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Nick Aldworth, former UK CT National Coordinator for Protect and Prepare and London’s CT
Protective Security and Preparedness Lead during the 2017 terrorist attacks joined Figen on stage.
In 2019, Nick joined forces with Figen and Brendan Cox to campaign for the UK Protect Duty, a
law requiring venue operators to consider the risk of terrorist attacks and to take measures
proportionate to the risk to protect the public.

Other key speakers included: Dr David Rubens, CEO of the Deltar Group and Executive Director
of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM), Amy Norton, Head of Equality, Diversity
and Inclusion at the Office for Students, Detective Inspector Steve Leach who is part of the team
that was responsible for creating the force-wide Cyber Crime Unit, Tim Lambon, CRISIS24
Director, Special Risks Response, Nicky Old is Director of External Relations at Universities UK
and Liam Watson from Drugstraining.com.

AUCSO Chair, Les Allan said: “The
AUCSO 36th Annual Conference
was an outstanding success and I
would like to extend our gratitude to
everyone involved in the behind-the-
scenes preparation for the event.
This includes our sponsors and
exhibitors for their support, the
guest speakers for their time and
willingness to engage with AUCSO,
but most of all to our delegates for
continuing to participate in our
Association and support our continued growth year-on-year.

“We are especially pleased that our engagement with speakers at our Conference is leading to
new and enhanced collaborations with Universities UK, The Office for Students and the Suzie
Lamplugh Trust.”

Laurence Perkins, Head of Security at the University of Leicester and AUCSO Midlands Region
Chair said: “It was fantastic to be able to attend an in-person AUCSO Conference for the first time
since pre-pandemic. Nothing beats engaging with colleagues and listening to speakers
throughout the conference program, and it truly was a well organised, thought-provoking event.”

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