenting selected security research projects funded under the Horizon Framework Programmes, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument. Institutional booths showcasing activities of the European Commission and EU agencies in the field of justice and home affairs will be present as well. The SRE will also be the occasion for this year’s Security Innovation Award ceremony to honour exceptionally innovative research outcomes.
In addition, EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner held his first implementation dialogue on the challenges to the EU’s security industry competitiveness and to the uptake of security innovation. These discussions provided an opportunity to identify ways to improve, simplify, and facilitate the implementation of the EU policy agenda on research and innovation for security.
