Recent developments in public safety strategies are shaping the future of the events industry at an astonishing rate. Understanding and keeping up with these advances is of the upmost importance to all professionals involved in event planning, event organisation, public safety and local authority.

The Wider Public Safety at Events technical workshop will discuss all elements of safety management (including crowd, security and traffic management), updates to guidelines and legislation, best practices during security meltdowns, and will explore crowd psychology in emergency and evacuation scenarios.