MeetingsNet

MAY 9, 2023

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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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

Brennan Bastyovansky Brennan Bastyovansky, WTP Bastyovansky will serve as general manager of sales and marketing for World Travel Protection (WTP). He brings an extensive background in travel risk management, with experience in business growth, strategic development and building lasting relationships with customers and partners.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 18, 2021

We talk duty of care, we talk about code of conduct, and we talk about some risk management issues,” said Urbanovich, who typically instructs the class while Seasholtz and Majewski moderate the chat and participate in live Q&A at the end of the session.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Greg Sparrow, senior vice president and general manager at CompliancePoint, an Atlanta-area consultant for cybersecurity and risk management, bemoans the fact that repeated occurrences of data theft at major companies in recent years has led to a “desensitization” of public reaction.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Skift Take: Gary LaBranche, the CEO of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, shares what it was like to have to cancel the last day of its conference where close to 10,000 were gathered due to a nearby shooting. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 28, 2018

In 1996, there was a bombing at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. Finally, it is wise to consider risk management technologies. Allow each stakeholder to be directly involved through risk registers and dependency mapping. It is a lamentably repetitive tale. In 2013, the Boston Marathon was the subject of bomb attack.

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Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Planners tend to think that if they tell us how much they have to spend that we’ll try to spend it all,” an Atlanta-based caterer said. Don’t forget, we published a risk management guide in our 2014 PYM Annual. They try to keep their budgets a secret. Are you guilty of this? Sharing your budget doesn’t only help caterers.

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