For fifteen years, the Latin American Security Association has been working on "missionary work" of Electronic Security. Today, with nearly 500 partners and more than 7000 graduates, we continue to build a history where ALAS remains in a constant process of transformation to preserve the positioning of our industry in the region, which has been obtained thanks to the cooperation of all.
Every year there are new challenges and better results, and 2012 was no exception, as we have entrepreneurial, innovative and leading companies in their businesses, as well as a staff and board of directors more committed than ever.
That is why it is gratifying to deliver for the first time to active and inactive members, our Annual Management Report, which presents the growth of ALAS during the year that culminated and ratifies that we are on the way to be the benchmark of our field in Latin America.
In this report you will find the activities carried out, the results of the operations in 2012 in the different areas of work and the behavior of the different products and services of the Association, such as:
* Memberships
* Courses
* Management Summit
* Technological Meetings
* Active participation in the most important fairs and events
* Marketing strategies and behavior on the web
We will also look at the 32-page brochure, the evolution of WINGS in recent years, new benefits and courses, and the main projections for 2013. And may this be the opportunity to thank the partners who supported this project with their institutional notices: Anixter, Axis, Bosch, Came Americas, HID, Honeywell Fire Systems, Milestone Systems, NVT, Samsung Techwin, Scati, Segware and Tyco Security Products.
Thanks to their participation we managed to produce it in Spanish, English and Portuguese, and deliver it throughout the American continent, in the exhibitions where we participated in April (SICUR Latin America, ISC West, ISC Brazil and Expo Seguridad Mexico), in each company, in each office, in each workplace.
Thanks a lot
Ing. Eduardo Vargas,
President ALAS
Events that unite the industry
April was a month of great events in the industry, and thanks to the efforts of the entities and companies that support us, the Association was able to actively participate and obtain excellent results. It is gratifying to inform you what these moments were and the achievements achieved in each of them:
ALAS Technological Meeting in Bogotá
On April 4, at the Hotel Dann Norte Bogotá, the ALAS Technological Meeting was held, which was sponsored by Anixter, Axis, Came, Notifier by Honeywell Fire Systems and NVT.
This Technological Meeting was held with the aim of promoting a space for business among the participants, publicizing the latest trends in the electronic security industry, and having a more precise approach with the partners of that country.
This was an event for feedback with WINGS partners and for interaction between entrepreneurs in the electronic security industry in Colombia. In total we have the presence of more than 40 attendees.
Within the program we had included three conferences on current topics of the industry and of general interest.
Conference 1: The unification of Electronic Security marks the new trend of the Industry, dictated by Leonardo Andrés Matiz Peña. ACVS Project and Support Engineer from Navaranda Technology SAS. The highlights of his presentation were:
* Electronic Security Market
* Security Platforms - Automation
* LEED Smart Buildings
*Integration Management Software
* Generating Value to the Security Business
Conference 2: Electronic Security Equal to IT? by Santiago Rivera, Sales Manager of Tyco Security Products. Rivera presented three key moments:
*IP application in today's world
*Security in the IP environment
*Unification of safety subsystems
Conference 3: Infrastructure for integral security focused on multipurpose security solutions, presented by Rafael Padilla. Padilla in his speech stated:
* Economic Opportunity
* IP Video, High Resolution, IPoC, VSaaS
* Convergence in progress
* Simplify Migration
But here we do not stop, we will have more Technological Meetings, schedule:
* May: Panama:
* July: Guatemala
* September: Peru
* November: Dominican Republic
We were present with a stand at four Security fairs: SICUR Latin America, ISC West, ISC Brazil and Expo Seguridad Mexico.
SICUR Latin America, April 3 to 5: With FISA, the entity that organizes this fair, we reached a strategic agreement and had a stand. Jennifer Cardona, commercial director of the Association was on behalf of ALAS interacting with the partners of Cono Sur and looking for new alliances to reactivate activities in this country. Among the activities carried out by Cardona, we highlight the meeting at the Palacio de la Moneda with the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security of Chile.
ISC West, April 10-12: For the first time we had a booth at ISC West (Las Vegas), which is a milestone for what this fair represents for the security industry of our continent. There Jennifer Cardona, Luz Adriana Alvarez and Víctor Alarcón visited the partners, sought new alliances and promoted the activities of ALAS during the year. It should be noted that relations with the organizers of this ISC Events fair were strengthened and in 2014 we will have many surprises for Latinos in Las Vegas.
ISC Brazil, April 16 to 18: As every year we cover this very important front that is Brazil, this security fair is the most important in this country and was held at the Expo Center Norte in São Paulo. Víctor Alarcón attended on behalf of the Association. In Brazil we are on the right track to reactivate the work of the Association.
Expo Seguridad México, April 23-25: This particular fair allowed us more feedback with partners and further strengthened relations with ALAS Mexico, who held a cocktail for chapter members on the first day of the Expo.
Every year, ALAS and the magazine VENTAS DE SEGURIDAD share the stand at Expo Seguridad Mexico, as well as at other security fairs in Latin America, and with this new edition of the fair we returned again with the live and live transmission via streaming through the websites of both companies.
We broadcast live and live many of the events of one of the most important fairs of the security industry in Latin America, from Centro Banamex in Mexico City.
The webcasts that took place on the three days of the fair from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. had in their total programming with:
* 12 informative broadcasts where news from the exhibitors and the industry in general, videos of the different security systems and success stories of the main manufacturing companies were presented.
* Nearly 40 interviews with special guests of the industry where topics of general interest, regulations, citizen security, technological trends, markets with a focus on the current dynamics of the industry in the region, among others, were discussed.
Thank you to all those who supported us in these activities, to those who visited us at each of the events and to the organizers of these fairs because these spaces help ALAS to reach its partners and the industry in general to fulfill our mission.
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