Many internationally active organizations have recognized that, despite technological advances, people remain the most important asset for a company’s success. Whether at their regular workplace, traveling on business, on multi-year assignments abroad, or working from home, recent years have made it even clearer that organizations need to take action. As a result, travel safety and people risk management for employees are rightly becoming higher priorities.

The ASW-BW, Marcel Brandt, and the Safeture team are pleased to come together for the fourth consecutive year to discuss relevant topics that affect all of us in our daily work and to encourage the exchange of ideas and experiences.

This has become a must-attend event for everyone involved in travel safety.

The topics and speakers have been selected to ensure that the presentations and discussions are as practical and realistic as possible. No gimmicks, no glossy marketing materials, no sponsors, and no sales pitches. The primary focus is on meaningful conversations and networking on the rooftop terrace, with the shared goal of making business travel and people risk management safer.

“Many interesting speakers and valuable discussions. Plenty of useful ideas and inspiration for one’s own work.”

“It is very moving to hear about the experiences in Afghanistan.”

“It is always exciting to come to Tübingen and hear about the experiences of others. It is also a good opportunity to meet new people for the future.”

– Visitors from the events 2024 and 2025

Visitor 2025

Visitor 2024

Programme:

From 08:30 Arrival, registration, and coffee

09:00 Welcome and introduction

09:05 Geopolitics

Dr. Konstantinos Tsetsos, Head of Foresight, Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight

09:50 Nepal Fraud

Jennifer Milton, CEO, Compass Point Assist

10:30 Coffee and networking break

11:00 The Path to the Pacific Goes via Tehran

Tobias E Ruthe, CEO, InCyTect

11:45 TRM at Aurubis

Philipp Kohl, Head of Group Security, Aurubis

12:15 Medical Travel Risk Management at Volkswagen

Dr. Kai Sickmann, Werksarzt, Volkswagen AG

12:45 Lunch break with refreshments

13:30 AI

Marcel Brandt / Johannes Freyer, CSO, Safeture AB, Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter Cowork Group GmbH

14:15 Managing Risk at Global Scale

Alessandro Martello, CEO, North Star Support Group (NSSG)

15:00 Coffee and networking break

15:15 Mobility under pressure – The future of entry and registration requirements

Sebastian Schmidt, VP Account Management and Information Security, visumPOINT GmbH

15:45 Kidnapping and Islamist Terror in the Sahel – personally experienced: 1,702 days in hostage captivity by jihadist terrorists in Mali – an eyewitness account

Jörg Lange, Private

17:00 Closing / Open end with live music, snacks, and drinks on the rooftop terrace