JULY/AUGUST | PREVIEW
Festive feeling
The ultimate event for the outdoor and festival
industry, Festout, is heading to Sandown Park
on 26–27 September
List of speakers/sessions so far
Day 1: Wednesday 26 September
10.30 – 11.15 | NOEA presents | It couldn't happen to me.
11.45 – 12.30 | We Are The Fair | Are we of value to the
industry?
13.00 – 13.45 | Access All Areas | Founding the Shangri-La
experience & how festival experiences have evolved since.
With Deborah Armstrong, founder of Shangri-La.
14.15 – 15.00 | We Are The Fair | Unification in licencing
agreements.
15.30 – 16.15 | Conference News | Taking your conference
outdoors.
Day 2: Thursday 27 September
10.30 – 11.15 | Production Services Association | Latest
Health & Safety updates.
12.00 – 12.45 | We Are The Fair | How independent festivals
are fighting back.
13.30 – 14.15 | Access All Areas | In conversation with Festival
Safe.
14.45 – 15.30 | A Greener Festival | Practical sustainability for
our future.
*All will take place at The Main Stage
F
ollowing a successful launch
in 2017, Festout returns to
Sandown Park in September
2018.
This year the show promises
returning, crowd-pleasing
favourites alongside new
highlights that will entice a strong
turnout.
An estimated 150 exhibitors
will be in attendance and The
Main Stage provides top speakers
delivering key insights. Nick
Morgan (We are the Fair) continues
his themes from 2017, whilst
Access All Areas provides two key
sessions - interviews with Shangri-
La founder Deborah Armstrong
and Ground Control’s Jon Drape
talking about his new initiative –
Festival Safe.
New for 2018:
FestTech: Discover the latest
technologies within this theatre’s
soon-to-be-announced programme
of content, plus meet relevant
suppliers in the surrounding Tech
Zone
The Training Zone: Storm4Events
is curating a series of training
sessions dedicated to safety,
security and crowd management.
These sessions will deliver
complimentary training from
leading, qualified industry trainers,
exclusively at Festout. The trainers
will use case studies and theory
over eight hour long sessions to
cover topics such as emergency
planning, safety and security
counter-terrorism and crowd
management.
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