Scope of the Workshop

The workshop will comparatively discuss different perceptions of security and safety within Europe and identify possible delineations that are made by the security research communities between the field of security and safety. Content and major focus of national security research programs as well as relevant actors/organizations mainly shaping and organizing the security research programs in the different home countries will be presented by invited experts. They will also present links between the national security research programs and the European security research program of FP7.

As a result of this two-day workshop an overview of security research activities in Europe will be generated and links for future research cooperation will be worked out between the participants of the workshop. It is intended to publish the workshop outcomes in one of acatech’s publication series.