www.GPEC.de www.-EXHIBITION.eu 2012 GPEC General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference®

7th International Exhibition & Conference for Police and Special Equipment 11 - 13 September 2012, Leipzig,

Patron: Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich, German Federal Minister of the Interior

GPEC General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference® is Europe's leading closed specialized trade fair exclusively for members of authorities. In 2010, 475 companies displayed the latest products and technologies to over 6,000 visitors from authorities in more than 50 countries, continuing the year on year growth. A broad programme of fringe events with conferences, seminars and working group meetings round out GPEC® .

Venue and date Venue Leipzig Trade Fair, Leipzig, Germany Hall 2 Entrance CCL, Congress Center Leipzig

Opening hours 11th , 12 th and 13 th September 2012 daily 0900 - 1700 hrs Visitor and exhibitor information For exhibitor registration, prices and all additional details log onto www.POLICE-EXHIBITION.eu Organiser Exhibition & Marketing Wehrstedt GmbH Hagenbreite 9 06463 Falkenstein/Harz, OT Ermsleben / Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 34 743 - 62 092 Fax: +49 (0) 34 743 - 62 091 E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: www.police-exhibition.eu GPEC General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference® GPEC General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference® is Europe's leading closed police and security fair. The focus lies on the business with police equipment, security technology and services and related education and training.Acongress and lecture programme rounds out GPEC® . This event that isunique in Central Europe addresses the following target groups:

? Police ? Government Services andAgencies ? Border Guard ? Special Forces ? Customs and Financial Bodies ? Military Police ? Prison Service and Justice ? Gendarmerie and Infantry

GPEC® takes place every two years in Germany since the year 2000 and reaches executives, technicians, procurement officers, instructors and end users at international, national and regional level. Members of parliament responsible for security tasks or budget matters are also admitted. GPEC® is the branch meeting place and international platform for the exchange between authorities, manufacturers, agents and service providers. Organiser is Exhibition & Marketing Wehrstedt GmbH. GPEC® offers ? as leading exhibition the whole spectrum of current equipment and future technologies ? the focal point with satellite fringe events of conferences and special meetings on internal security ? the branch meeting place for manufacturers and agents with executives and decision-makers for procurement matters as well as with end users ? an international platform with exhibitors, delegations and professional visitors from Europe and other countries ? the indispensable basis for product and business development between industry and authorities ? about 500 exhibitors at 20,000 sqm exhibit space in hall 2 and an adjacent Congress Center of Leipzig Trade Fair ? convenient location as regards transport facilities (plane, train and car) including spacious parking and loading possibilities Product groups of the exhibition ? C4I systems, forensic IT research ? Task force technology ? Safety, observation and surveillance technology ? Clothing, personal equipment, body armour, ballistic protection ? Criminal investigation and detection of narcotics ? Non-lethal and self-defence , small arms, ammunition, ? NBC protection and explosives disposal services pyrotechnics ? Vehicle technology (land, air, sea), ? First aid and rescue equipment traffic control and road safety equipment ? Authorities and organizations, education, training, logistics, selected ? Aviation security technology media Fringe events (as of 1st Januar 2012) ? Alternative drive concepts for police and other official cars; Conference by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (in German only) ? Current developments in police technologies; Conference by the Institute for Police Technology (PTI) of the German Police University (by invitation only) ? Research and developments for aviation security - Status and future; Conference by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (in German only) ? Kripo Inter 2012: and money laundering; Conference by the Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter (Union of German CID) ? Ballistic protection - Lessons learnt, new concepts, research; Conference (in German only) ? Current problems with tenders for police and other authorities; Procurement seminar (in German only) ? Intelligence and research support systems; Workshop (closed participant circles) ? Meeting of the Working Group "National Crisis Management" under leadership of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, with representatives from all German federal ministries and the Chancellor's office (closed participant circle) ? Impaired judgement in traffic due to psycho-active agents; Seminar (in German only) ? Current tasks in erecting the digital radio network for authorities with security tasks; Seminar (in German only) ? Workshop for Special Forces, SWATs and other specialised task force units (closed participant circle) ? Presentations and discussions in the Forum (in German language): German , Feldjäger (German Military Police), Public Order Support Forces (Police) of the Länder, Customs, Project EasyPASS, Phenomenon Internet Crime, Information Model Police 2.0, Lectures by exhibitors ? Product presentations and instructions by exhibitors and authorities in the exhibition hall and at the outdoor area

Details and additional events at www.POLICE-EXHIBITION.eu Honour Board Advisory Board Office General (ret.) Ulrich K. Wegener, Director in the Federal Police Achim Friedl, Leitender Polizeidirektor (ret.) Martin Textor, Creator of GSG 9 and its first commander; Head of DivisionB6-Technology and logistics; former commander SEK (SWAT) and head of Commander Border Guard Command West command, control and operational equipment and department at the State Investigation supplies at the Federal Ministry of the Interior Bureau Berlin

President of Police (ret.) H.-U. Herzberg, former leader of the SEK (SWAT) unit of Baden-Wuerttemberg; President of Police of the Free State of Saxony

LRBD (ret.) Dipl.-Phys. Hans R. Damm, former Head of the Institute for Police Technology Retrospection GPEC® 2010 At GPEC General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference® 2010 6,204 professional visitors from 58 countries met with 475 exhibitors (320 national and 155 international ones) from 24 countries from 5 continents and informed themselves about developments, technologies and trends in the field of police and special equipment. The visit by security experts from 58 countries shows clearly that GPEC® has further strengthened and extended its position as Europe’s biggest closed specialized trade fair for police and special equipment.

GPEC® 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 Visitors / Countries 2.950 / 35 3.441 / 40 4.678 / 48 6.093 / 48 5.971 / 62 6.204 / 58

th Exhibitors / Countries 205/12 318/18 440/21 471/26 524/28 475/24

7 International Exhibition & Conference for Police and Special Equipment, Leipzig, Germany, 11 – 13 September 2012