Released on: April 25, 2008, 2:30 am

Press Release Author: Informa India

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: BSEC 2008 - the only Indo-international exhibition and
conference dedicated entirely to border and homeland security, will take place in
November 2008 as part of the cluster of defence and national security mega-events
also including NECE 2008 and MSI 2008.

Press Release Body: APRIL 2008, NEW DELHI: Informa, the owners of information
super-brands including Lloyd's List and Datamonitor - in association with its
Knowledge Partner, the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), India's
premier strategic think-tank - have launched India's first large-scale exhibition
focused on border and homeland defence and security.

BSEC 2008, which will be held in India in November, is a 3 day international
exhibition, co-located with six other major defence & national security events
including the 2-day BSEC Conference and the Defence and National Security (DNS)
Leadership Summit. The event will bring together a large number of end users and
buyers from Indian and international border, internal & industrial security forces;
coast guards; federal & state police forces; airports, immigration & disaster
management authorities; governments and other key homeland security associations.
The event is being launched after several months of research conducted by Informa in
India, the US, Europe, Asia and other key regions.
According to General V.P. Malik, former Chief of the Army Staff "geo-politically and
strategically, India enjoys a unique centrality in the security zone of South Asia.
Its 3.1 million square kilometers territory has land borders with six countries,
covering approximately 15,500 kilometers. It has special ties with each of her
neighbours: of ethnicity, language, culture, common historical experience, or of
shared access to and dependence upon vital natural resources.
Although there are no serious boundary problems with neighbours other than China and
Pakistan, there are many border issues like trans-border secessionists' sanctuaries,
terrorism, immigration, gun-running and narcotics, which affect regional security."
BSEC 2008 will allow leading solution providers to showcase key technologies and
methodologies that would be relevant to an audience of senior decision-makers from
Indian and international buyer and end user communities.
General Malik adds that "technologies in electronics, sensors, micro processors,
aviation and robotics have the capability to upgrade and extend the reach of border
surveillance and security; thus making it more effective and reducing manpower
requirements substantially".

BSEC 2008 places a major focus on current and future Indian plans and requirements,
and also attracts end users and buyers from virtually every noteworthy defence
market within Asia, the Middle East (Gulf region), Europe and the Americas,
including major countries such as the United States, the UK, Germany, France,
Mexico, Spain, Italy, Russia, UAE, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia as
well as important emerging markets such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Brazil
and Vietnam.

"Both the BSEC 2008 exhibition and conference will provide a much needed and highly
focused platform to facilitate information exchange and networking between the
Indian and international homeland and border security communities," adds Michelle
Dencer-Brown, International Group Director of Informa India's Defence & National
Security Division.

For more information on BSEC 2008, visit: www.BSEC-exhibition.com

ABOUT IDSA: IDSA, ranked amongst the world's top 30 think tanks, was established by
the Indian Ministry of Defence in 1965. It is considered to be the premier strategic
and security studies think tank in India, and over the years has enlarged its focus
of research from defence studies to cover issues of national and international
security.

The Indian Parliament\'s Standing Committee on Defence, frequently utilises the
expertise of the Institute and, its well-qualified, multi-disciplinary research
faculty of over 50 scholars that are drawn from academia, defence forces and the
civil services.

For more information about IDSA, please visit www.idsa.in

ABOUT INFORMA: With hundreds of highly respected companies including some of the
world's biggest information brands - Lloyd's MIU, Routledge, Taylor & Francis,
Datamonitor, IIR, IBC, Euroforum, Huthwaite, Washington Policy & Analysis and many
others - Informa plc, the world's largest professional media and specialist
information firm, is present in over 70 countries and publishes over 45,000 book
titles; delivers over 2,000 subscription-based services and produces over 12,000
events every year.

Informa's events business includes global B2B and B2C mega-shows such as 3GSM,
Cityscape, IPEX, The Monaco Yacht Show, The Bride Show, and the world's largest
series of business leadership events, the most recent speakers at which included
Kofi Annan, Richard Branson, Steve Forbes and Philip Kotler.

For more information about Informa, please visit www.informa.com.


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