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Conference Organizers: What Is Your Duty of Care?

Velvet Chainsaw

As conference organizers, it can be helpful to consider our responsibilities from the viewpoint of duty of care — the legal definition of which is “a requirement that a person [or organization] act[s] toward others and the public with the watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances would use.

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Event Planners’ Duty of Care During the Pandemic

PCMA Convene

Over the next year or so, conference organizers will need to define their responsibilities for duty of care when it comes to their events. 4 Risk Management Questions for Meeting Hosts. What guidelines or policies should we put into place for our staff and vendors? Others were not.

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Events Industry Council releases Accepted Practices Guide for Hotel Health and Safety

Event Industry News

Yesterday, the Events Industry Council issued the Health and Safety for Hotels Accepted Practices Guide. This guide offers insights beyond those guidelines focusing on four key areas: Transmission barriers Enhanced sanitisation Health screening Food and beverage guidelines.

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3 Shifts in Event Sustainability

PCMA Convene

But one of the most striking features at the new center is what’s spelled out in its name: The venue is on track to be certified as a net-zero carbon events venue, which means that its day- to-day energy comes entirely from renewable energy sources. Paying attention to sustainability is a risk-management issue.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

Smart Meetings

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. Any interruption to pre-planning or on-site execution that disrupts an event is a risk,” Warwick said.

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Magnus Solberg: Does Your Organization Have a Robust Security Culture?

Management Events

We speak with Magnus Solberg, VP & Head of Security Governance at Storebrand, on his experience building the company’s security culture, the link between cybersecurity and risk management, and more. . How are cybersecurity and risk management connected in today’s organizations? Can I answer PowerPoint and Excel?

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SEARCH: A Case Study in Crisis Management

SmartMeetings

Editor’s Note : As the world was realizing that COVID-19 would pause gatherings everywhere, an annual fundraising event went on as scheduled in Las Vegas. Event Goal. SEARCH Foundation ’s annual signature event raises funds to directly assist event industry professionals in crisis. Biggest Challenge.