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INTERPOL WORLD 2019 – Exclusive Interview with the organizer, Anita Hazenberg – Director of Innovation Centre Directorate at Interpol Global
We had to pleasure to catch up with Anita HAZENBERG, the Director of the Innovation Centre Directorate at INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation, organizer of INTERPOL WORLD 2019.
PICANTE: What determined you to organize Interpol World?
A.H.: Coinciding with the opening of the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore, the first edition of INTERPOL World took place in 2015. Two years later, the second edition was held in 2017 just right after I arrived from the Netherlands Police to become the new director of INTERPOL’s Innovation Centre. I was asked to organize the next edition of INTERPOL World for 2019 and I have a strong desire for it to be a forum where we can together develop INTERPOL’s global innovation agenda through the activities we organize. The focus of the Innovation Centre is very much on providing innovation capabilities for INTERPOL’s 194 member countries, and we find it very important that all together, with all participants, we set that agenda, and that we have a clear understanding of what is needed. Many people think innovation is only about new emerging technologies. However, it also means being able to react here and now. If something happens, you can trust and rely on law enforcement that they are there to solve the problems. It’s about changing culture and procedures, it demands a total change of mindset.
PICANTE: Why Singapore?
A.H.: Apart from the support and foresight of the Singapore Government which offered us a fantastic location to build our INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation here in the Lion City back when the INTERPOL President hailed from this great city, Singapore is a country with a strong focus on innovation and law enforcement. It’s only apt to also have the new Innovation Centre and INTERPOL World 2019 in Singapore.
PICANTE: What should the attendees expect from the Interpol World conference?
A.H.: Inspiration and awareness are vital components of INTERPOL World 2019. In the previous editions, exhibitions were a bubble that mirrored the developments in the business world. This year, we want to add another bubble into the constellation, and that is the bubble of working together and finding solutions to contemporary problems. This is why we have different sets of activities including motivational keynotes, plenary sessions, 32 co-creation labs, and working groups. In the co-creation labs, a law enforcement representative presents a contemporary problem and experts from the business and academic worlds respond. At the same time, we have also organized meetings of four INTERPOL law enforcement working groups to continue their discussions and collaboration: the Chief Innovation Officers Expert Group, Darknet and Cryptocurrencies Working Group, Drone Expert Group, and INTERPOL-UNICRI Working Group on Artificial Intelligence for Law Enforcement. In addition, the Chief Information Officers of INTERPOL will gather together during the event. Imagine, these five groups already constitute about 250 law enforcement senior officials and experts, add to these the participants and visitors for the exhibitions and co-creation labs, and you have an event of magnitude.
PICANTE: Who are the “top-selection” speakers of the conference? What’s their add-value to the tech world?
A.H.: All of our speakers for INTERPOL World 2019 are top-notch. However, I want to highlight a topic that should play a significant role in all discussions during INTERPOL World, that of ethics, privacy and human rights. The motivational speaker for the second day of the programme, Dr. Ayesha Khanna, will discuss ethics and privacy issues, as their relationship with law enforcement still faces questions and gaps that need to be answered. For example, do police still have the trust of our population and communities? As machines and algorithms get more and more sophisticated in their abilities to interpret and process information, people raise more questions on how police deal with their data. Thus, there is a challenge for law enforcement to be transparent. This is an overarching theme that will be emphasized during INTERPOL World.
PICANTE: What changes do you see as being short-term possible to implement in the cyber-security world after the conference?
A.H.: First of all, I hope it’s not only the cybersecurity world because I think innovation is much broader. Apart from cybersecurity, we will also talk about disruptors; ethics, privacy and trust within our communities; drones; identification technologies; smart systems; what would 5G mean to law enforcement; augmented reality; and a myriad of other topics pertinent to policing and law enforcement. The coexistence of the motivational keynotes, co-creation labs and working groups at INTERPOL World makes it a comprehensive conference for collaborating on solutions that hopefully could be effectively implemented in the near future.
Photo source and credits: www.interpol-world.com
About INTERPOL World 2019
INTERPOL World 2019 will take place between 2-4 July at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre.
INTERPOL World is a global co-creation opportunity which engages the public and private sectors in dialogue, and fosters collaboration to counter future security and policing challenges. INTERPOL World comprises of three interlinked activities: a series of niche and targeted platforms for knowledge exchange culminating in strategic co-creation labs to discuss the challenges and solutions for combating the crimes of the future; an exhibition that serves as a business and networking event for manufacturers, distributors, and Research and Development organizations to offer innovative products and cutting-edge technologies to public and private entities involved in law enforcement, security and likeminded industries. INTERPOL World will also host a series of INTERPOL working groups (by invitation only) focusing on innovation, artificial intelligence, drones and darknet cryptocurrencies.
Police, public, security professionals and commercial buyers from around the world will convene in Singapore to forge mutually beneficial alliances leading to faster, more accurate responses to global security and public safety threats.
Register to attend INTERPOL World 2019 here: www.interpol-world.com
About Anita Hazenberg
Ms Anita Hazenberg assumed her current duties as the first Director of the Innovation Centre Directorate, INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore on 1 July 2017. In the increasingly complex policing operating environment characterized by rapid technological breakthroughs, the Innovation Centre was set up to engage global law enforcement in strategic futures planning and to co-create solutions to emerging law enforcement challenges.
In the past 36 years of her career in the Netherlands Police, Ms Hazenberg was involved in various operational duties across the Netherlands specializing in ‘Violence against Women and Children’ and ‘International Police Cooperation’. She progressed into the international foray to take up several trailblazing roles, including as the Director of the European Network of Policewomen (ENP); the first Programme Director ‘Police and Human Rights’ for the Council of Europe (France); the founder and first Director of the School for Police Leadership; the first Coordinator for International Strategic Alliances and Deployment of the Staff of the Dutch National Police Commissioner; and as the initiator and Conference Director of the global annual law enforcement think-tank consisting of top-level executives – ‘Pearls in Policing.’ Ms Hazenberg holds two Masters, one in Public Administration and one in Change Management.
In the current digital age where technology has led to the fast convergence of the physical, digital and biological worlds, Ms Hazenberg believes that global law enforcement must better anticipate future challenges, and formulate innovative, efficient and resource-efficient solutions in response to criminals constantly looking to exploit vulnerabilities. The writings are already on the wall, and the global policing community must be ready to tackle the inevitable challenges that lay in the horizon.
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As the Layer-1 ecosystem is increasingly flooded with inflated performance claims, new research from Steven Pu, Co-Founder of Taraxa, delivers a reality check. Using data from Chainspect, the study evaluates the cost-efficiency of 22 blockchains by analyzing the real-world cost of running a validator node against actual mainnet throughput.
Blockchain performance reports often rely on idealized scenarios with private testnets, specialized hardware, and unrealistic assumptions that inflate transactions-per-second (TPS) numbers. This results in performance claims that look impressive on paper but do not hold up in practice.
Pu’s research introduces a more pragmatic approach—measuring transactions per second achieved on mainnet per dollar spent on a validator node (TPS/$). This simple yet powerful metric directly addresses the distortion in performance figures by shifting the focus from theoretical throughput to cost-adjusted efficiency. By assessing how much real transaction processing power a network provides per dollar spent, this study offers a fair and verifiable way to compare blockchains on a level playing field.
Figures are produced by dividing the observed mainnet throughput by the monthly cost of a single validator node. The goal is to ensure that blockchain developers, investors, and users have access to data that truly reflects network sustainability and scalability.
This research is more than just a comparison—it’s a call to action. For too long, blockchain projects have relied on inflated performance metrics that fail under real-world conditions. By shifting the focus to cost-efficiency and observed mainnet performance, Pu’s study sets a new standard for evaluating blockchain scalability.
Tellingly, the results expose a striking gap between theoretical performance figures and real-world results. Figures show that theoretical throughput is overstated by a staggering average of 20 times when compared to actual mainnet observations. This means that TPS figures, often cited in whitepapers and marketing materials, vastly exceed what is achievable under real-world conditions.
Such a significant discrepancy suggests that developers, investors, and users may base their decisions on numbers that do not hold up outside of a controlled test environment. This calls for a reform in how blockchain performance is reported and evaluated.
“Investors, developers, and users deserve transparency,” explains Pu. “The blockchain industry has long been obsessed with theoretical performance figures, but numbers generated in a lab mean little if they can’t be replicated in real-world conditions.”
“Our research also shows that many networks require expensive hardware just to achieve modest transaction rates, which is neither technically impressive nor decentralized. By focusing on verifiable data from live networks, we can shift the conversation toward meaningful performance metrics that actually impact usability, cost-efficiency, and decentralized adoption.”
Findings also show that only four out of the 22 blockchains achieve a double-digit TPS/cost ratio. This low percentage highlights that most networks require high expenditures to reach modest transaction rates. Many networks fall short when the real cost of running a node is considered. Users and developers face a challenging landscape where performance is not always backed by cost efficiency.
Rather than dismissing other chains, Taraxa calls for more transparent, verifiable and balanced metrics for comparing blockchains. The research is more than just a comparison—it’s a call to action. For too long, blockchain projects have relied on inflated performance metrics that fail under real-world conditions. By shifting the focus to cost-efficiency and observed mainnet performance, Pu’s study sets a new standard for evaluating blockchain scalability.
Overall, the research challenges common industry practices that rely on overly optimistic theoretical metrics. The market often relies on figures generated under ideal conditions that rarely match everyday use.
By basing this study on data from live networks, the Taraxa team provides a more grounded look at blockchain performance. The focus on cost efficiency and real-world conditions helps set a new standard for performance reporting.
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