Captain Phillip Heyl


Maritime Advisor, IMO and US State Department, Ex- Chief, Air & Maritime Security Programs
U.S. Africa Command, The Heyl Group

Conference Day Two: Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Wednesday, November 21st, 2018


10:00 AM Optimising land patrols to cover vast landscape and terrains

  • Improving the capacity of pre-existing border defences by trainings and technology advancements
  • Employing multiple vehicle types to cover the areas between border posts
  • Utilising specialised patrol units that are equipped for the particular terrain

11:00 AM PANEL DISCUSSION: Developing a comprehensive real-time monitoring and surveillance system backed up with efficient legislation and trap repeat offenders

  • What can governments do to optimise the way their frontiers are managed?
  • Capabilities of border management to improve surveillance and monitoring
  • Quick legislation efforts to overcome mass migration