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Post-Conference Workshop: Thursday, April 27th, 2006

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Automation as a key to a safer and more secure building. Approaches to Integration of Security, Safety and Communications in Buildings – Considerations of reality, practicality and code

Building operators and contractors are on the front line of defence against threats, both internal and external. Building protection is a real issue, and preparing for potential risks will force building owners to re-evaluate their systems.
New technologies can dramatically improve your security systems by integrating life safety systems, fire protection, and emergency response capabilities, and provide defensive approaches to building design and planning.
This half-day workshop is designed to provide you with the strategies you need to integrate the most effective security and emergency response system available. This interactive workshop will introduce you to the latest thinking and tools to meet the significantly heightened expectations of tenants, employees, other building occupants, and key stakeholders.

Develop better strategies to:

• Understand mechanical systems operation and building security and life safety systems methodologies
• Determine a building’s protective capability and identify potential weak spots and problem areas
• Develop internal and external strategies to communicate with employees, tenants, and first responders in times of emergency
• Enhance protection with architectural and mechanical design features and automated systems
• Establish the best method of access control and monitoring for your building
• Investigate the impact of new and changing building codes and learn how they will affect your plans
• Perform a threat and risk analysis
• Assess your business continuity options

At the end of the workshop, you will come away with a better understanding of how technology can enhance your safety and security plans. You will gain strategies to integrate the latest technologies available while improving your automated security systems and to keep your business running during worst-case scenarios.

About your Workshop Leader:

Dr. Frank Spitzer, Consulting Electrical Engineer, IBI GROUP

Frank Spitzer is a Professional Consulting Electrical Engineer with over 30 years experience who has specialized in Building Systems Integration. He has been involved in many projects merging the concepts of communications with building operation, security and safety into a single solution. Dr. Spitzer holds a Ph.D. in high voltage engineering. He was the primary researcher who participated in the development of the Technology Roadmap for Intelligent Buildings Technologies for Industry Canada and CABA. This project has brought together his and many other participants’ skills in order to chart the future for the “intelligent building”.