Camden Door Controls, a premier provider of door activation, control and locking products, is proud to bring to market its Virtual Trade Show booth. While the COVID-19 era has prompted many companies to enhance their online presence, the Camden Virtual booth is unlike any other experience to hit the industry. It is built using Augmented Video Reality (AVR) – a software application that adds a layer of computer interface on top of a pre-recorded video presentation. Camden sales representative The tour, led by David Price, Camden’s VP of Corporate Communications & Business Development, allows visitors to interact via various icons and texts that appear on the screen. These include a Features, Info, Demo and Navigate option. Visitors can opt to view detailed specs or see a close-up product demonstration The Features portion of the tour includes a hosted tour and overview of Camden’s wide range of product offerings. Visitors can opt to view detailed specs or see a close-up product demonstration. The Next icon allows them to see and get acquainted with the next product highlighted in the tour, as well as request a Zoom Chat with a Camden sales representative, if desired. Visitors can click on any of these icons anytime through their tour or pause it at any time. Highest level of service The Virtual Trade Show booth, which is accessible directly from the homepage of Camden’s website, showcases products from each of Camden’s product categories, including its award-winning Kinetic. ‘power harvesting’ wireless system, and wide range of No-Touch/Low Touch solutions. “We are very excited to provide this groundbreaking Augmented Video Reality Virtual Trade Show booth presentation,” Price says. “Camden has always been and continues to be on the cutting edge of innovation. This launch is indicative of our ongoing commitment to provide our customers with the highest level of service.”

Energy is the pulse of day-to-day life, but the drive for net zero will require a massive change in the way one creates and use it. With new technologies and complex integration needed, it is increasingly clear that there is one important factor in making the future integrated energy systems work: data. That is the thinking behind the 14 January All-Energy/Dcarbonise webinar sponsored by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and chaired by Laura Sandys CBE, Chair of the Government’s Energy Data Taskforce and Non-Executive Director, SGN & Energy System Catapult and with an impressive panel of speakers from BEIS, Ofgem, UKRI, Grid Edge and Kaluza. Distributed energy Already, smart technology is entering our homes, and companies are using big data to respond better to consumer preferences. In the new energy future, distributed energy will clearly play a role. People are learning that digital technologies can make distributed energy the cheapest and cleanest form of energy. Local energy systems UKRI’s Prospering from the Energy Revolution program is pioneering the data-enabled systems approach to unlock the benefits of smart local energy systems. These systems improve the efficiency of existing infrastructure, capture value, and provide local jobs, helping to distribute prosperity; while society gains clean, cheap energy delivered in ways that suit modern net zero lives, lived locally. Speakers Dinker Bhardwaj, Head of Data Policy, Smart Energy, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Steven Steer, Head of Data, Ofgem Rob Saunders, Challenge Director, Prospering from the Energy Revolution, UKRI Dr. Jim Scott, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Grid Edge Valts Grintals, Senior Flexibility Analyst, Kaluza Discussion panel and topics “Having held 26 webinars in a six-month period in 2020, viewed live or on-demand 17,100 times, we are breaking our followers in gently with just one webinar in January,” explained Portfolio and Event Director, Jonathan Heastie of Reed Exhibitions. The session brings together the government, the energy disruptors, and the regulators to discuss: How could better energy data satisfy both households and industry? What policies and regulations are needed to support innovative data-based solutions to provide new services? How can one ensure these innovations benefit diverse consumers, and protect everyone against emerging risks? What data frameworks are needed to enable local infrastructure investment and innovation at scale and pace in different places? Acknowledgment Jonathan Heastie continued, “We are grateful to UKRI for their on-going sponsorship. Their earlier webinar, ‘UKRI’s Road to Net Zero: Investing for Innovation’ held as part of our November All-Energy/Dcarbonise Virtual Summit is available for on-demand viewing.” “We look forward to welcoming their speakers and our audience on 14 January and, in the meantime, wish you all a happy holiday period and hope for some degree of normality to return in the New Year.” “We will be staging All-Energy and the co-located Dcarbonise at Glasgow’s SEC on 18 and 19 August. The Call for Papers is open on the All-Energy website at www.all-energy.co.uk with a closing date of 31 March 2021.”

Intersec Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom’s largest trade fair for security, safety, and fire protection, will take place in September 2021, organizer ACE Group announced. The 4th edition of the three-day event, licensed by Dubai-headquartered Messe Frankfurt Middle East, will take place from 19–21 September 2021 at the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center. The annual exhibition and conference were originally scheduled to take place in March 2021, however ongoing restrictions on events along with travel and cargo constraints in the Kingdom remain in place going into the New Year. Plan & Prepare Alexandria Robinson, Intersec Saudi Arabia’s Show Director, said, “While it is disappointing that we have to move Intersec Saudi Arabia to September 2021, this will ensure the Kingdom is fully open for business and allows us more time to plan and prepare to reconnect our stakeholders in a safe and secure environment.” “Intersec Saudi Arabia is an important and growing show, uniquely positioned to reflect Saudi’s vital security, safety, and fire protection industries, and one where international solution providers look to make inroads in a thriving market,” added Ms. Robinson. Supported by key government entities Intersec Saudi Arabia is supported by key government entities including Saudi Civil Defense, and the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO), together with the industry at large. More than 120 exhibitors from 20 countries are expected to participate next year, while the customarily wide range of value-added conferences covering much-needed discussions and topics will also return. Revenue estimation Saudi is the Middle East’s largest commercial security, fire protection, and safety market, and even with COVID-19, it is estimated to be worth US$9.6 billion in 2020 according to analysts 6Wresearch. Homeland security and policing will hold the lion’s share of spending this year, at US$5.4 billion. This is followed by information security (US$2.8 billion), commercial security (US$892 million), fire safety (US$309 million), and physical and perimeter protection (US$227 million).

Dahua Technology, the globally renowned video-centric smart IoT solutions and services provider, announced that the company successfully held the online Dahua Technology Partner Day 2020 event on December 1, 2020 with 26 technology partners. IoT and security solutions  Dahua showcased its ecosystem in the EMEA region, while the partners brought solutions in the field of security and IoT, taking interoperability to the next level. Openness and cooperation is always Dahua's core values. Together with technology partners, Dahua Technology is building an ecosystem, which provides solutions that suit different scenarios to global customers. Dahua Technology Partner Day is the icon of the ecosystem, and also a stage that display the joint solutions to customers. Dahua Technology Partner Day 2020 This event served as a technological and commercial hub for end-users and integrators Dahua Technology Partner Day 2020 has attracted over 2500 professional participants from traffic and infrastructures, healthcare, retail and residential industries. Themed with ‘Smarter Together’, this event served as a technological and commercial hub for end-users and system-integrators from different markets. Jason Zhao, Dahua Vice President & General Manager of Overseas Business, gave the opening speech focusing on ‘How can interoperability add value to security and IoT industries’. Jason said, “Welcome to Dahua Technology Partner Day 2020. Technology helps us support and maintain the functioning of our industries, but there´s room for more efficiency. That’s where interoperability comes in. We can make different devices and solutions talk to each other, and even go far beyond a standard integration and develop unique features. We believe in interoperability, Smarter Together.” Exploring diverse business opportunities 26 partners then showcased their solutions in the main auditorium and six different break-out rooms, and explored new and diverse business opportunities by chatting with participants in the partner hub. Mr. Alfonso Castaño, President at ASIS International Spain, gave his recognition to Dahua Technology. He said, “Last year, I’ve attended to Dahua Partner Day 2019, which is impressive, technological, and educational, and was later awarded Best Security Event in 2019. Dahua Technology is more than a supplier, but a trusted partner. This year’s Dahua partner day demonstrates even more joint solutions, and is a good opportunity to witness the development of Dahua Ecosystem.” Integrated solutions for higher efficiency Integrated solutions bring a higher efficiency and enable a faster and more accurate analysis. In its quest for more interoperability, Dahua Technology hopes to convey the message to the industries through Dahua Technology Partner Day 2020.

As International Security Week (ISWeek), 30 November – 3 December 2020, draws closer, experienced names in the industry are preparing to join together to dissect recent incidents of terrorism and how to combat extremism while protecting national assets. International Security Week The International Security Week marks five years since the shocking series of coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris, France which tragically killed 130 people. Recent incidents in Nice, France and Vienna, Austria have been a stark reminder that extremism and terrorism remains a key issue for nations, even during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ISWeek will bring panels of counter terror experts together to look at how the industry can better share intelligence ISWeek, which incorporates International Security Expo (ISE), International Cyber Expo (ICE) and International Disaster Response Expo (IDR), will bring panels of counter terror experts together to look at how the industry can better share intelligence and best practice. Key insights on counter terrorism During Day One, sponsored by HS Security, attendees will hear from ex-jihadi Aimen Dean, who eventually defected to pass information to UK intelligence on Al-Qaeda’s networks and plots. He will explain how the Islamist movement is evolving in the wake of COVID-19. Steve Rodhouse, Director of General Operations will share perspectives from the National Crime Agency (NCA) on what will be the most pressing serious and organized crime to tackle in 2021. Balancing protection and access control Earlier this month, the UK’s alert level was raised to ‘severe’, and Niall Griffin, Hardstaff Barriers - Representing HS Security, a Division of Hill & Smith PLC, will explain why identification of risk and the implementation of measures must be managed carefully. Fay Tennet, Deputy Director of Security Operations at the Houses of Parliament will join a panel to deliberate the balance between protecting locations and ensuring it remains accessible for the general public. Steve Cooper OBE, Chief Operating Officer at Apstec Systems will speak to acclaimed security and intelligence journalist, Philip Ingram MBE about security screening in the post-pandemic era. Protecting Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) Mitigating the threats to Critical National Infrastructure requires careful policy and implementation Mitigating the threats to Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) requires careful policy and implementation. Justin Lowe, industry renowned expert in cyber resilience of energy and utilities and critical infrastructures and Senior Home Office Official, Shaun Hipgrave will take part in a panel discussion on Day Three, which focuses on Protecting Critical National Infrastructure & crowded places and adapting Law and Order, sponsored by Apstec Systems. Intelligence sharing in the Digital Age Intelligence sharing is made easier in the Digital Age, but Commissioner, Ian Dyson of the City of London Police will look at the impact of Brexit on the UK’s ability to share data with European and International colleagues and the solutions being put into place to continue effective transnational communication. Nineteen Events Ltd.’s Event Director, Rachael Shattock said “With 13 national infrastructure sectors in the UK, there is a tremendous amount for security professionals to consider when protecting a country’s way of life. That’s why we’re delighted to offer such a diverse range of voices at ISWeek in 2020, providing their experience in the fields of law and order, CNI protection and counter terrorism.” Rachael adds, “There are just days left to register to attend, so we encourage everyone in the industry to sign up today to access all of the fantastic content, as well as an exclusive report into the State of Security by Westlands Advisory.” Combined ISE, ICE and IDR events in one week Incorporating International Security Expo (ISE), International Cyber Expo (ICE) and International Disaster Response Expo (IDR), ISWeek will be filmed in a television studio setting, with high production value. Leading experts from around the globe will be interviewed by veteran security and intelligence journalist, Philip Ingram MBE, during high-level interactive panel discussions and ‘fireside chats’.