European Urban Safety Conference - October 26th-27th 2009

Welcome to Solna's European Urban Safety Conference

2009-09-21T10:05:00.004+02:00

Register here!

2009-09-21T10:03:00.002+02:00

REGISTER HERE!
http://eventus.trippus.se/eusc2009

First 100 tickets for € 220! (Regular price € 270)
It's optional to register for entire conference or specific seminars.

European Urban Safety Conference Programme

2009-09-07T11:43:00.005+02:00

Professor Paul Ekblom confirmed

2009-06-25T13:23:00.001+02:00

We are glad to confirm that Professor Paul Ekblom will participate in the European Urban Safety Conference.

Paul Ekblom gained his PhD in psychology at University College London. As researcher in the UK Home Office, Paul worked on a range of crime prevention projects, horizon-scanning, Design against Crime and developing the professional discipline and knowledge management of crime prevention. Paul has worked with EU Crime Prevention Network, Europol, UN and Council of Europe. He is currently Professor and Co-Director of the University of the Arts London Research Centre on Design Against Crime, at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Here, he works on design and evaluation of products, places, systems and communications and continues to develop practical conceptual frameworks for general crime prevention.

During the conference professor Paul Ekblom will talk about "Rebuilding Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design… developing new concepts and language for practice, research and theory".

Overall items on the program

2009-06-25T12:58:00.002+02:00

Moderator, Per Lagerström, Mälardalsrådet

The dangers of the padded world. A discussion about the security junkie syndrome. David Eberhard

Inaguration, Lars-Erik Salminen, mayor of Solna

Anders Ekegren – deputy mayor of Solna

Arion Chryssafis – chairman of Solna safety council

Program on the theme large sports events and prevention

2009-06-25T12:54:00.003+02:00

Prevention of violence in sports
Cooperation between local authority and football club. Manuel Comeron, City of Liège and Fan Coaching

GOAL-project
EFUS The role of local authorities in relations to sports events and prevention

Swedbank Arena in Solna
Planning and building a new national arena for football and other events.

Sports Youth Brandenburg
Guido Cools presents Brandenburg street soccer project.

Program on the theme City development and safety

2009-06-24T10:37:00.012+02:00

European roles and standards in urban management and crime prevention
Presented by the Italian Forum, "Planning urban design and management for urban crime", Professor Clara Cardia from the Politecnic University of Milan, director of the laboratory on urban management and crime prevention.

Urban safety from a gender perspective
City of Vienna “Co-ordination Office for Planning and Construction Geared to the Requirements of Daily Life and Specific Needs of Women”.

Safe living handbook
" Bo Tryggt 05" Stockholm Police Department Järvastaden, City of Solna

Urban development and youth activities
City of Rotterdam

Professor Paul Ekblom
Rebuilding Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design… developing new concepts and language for practice, research and theory

European Urban Safety Conference

2009-06-24T10:28:00.000+02:00

This autumn Sweden holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union. A large number of the official meetings will be held here in Solna. We would like to take this opportunity to focus on safety issues and are going to arrange a European Urban Safety Conference in cooperation with the European Forum for Urban Safety, EFUS, on October 26th -27th 2009.

General aim

The European Urban Safety Conference will address the challenges in maintaining safety in urban areas and highlight the role of local actors in prevention.

The aim of the conference is to offer a forum for transfer of knowledge and exchange of experience on various aspects of urban safety.

Main themes

The main themes of the European Urban Safety Conference are:
• City development and safety
• Large sports events and prevention

Target group

The target group of the conference is local politicians and officials on safety, citydevelopment and crimeprevention in European cities.

Sitevisits and social activitiesIn addition to the program, Solna plan to arrange site visits to activities connected to the conference themes as well as a range of social activities.

Exhibition

During the conference is it possible for partners to display projects and activities in an exhibition area witch is located within the conference area.
Further information will be published soon.