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    Video surveillance – what was once most commonly used to record empty spaces - is now much more than that. How can we use video cameras combined with video analytics software to create business value in a totally new way in industries including retail, healthcare, and more?

  • One of Australia’s best-known public intellectuals, Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University speaks about his recently published book “Silent Invasion” in which he outlines China’s interference in the political discourse in Australia, through the use of tied funding, covert and overt acts of interference.

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  • Governments around the world continue to focus on the safety of its citizens, assessing physical risks and vulnerabilities, and other pressing concerns about security. We speak with Ben Loo, Sales Director, Southeast Asia, Briefcam and Tommy Zhu, Senior Analyst, Safe Cities and Video Surveillance, IHS Markit to find out how technological developments can help as we attempt to deal with ever-more complicated security risks.

  • We speak with Nick Kaldas, Adjunct Professor, University of Western Sydney about the continuing rise of hate crimes in Australia.

    Nick Kaldas held two of the most senior roles in the NSW Police Force executive for well over a decade, serving as Deputy Commissioner and prior to that, Assistant Commissioner. He relieved as Commissioner extensively. His career as a NSW Police Officer spanned almost 35 years.

    Nick is currently the Managing Director of a consulting firm, Stratium Global, in Sydney Australia, providing high level security, investigative and governance advice. He holds Adjunct Professorships with Western Sydney University and Charles Sturt University in Australia, as well as lecturing on the National Security College of the Australian National University. He is a member of Operation Kenova’s Independent Steering Committee, the Scotland Yard investigation of numerous murders allegedly committed by the IRA during the ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland.

    Nick was Deputy Commissioner, NSW police Force from 2007 to 2016. He commanded up to 14K staff, and a budget of more than $2 billion. His career has primarily been in major crime investigations and operations, including counter terrorism, protection operations, armed robbery, major drug investigations, covert operations, emergency management, community policing and over a decade in homicide investigations. He was a member of the Australian National Counter Terrorism Committee for 8 years, the peak policy body dealing with Counter Terrorism in Australia. He held the statutory position of State Emergency Operations Controller. He played a key leadership role in protection and related operations in significant national events such as the Sydney Olympics, APEC 2007, World Youth Day, Sydney 2008.

    In 2016-2018, he was the Director of Internal Oversight Services in the United Nations Relief Works Agency, (UNRWA) based in Amman, Jordan, leading investigations, audits, evaluation programs and an Ethics Division. He directed all oversight activities and a reporting regime for a staff of more than 30 thousand, and a budget of over US$2 billion, in five fields: Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, West Bank, and Jordan. He travelled extensively in all five fields.

    Internationally, Nick was Chief of Investigations in the UN/OPCW Joint Investigative Mechanism, (2016) leading the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict; he was also Chief of Investigations, U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, (2009-2010) leading the investigations into the assassinations of P.M. Hariri and 21 others, and Deputy Chief Police Adviser with Coalition Forces in Iraq (2004-5) rebuilding the Iraqi National Police.

    Nick holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Administration, and is a graduate of the FBI’s Hostage Negotiation Program, their Leadership In Counter Terrorism Program, and the FBI National Executive Institute, the peak program for law enforcement executives. He has completed the Australian Institute of Police Management Police Executive Leadership program, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors Program. He has received numerous awards, including the Australian Police Medal, the National medal, the Overseas Humanitarian Service medal, and numerous commendations for outstanding performance of duty here and overseas.

  • IDC predicted organisations in Asia-Pacific would spend as much as US$291.7 billion on the Internet of Things (IoT) in 2019, installing more sensors, cameras and other connected devices. As data generated from IoT sensors increases at a rapid pace, how will we manage this data and information in the most intelligent, smart and secure way?

    In this podcast, we speak with Keven Marier, Director of Technology Business Development, Milestone Systems and Wong Wai King, Sales Director, Oceania, Axis Comms, about the formidable joint forces of video technology and IoT.

  • With the recent unprecedented and sophisticated hack of Australia’s major political parties and at the heart of our democracy by undoubtedly a major state actor, we speak with Elizabeth Bodine-Baron of Rand Corporation (U.S.) about the recent Russian influence campaign to disrupt the U.S. presidential election and the pressing issue of foreign interference through media manipulation on national sovereignty.

    Elizabeth Bodine-Baron is an information scientist specializing in complex networks and systems at the RAND Corporation. She is the associate director of the Force Modernization and Employment Program in Project Air Force and co-directs the RAND Center for Applied Network Analysis and System Science. Her research interests include network analysis and modeling for both domestic and national security issues. Her recent work for the United States Air Force includes analysis of cybersecurity, logistics, targeting and intelligence policy. She has used network analysis of social media data to study violent extremist messaging, Russian propaganda, ISIS support and opposition networks, and information operations. Bodine-Baron received a B.S. in electrical engineering and a B.A. in liberal arts (Plan II Honors) from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology in 2012.

  • In this episode, we speak to Simon Brown-Greaves, former Manager of the Victorian Police Psychology Unit about what drives people to commit mass shooting incidents. During his time with the Victorian Police, Simon responded to, and worked on, a number of mass shooting incidents in the infamous Hoddle Street massacre.

    We speak with Simon about the recent events in Christchurch New Zealand in the hope of better understanding what drives this type of behaviour and what might be done to prevent it in future.