1.INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION: Unity of effort. How can we reconcile potentially competing leadership, missions and resources among first responders, agencies and governments to deliver the most effective management of crises? Federal vs State/local challenges in the US and local/national vs EU challenges in Europe.

2. INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS: Information flows. How we manage information flow among victims, first responders and command and control and how can specific data be managed and shared between them to best effect? How can technology help?

3. CYBERSPACE: Public safety and defence, vulnerabilities and opportunities.

4. POLICYMAKERS AND LEGISLATORS: Policy and legislative innovation as a means to more effective public safety and security. Where are the logjams and how do we break them?

5. UNDERSTANDING RADICALISATION: What is the radicalisation process, what influences idealists to become terrorists and what can we do to dissuade them from pursuing terrorist means?

6. COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND INTELLIGENCE GATHERING: The latest approaches and lessons learned from the cities of North America, Europe and the Middle East.

7. ‘THE WESTERN ALLIANCE’: Strengthening old ties. The stress points - the strong points - the way ahead.

8. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION: Lessons learned and best practices.