Pavel Maňas' BIO:
COL Pavel Maňas obtained his PhD in 1998 from the University of the Czech Armed Forces, where he followed the curriculum of academia and education for future officers .
Today, Pavel is Head of the Department of Engineering Technology at the national University of Defence that provides the Czech Military with expertise and research & development projects in the field of military structures. In his present role he is responsible for the education of young officers of the Czech Corps of Engineers. His main focus is on technical aspects for general engineering support. Pavel is also responsible for research activities and interdisciplinary cooperation with other academic bodies affiliated with the military, industry, research institutes and universities.
Pavel's special interest lies in modelling and simulation technology, CAD and CAE technology, structural analysis of military and protective structures and the effects of weapons on military structures.
"Improving the critical infrastructure protection"
The presentation describes some common principles between critical infrastructure protection and soft targets protection leading to improving of protection and avoiding of some mistake. Risk analysis process and security study development is discussed through optics of military officer, university researcher and practitioner with focus to typical bottle-neck in cooperation between experts and managers.