Agenda

Agenda

  • TAPA EMEA 2026 Annual Conference
  • Metronom Theater Oberhausen, 10 & 11 June 2026  
Day 1 – 10 JuneDay 2 – 11 June
TimeSessionTimeSession
09:00Registration & Networking Exhibition Opens08:00Exhibition Opens & Networking
12:00 – 13:00 Networking Lunch09:00 – 09:05Day 1 Conference Welcome
Sam Pauly & Marcel Saarloos
13:00 – 13:15Welcome & Opening

Marcel Saarloos, Chair, & Thorsten Neumann, President & CEO, TAPA
EMEA		09:05 – 09:45TAPA EMEA Regional Leads Q&A Panel
Agnieszka Wojnowska – Poland
Dario Novella – Italy
Filipe de Almeida – Portugal, Spain & Africa
Harry Hughes, United Kingdom
Ionel Popa, Eastern Europe
Pieter Smits, South Africa
13:15 – 13:20Our Agenda, Event, Schedule, Rules of Engagement & Housekeeping
Sam Pauly, Moderator		09:45 – 10:15TAPA Standards & Trainings Update
Markus Prinz, Director Standards & Training, TAPA EMEA
13:20 – 13:55KEYNOTE ADDRESS: New Global Security Situation = New Security & Resilience Responsibilities in Globally Active Companies
Andreas Maack, Chief Security Officer, Volkswagen		10:15 – 10:45Cargo Under Threat: How Frankfurt Airport Responded to Organised Insider Theft  
Stephan Gonter, VP Operations Corporate Security & Thorge Rink,

Senior Expert Operations Corporate Security, Fraport
13:55 – 14:45TAPA EMEA Progress Report & AGM
Thorsten Neumann, President & CEO, & Björn Hartong, Treasurer, TAPA EMEA		10:45 – 11:15Networking Break & Visit to Exhibition
14:45 – 15:30Networking Break & Visit to Exhibition11:15 – 12:00Europol & LEA Update & Q&A Panel
Jens Liedhegener, Head of Team, Europol – European Serious & Organised Crime Centre

Thorsten Neumann. TAPA EMEA + EU LEA representatives
15:30 – 16:30TAPA – A Global Supply Chain Security Perspective & Q&A Panel
Americas: Scott Cornell, Chair, & Jennifer Bennett, Vice Chair
APAC: Tony Lugg, Chair & Alvin Lau, Executive Director
EMEA: Marcel Saarloos, Chair, & Antonio Knezevic, Board Member		12:00 – 12:30Online Freight Exchanges – Friend or Foe?
Matt Arendas, Vice President of Partnerships at Trans.EU & Thorsten Neumann, TAPA EMEA 
16:30 – 17:00A Partnership Approach to Combatting Organised Supply Chain Crime
Jim Taylor, Head of Opal, the UK’s National Intelligence Unit for Serious
and Organised Acquisitive Crime, and Kate Brummell, Head of Operations, Opal		12:30 – 13:45Networking Lunch & Visit to the Exhibition
17:00 – 17:25Bridging the Gap Between Emerging Talent & Security Leadership
Lana Djurkin-König, Founder of the Young Security Professionals Academy (YSPA), & Julia Vincke, Criminologist & Corporate Security Executive Professional Academy
Young Supply Chain Resilience Professional of the Year Award
Presentation to winner by Thorsten Neumann, TAPA EMEA, and representative of TT Club		13:45 – 14:15Using TIS intelligence to Fight Freight Theft 

Thorsten Neumann, Satya Roy, Nitu Dash, TAPA EMEA 
17:25 – 17:30What’s on our Agenda on Day 2?
Sam Pauly, Moderator 		14:15 – 15:05Innovations in Supply Chain Security – A View from the Frontline  
TAPA EMEA 2026 Premier Partner Panel
17:30 – 19:30Welcome Cocktail Reception & Networking – Metronom Theater15:05 – 15:35From War Zones to the Digital Frontline: AI, Drones, and the Psychology of Modern Sabotage.
Immanuel Bär, Co-Founder of ProSec GmbH
  15:35 – 16:05Networking Lunch & Visit to the Exhibition
  16:05 – 16:50Securing Global Supply Chains in a World of Risk
LSP panel:
Adrian Whelan, SVP, Head of Global Security, DHL Express

Andreas Wilhelm, Global Head of Security & Governmental Affairs, Kuehne + Nagel  

James Connell, Head of Supply Chain Loss Prevention, Global Safety & Resilience, Maersk

Patrick Douglas, VP, Security, Health & Safety, Expeditors
  16:50 – 17:00More will come: Thorsten Neumann
  17:00Conference Closes
  19:00 – 24:00Networking Party – TopGolf Oberhausen