Latin America. On July 25 and 26, the eighth edition of the ALAS Management Summit was held in the city of Miami. The event had the expectation of continuing to grow with respect to its previous version, in which the 20 years of the Association were celebrated.
To begin with, speaking of numbers, the Summit had more than 300 attendees represented in more than 20 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Puerto Rico and Venezuela).
In the exhibition hall, there was the presence of 32 brands that showed their technological innovations to the attendees and were able to open and close businesses. In addition, 10 media and allies also had their space to exhibit, added to the nearly 15 who joined the event in other face-to-face and non-face-to-face contexts.
The opening was in charge of the words of the president of ALAS, Francisco Ramírez, who highlighted the presence of the different personalities of the Latin American governments that were at the event, the representatives of various higher education entities and many more allies who answered the call of ALAS.
In addition, more than 20 experts were invited to star in an academic agenda that developed as follows:
Conferences:
After the opening and the official cutting of the ribbon, the agenda began with the conference of Christian Visval, CEO of the Segurança Eletrônica Magazine, who before the completely full room spoke from his personal experience with the presentation "Three tools for success".
Diego de León, director for Central America of Potenttial Group and Neurona Digital, gave the conference "DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AS A BUSINESS STRATEGY".
Leopoldo Uprimny, Director of E-motion Corporation and representative for Colombia of the Center for Body Language gave one of the most striking lectures of the event: BODY LANGUAGE, THE TRUTH BEHIND THE WORDS.
Fernando Herrera, director at Telefonica USA Alliances & Partnerships, gave the conference CYBERSECURITY AND BLOCKCHAIN: NEW PROMISES TO ATTACK OLD PROBLEMS.
APPLICATIONS OF DRONES IN SECURITY, was in charge of Rafael Padilla, Founder of the Association of Unmanned Aircraft of Colombia.
And again Christian Visval (who was in charge of opening and closing the event) ended the agenda with an intervention on Marketing for the security market.
Panels:
THE FUTURE OF PRIVATE SECURITY IN LATIN AMERICA, with Amílcar Fernández, Superintendent of Private Security of the Dominican Republic, Teodoro Serralde, Deputy General Director of the Planning, Prospective and Private Security Unit CNS Mexico, Aivin Singh, Director of Security of Panama City and as moderator: Carlos Mayorga, Former Superintendent of Private Security of Colombia.
VERTICAL MARKETS: NEW CHALLENGES IN SECURITY. Banking: Giovanni Pichling, OPERATIONS MANAGER ASBANC, Transportation: Eduardo Téllez, President TAPA Mexico Chapter and Director of Security of Liomont, Tourism: Radhamés Martínez, Manager of Institutional Relations Grupo Puntacana and as moderator: Mario Arroyo, Specialist in Security Policies.
FICTION OR REALITY? INTERNATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PANORAMA. Arístides Contreras, Executive President of the Latin American Community of Consultants and Advisors in Risk and Security Management (COLADCA), Jairo Andrés Cáceres, Colonel/Research Professor Of the Superior War School of the Military Forces of Colombia, David Pereira, CEO SecPro Security Professionals. Miller Romero, CEO and Legal Representative Consultants and Auditors in Management SAS - PECB - CANADA. Moderator: Alberto Álvarez, CEO Latin American Security Association (ALAS).
VALUE CHAIN IN THE SECURITY INDUSTRY. The voice of: Manufacturer: Francisco Ramírez of AXIS Communications, Distributor: Pilar Gómez de Anixter, Integrator: Eduardo Espinosa Román, Director of Operations and Service at Logen, End User: Hans-Dieter Mokross, Director of Safety Volkswagen Mexico. Moderator: Max Jaramillo, President of Latinpress.
Workshops:
GENERATION OF TRUST, THE NON-VERBAL SECRET OF THE BEST SELLERS by Leopoldo Uprimny.
STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR PREVENTION OF CRITICAL EVENTS, by Julio César González, Coordinator Specialization in Security Administration Universidad Nueva Granada.
Success stories:
AVELLANEDA SAFE CITY, winner of the first place of ALAS awards in the Public category by Eng. Jorge Filippo.
VIDEO SURVEILLANCE WITH FACIAL RECOGNITION IN URUGUAYAN STADIUMS, winner of the first place of the ALAS awards in the private category, by Germán Ruiz and Matías Nogueira of Herta Latam.
As every year, the awards ceremony of the ALAS AWARDS was held, which seeks to recognize high-impact projects in the public and private sector in the region.
Also, the attendees joined the social responsibility activity, supported by Mission 500, which consisted of assembling backpacks with school kits for children with limited resources. These backpacks were delivered after the event to the Centro Campesino, in the city of Miami.
In addition, the new book by lecturers Marcos Soussa and the MIS Committee (women in the security industry) was launched by its president, Gavy Barret. We were also able to learn how the ALAS Mexico committee was formed and Al Portal was publicly recognized for its 42 years of experience and contribution to the industry.
All of the above shows that the Summit is an event that has many condiments and that is why it is so attractive for those who decide to say "present".
The balance of the event is highly positive for all those who were part of it, but of course, it leaves challenges to continue improving and consolidating it as one of the most relevant meetings of security in Latin America and the Caribbean.
