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Meetings Industry Association unveils essential Martyn’s Law guidance for business events sector 

Prestige Events Magazine

Working in partnership with leading security and risk management experts GSA Global, the trade association has compiled a step-by-step roadmap to help the sector stay ahead of the potential requirements, so it is ready when the law is enacted.

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In the Cloud We Trust

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings spoke with Ari Schwartz, former senior director of cybersecurity at the White House (he worked on technology policy during the Obama administration), and current managing director of cybersecurity services for Venable Cybersecurity Risk Management Group , to discuss best security practices meeting planners should consider in 2023.

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Using Account Hierarchy to Organize Finances During the Event Management Process

Attendease

Event planning and management is still growing and evolving as an industry. Research and Market’s report on the global events management market projects that it will reach $1.76 billion in 2023. trillion by 2029 from a value of $936.14

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Using Account Hierarchy to Organize Finances During the Event Management Process

Attendease

Event planning and management is still growing and evolving as an industry. Research and Market’s report on the global events management market projects that it will reach $1.76 billion in 2023. trillion by 2029 from a value of $936.14

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Recent Incidents Highlight Need for Risk Management

MeetingsNet

In an ironic twist, the Risk Management Society had the final evening of its 2023 Riskworld convention in Atlanta cut short last week due to an active-shooter situation that, while more than two miles away from the convention center, affected the shuttle-bus routes between the center and several hotels in the room block.

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RIMS Enhances Security Measures for RISKWORLD in San Diego

EventMB

Skift Take: Extra security precautions were put in place at this year’s RIMS RISKWORLD conference in San Diego after an active shooter situation shut down the final day of the 2023 conference in Atlanta. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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New Ways to Help Understand Extreme Heat Risks

PCMA Convene

For event planners, calculating and communicating heat risks to their meeting attendees will increasingly factor into their risk management plans : In 2023, which was the planet’s hottest year on record, the number of deaths related to excessive heat were the highest recorded in 45 years, according to an analysis by Associated Press.