Expert Forum in Tübingen
Travel Safety 2026
Overview
Date: 29 Sept 2026
Location: Westspitze, Safeture Office Tübingen.
Number of Participants: max 80
Pre-event program (optional): 28 Sept 2026, time N/A
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Welcome to Tübingen and to this year's Travel Safety Forum.
Safeture in Tübingen.
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.
Visitor 2025
"It is very moving to hear about the experiences in Afghanistan."
Visitor 2025
"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."
Visitor 2024
Programme:
From 08:30 Arrival, registration, and coffee
09:00 Welcome and introduction
09:05 Geopolitics – Developments and their impact on international companies.
Dr. Konstantinos Tsetsos, Head of Foresight, Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight
09:50 When rescue becomes a business model – The 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 How does AI change security in business travel?
Marcel Brandt, CSO, Safeture AB
14:15 Managing Risk at Global Scale
Alessandro Martello, CEO, North Star Support Group (NSSG)
15:00 Coffee and networking break
15:15 Open
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
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