Event Summary

Join Westminster Insight’s Tackling Terrorism, Extremism & Strengthening Security Digital Conference to learn how the newest updates to the Government’s Counter Terrorism strategy will be implemented in real life.

Learn more about prevention including changes to the Prevent strategy, updates on Martyn’s Law following the Manchester Arena Bombing in 2017, and strengthening our defences against terrorist attacks under Protect and Prepare. Our interactive panel will cover how to detect, investigate and disrupt extremism, aligning with aims of CONTEST, including Pursue.

With the Protection of Premises Bill (Martyn’s Law) moving through Parliament, hear from Nick Aldworth, former Head of National Counter Terrorism Policing Coordination on how to proactively implement changes for venues and attractions which hold over 100 people.

Emily Winterbotham from the Royal United Services Institute will discuss how the nature of extremism is changing, and new developments in counter-terrorism policy and intelligence.

The Home Office will focus on the future of the Prevent Strategy, and implementing the recommendations from William Shawcross’s Independent Review. Improve your understanding of de-radicalisation; how it differs from disengagement and prevention; and how different strategies should be employed when we talk about combating extremism. We will hear examples of Prevent being implemented successfully.

The themes of extremism, radicalisation and de-radicalisation will come together with Ivan Humble discussing his journey into and out of white supremacist extremism.

Join our conference to network and connect with colleagues, learn from experts and discover how your organisation can get involved in the effort to tackle extremism, drive de-radicalisation, prevent terrorism and maintain security.

Key Points

  • The CONTEST Strategy
  • Implementing Martyn’s Law and understanding the upcoming security and legislative changes
  • How social media has changed the process of radicalisation
  • Understanding the changing nature or extremism and modern counter-terrorist strategies
  • The differences between deradicalisation, disengagement and prevention, and how to use each strategy
  • Transforming the Prevent strategy to ensure it works for modern extremism
  • Understanding how methods of recruitment differ for different types of extremism