Event Safety Insights Issue One | Fall 2016 | Page 36
E Pluribus Unum: Out of many, one
A Preview of the Event Safety Summit 2016
November 29 - December 1
Rock Lititz | Lititz, PA
By Jacob Worek
Collaboration is critical
to the success of any live event.
Whether you’re involved in
meetings, sporting events, festivals, or the Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee, cooperation and coordination between a multitude
of professional disciplines is
what makes seamless and safe
execution possible. Investigations of several major incidents
within the live event industry reveal that a lack of communication and coordination
among stakeholders was a contributing factor to the incident
or negatively impacted the response to it. History has shown
time and again that “going it
alone” can have potentially catastrophic consequences.
Recognition of the importance
collaboration plays within the
live event industry serves as the
basis for this year’s Event Safety
Summit, taking place Tuesday,
November 29 – Thursday, December 1, 2016 at the worldclass facilities of Rock Lititz in
Lititz, Pennsylvania. Titled E
Pluribus Unum (‘out of many,
one’), this year’s Event Safety
Summit focuses on the ways
event professionals are indisputably reliant on each other,
our collective working environment, and our guests. Highlighting issues facing all types
and sizes of events, ESS 2016
will examine our individual and
shared responsibilities as event
professionals, and provide actionable ideas for improving
interdisciplinary collaboration
& communication, strengthening bonds, and sustaining
safety as a priority within our
industry.
The 2016 Event Safety Summit
will emphasize the strength in
our collective unity and how
understanding the role each of
us plays in creating a safe workplace is essential to protecting
the lives and livelihoods of
those under our care.
Current subject matter
includes:
•Developing integrated show
safety programs
•Key elements of safe temporary
structures
•Emergency communications and
evacuation
•“Real World” risk management at
live events
•Event medical care
•Violence mitigation, recognition
& response
•Safety in the burgeoning international marketplace
…and much more.
Space at this year’s Event Safety Summit is filling up quickly.
Don’t miss your chance to take
part in this industry-changing
conversation – sign up today
at eventsafetysummit.com