Senior Project Manager, City of Tampere (Finland)

Anniina Autero (PhD) is currently leading the SURE project (smart urban security and event resilience) in the city of Tampere (Finland), with nine different partners from public and private sector organizations and academia. SURE aims for safe and secure urban event areas. Anniina has vast experience in safety and security solutions. She has studied and taught safety, security and public economy for more than 15 years at Tampere University, Stanford University and the University of Colorado Denver. She has led the Safety and Security cluster in Tampere and is one of the initiators of the European ENSURE Collaborative. Anniina is enthusiastic about bringing people back together by building seamless interplay of safety, security and atmosphere at urban events.