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Safety
Training
the training deficit and the
staffing insufficiency within
the industry are all factors
that are both reasonable and
foreseeable to mitigate against
when planning for today’s
events environment.”
Festout’s Event Director,
Duncan Siegle, comments
on the SaFest Training
Zone: “When talking to the
events industry, one area that
continues to be flagged is the
lack of accessible training
and just how important it is,
particularly in an age where
rules and regulations are
growing alongside heightened
concerns for safety and
security. With so many new
outdoor events in the market
each year, it is essential that
organisers are up to date
in these areas and a visit to
Festout will give them access
to these essential sessions they
can really learn and develop
from.”
the schedule
Wednesday 26th September
10.30 – 11.15: Event Safety: Speaker to
be announced
11.45 – 12.30: Drones: uses in dealing
with emergencies in crowds. Andrew
McQuillan (Crowded Space Drones)
13.00 – 13.45: Event Counter Terrorism
Risk Management 4 Events. Garry Jones
(Storm 4 Events)
14.15 – 15.00: Crowd Safety Training.
Roy Wise (Square Metre Ltd)
15.30 – 16.15: The New Green Guide
and alternative uses of Sports Grounds.
Martin Girvan (Sports Ground Safety
Authority)
Thursday 27th September
10.30 – 11.15: Emergency Planning 4
Events. Beverley Griffiths (Emergency
Planning College)
11.45 – 12.30: Event Law, Legislation
and Brexit. Eddy Grant (University of
Derby)
13.00 – 13.45: Event Management
Case Study. Emma Parkinson (Coventry
University)
14.15 – 15.00: The Event Safety Land-
scape. Eric Stuart (Gentian Events)
15.30 – 16.15: Event Safety and Security.
Expert Panel
N
ew to this year’s
Festout is the SaFest
Training Zone. It
brings high-level training
to the show, providing
a rare opportunity for
visitors to attend a two-day
complimentary programme
focused on event safety and
security. Exclusive to Festout,
Storm 4 Events are curating
these 10 sessions in association
with the United Kingdom
Crowd Management
Association (UKCMA).
Visitors will gain tangible
best practice advice within case
study and theory teachings, all
provided by leading industry
academics and professionals.
The Training Zone seeks to
establish sector competence
and take the event safety
agenda forward. Steve Blake,
Founding Director of Storm
4 Events comments: “The
rate of incidents with event
and crowd safety, the raised
counter terrorism threat,
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