365 Risk Solutions & SWAT Defcon to participate in 2008 African Peacekeeping Summit

(PRLEAP.COM) Chad Thomas, CEO of 365 Risk Solutions (Pty) Ltd, announced today that 365 Risk Solutions (Pty) Ltd, together with strategic partners SWAT Deftac CC, would participate, exhibit and co-sponsor the 3rd Annual Peacekeeping Africa Summit 2008 to be held 12, 13, 14 & 15 February 2008 at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, South Africa.

The summit aims to address issues such as Practical Peacekeeping, as well as Stability and Rehabilitation Strategies to Improve Peacekeeping Operations in Africa.

The Line-Up of Speakers includes, inter alia, the following –

1. Deputy Minister Aziz Pahad, Department of Foreign Affairs South Africa
2. Lt General M Shali, Chief of the Defence Force, Namibian Defence Force
3. Naval Captain Ike Kwantwi-Mensah, Chief Instructor (Naval Faculty),
Ghana Armed Forces Command & Staff College
4. Lt Colonel (Retd) Mamadou Mbaye, African Standby Force Specialist, Peace Support Operation Division, African Union
5. Mike Fryer, Assistant Commissioner, South African Police Services (SAPS)
6. Brigadier Silver Kayemba, Chief Operations on Training, Uganda Peoples Defence Force
7. Major General O B Tiroyamodimo, Commander: Defence Logistics Command (BDF),
Botswana Defence Force
8. Major General Patrick Cammaert, Former General Officer Commanding: Eastern Division, Kisangani, United Nations Organisation Mission in the Republic of the Congo
Major General Olasiende Ishola Williams, Nigerian Army General (RET), Former Commander of the Nigerian Amy Signal Corps and Chief of Operations, Nigerian Armed Forces
10. Brigadier General Mike Lee, USA (Retd), Vice President, Global Security Systems,
Lockheed Martin
11. Petronella Kabamba, Chief Air Traffic Controller, Zambia Air Force
12. Dr Eddy Maloka, Advisor: Governance & Public Administration, NEPAD Secretariat
13. Bernard Odendaal, Defence Analyst, Defence Institute South Africa
14. Kwesi Aning, Head, Conflict Prevention, Management & Resolution Department (CPMRD) & Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAPITEC)
15. Doug Brooks, President, International Peace Operations Association (IPOA)
16. Amii Omara-Otunnu, D.Phil. (Oxon.), UNESCO Chair-holder & Executive Director, UNESCO Institute of Comparative Human Rights, Executive Director, UConn-ANC Partnership & Professor of History
17. Cedric de Coning, Research Fellow: ACCORD & NUPI
18. Thomas Lewis, Director, International Business Development, Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems
19. Virginia Gamaba, Head: International Peace and Cooperation Programme, Senior Analyst on Peace and Security, SAFERAFRICA
20. Professor Theo Neethling, Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
21. Charmaine Estmen, Conflict and Governance Facility (CAGE)
22. Martin Reeves, Resource Manager, Defence Institute South Africa
23. Kempton Cannons, Director Business Development, Savi Technology A Lockheed Martin Company
24. Andrew Carswell, “Regional Delegate to the Armed & Security Forces, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean”, International Committee of the Red Cross
25. Hennie Oosthuizen, Defence Analyst, Defence Institute South Africa

The summit is a must for all governments, parastatal organizations and private individuals involved with peacekeeping operations in Africa.

Both 365 Risk solutions (Pty) Ltd as well as SWAT Deftac CC are proud to be associated with such a prestigious event and look forward to meeting and welcoming the delegates from all over the World.

For more info:

SWAT Defcon CC
Rob McCullum
www.swat.co.za
Tel. +27114440656
Fax +27114440657
Email: rob@swat.co.za

365 Risk Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Chad Thomas
www.365risk.co.za
Tel. +27116150455
Fax +27116155317
Email: sarisk@trisecsecurity.eu

Conference Organisers – IQPC South Africa
Wesley Stevens
www.peacekeepingafrica.com
Tel +27116695000
Fax +27116695067
Email: Wesley.stevens@iqpc.co.za

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