Event Design Insurance Risk Management 
Smart Meetings
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. Defining Risk. In most companies, the event team makes recommendations, but the executive team must make critical decisions.
PCMA Convene
MARCH 26, 2025
Stuart Ruff-Lyon, chief events and sales officer, RIMS (Risk & Insurance Management Society), shared how becoming a finalist for Experience Design of the Year was very much a team effort. We really strived to make sure the entire event design experience was for everyone, he said.
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PCMA Convene
MARCH 7, 2017
This event originally was just for our state but now is becoming a regional event. •We We have implemented a risk-management manual to our events and we have purchased more event insurance for better protection. Have had to cut special events (receptions, keynote, concert) budgets.
EventMB
MAY 17, 2024
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
PCMA Convene
MAY 31, 2018
After wrapping up what he felt was another successful Risk Management Society (RIMS) conference in 2017, RIMS vice president of events and education, Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, got some disturbing feedback: Multiple women said they had felt out of place at the event. Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES. RIMS18 Session.
Endless Events
DECEMBER 12, 2019
And if technology is the disruptor that is focusing these things” “I think the biggest burden on event designers, strategists, planners, and even implementers has been these huge leaps in technology”, he continues. But I think those two would be best friends” Risk Manager & Crisis Team Leader.
SmartMeetings
JUNE 30, 2020
The group is addressing health and safety, community, global ecosystems, reskilling the industry , innovation, digital transformation , advocacy and risk mitigation. The living document will be updated as the situation changes and everyone learns more about how to support a vibrant live events industry.
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