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Best of 2024: Event Safety and Security

Smart Meetings

Although these other event aspects can happen without security, if attendees safety is in question, its questionable if things will. Jacobson, professor of computer science at the University of Illinois and aviation security analytics researcher, about the risks associated with traveling at 30,000 ft. What Does that Mean for Planners?

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Business Events Industry Week 2025 Focused on Celebrations That Work

Smart Meetings

Four years into an experiment to replace an annual spring event in Washington, D.C. with a collaborative concentration of events organizations all gathering in the same place, Business Events Industry Week (BEIW) has built some popular must-attend features and announced that other pieces will shake off, either going away altogether or moving.

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Scott Graf on Managing a Changing Geopolitical Events Landscape

Smart Meetings

” To clear up the scene in front of our event windshields, we asked industry veteran Scott Graf to shine the high beams on what lies ahead. Fewer, smaller international events for the foreseeable future and more consolidation. For decision-makers, many international corporate events come down to a risk-reward evaluation.

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Risk Management: Events are Risky Business 

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Weighted risk tracking helps manage real contingency requirements We all plan events months in advance, years in advance, or maybe even, days in advance. Because of that not only do our risk management plans need to be well-thought out but so do our finances to cover those risks. Turns out there is.

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ABPCO announces 2024 Festival of Learning “Fit for the Future” content

Prestige Events Magazine

The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) has finalised the programme for the 2024 ABPCO Festival of Learning, taking place at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow on the 29th and 30th of April.

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2024 Contracts Playbook

SmartMeetings

But if you look at them another way, event contracts are a dynamic landscape that can either serve as a solid foundation for your event, or a swampy marsh full of lurking danger! Even if that more adventurous perspective doesn’t make you any happier about them, they’re a necessary part of the meetings and events industry.

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Smart Moves in Las Vegas, New York and More

Smart Meetings

In this new role, Michaels will expand her scope to oversee all legal, risk management, internal audits, compliance and workers compensation functions within the company. Ariane Coldiron Ariane Coldiron, PRG Production Resource Group (PRG) welcomes Ariane Coldiron as senior vice president of corporate events.