Lecture evening: OSINT - a tool for the police?!

All interested parties are invited to attend free of charge in the main lecture theatre at the university's Cottbus main campus. Registration is not required.

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) describes the targeted analysis of publicly available information. In his lecture, Chief Constable Glesel from the LKA Berlin will shed light on the basics of OSINT and show how it is used in both the private and public sectors. Using current examples - from the Russia-Ukraine conflict and pro-Palestinian protests in Berlin to the manhunt for former RAF terrorists such as Daniela Klette - he will illustrate how OSINT contributes to situation assessment, reconnaissance and investigative work. At the same time, the role of data protection and the danger of the "transparent private individual" will be addressed, in particular with regard to the disclosure and use of sensitive data.

Date: Friday, 24 January 2025, 17:30 to 19:00
Location: Large lecture theatre at the BTU main campus, Konrad-Zuse-Straße 4, 03046 Cottbus
Moderation: Rebecca Brekau, police officer

The event is organised by the Centre for Continuing Education and the BTU Forensic Sciences and Engineering master's programme.

About the Forensic Sciences and Engineering study programme
The Forensic Sciences and Engineering study programme, which leads to a Master of Science degree, is unique in Germany as an extra-occupational continuing education course at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. The seminars in the forensic science study programme focus on crime scene work, investigative procedures and the evaluation of evidence as well as its analysis in the context of its successful use in court.
The programme is a transdisciplinary academic course at BTU. Forensic knowledge, which can also be used by examiners in the private sector, also characterises the teaching programme.

Overall, forensic science is facing new challenges: The pace of methodological, technical and scientific developments is characterised by digitalisation, new international and European trends, which are pushing law enforcement authorities and examiners, who have so far mostly acted nationally, to their limits. Forensic Sciences and Engineering at BTU is taking on these challenges and is expanding its teaching profile from the winter semester 2025/2026 by offering specialisation certificates in fire investigation, handwriting, white-collar crime and the special area of chemical and biological substances. People who do not have the prerequisites for a Master's degree programme will nevertheless have the unique opportunity to continue their university education in these specialist areas.