Albert DEISTLER
European Office of the City of Cologne
E-mail: albert.deistler@stadt-koeln.de

Profile:
Albert P. Deistler was born in 1945 and holds a degree as certified engineer in urban and regional planning (Dipl.-Ing.). Has started in 1973 as urban planner in the Cologne Department for Urban Planning on ptasks of planning of urban innovation areas. He than worked in the Cologne Department for Urban Development Planning on analyses, concepts and project planning both for urban areas as well as the sectors of education and culture, followed by project development for the cultural and financial field of the MediaPark development project in the department of Culture.
1988 he joined the private MediaPark Cologne Development Company. Tasks covered were project management in cultural economics and media, management of multimedia projects for the sub-company LEONARDO, canvassing, project development, budgeting, production management.
Since 1994 he is working in the European Office of the City of Cologne at the Lord Mayor’s Division and holds currently the position of the deputy head of the department. He supervises the European projects of the city and co-ordinates those with focus on telematics and multimedia. He represents the city in European networks and is member of the steering committee of the Telecities network.

Presentation:
Coordinator of the Symposium: “EXTERNAL THREATS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT”
After the reality of the events of September 11th 2001, the security demands of citizens and businesses have increased dramatically. Disaster management has become a key term in the fight against terrorism. Governments have reacted quickly and established security plans, These plans not only concern safety of buildings and people, but also protection of the vast range of information held by municipalities and other organisations on their clients. Access to personal data, recognition systems at public events, monitoring of public and private places are all measures that have been introduced to enhance the safety of citizens. The majority of these initiatives are driven by ICT based systems. To achieve Trust and Security requires not only security technologies but also, and even more importantly, the technical organisational frameworks and infrastructures that makes the deployment of these technologies viable and consistent. Yet we should be aware that the strategies and software deployed to counter these risks can be counter-productive. Where is the balance between security and privacy?

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