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Risk Management: Addressing Meeting Emergencies When the Industry Resumes

SmartMeetings

How will meeting professionals address risk post-COVID-19? Why should meeting professionals address risk? If you were a client looking to contract with a meeting planner or a company, which would you want to work with one that did not address risk? Why should you address risk? Meeting Risk Checklist.

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Why This Medical Meeting Simulated a Crisis

PCMA Convene

Imagine walking into a major international medical meeting and finding your afternoon session transformed into an intellectual, public-health version of a murder-mystery dinner party. Held on day two of the three-day event, the three-hour session was listed in the agenda simply as “a simulation exercise.” million deaths a year.

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How to Host a Safe Event: Advice from Emergency Management Experts

SmartMeetings

We hope that everything goes to plan at all your events but sometimes it doesn’t. A glitchy AV system or a sick keynote speaker may seem like disasters on event day, but are you ready if a real emergency hits? What is the most important thing in emergency planning for an event?

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Do Meeting Planners Provide a False Sense of Security?

MeetingsNet

Two presenters at the recent Global Business Travel Association Convention say the same focus has not been turned on meeting attendees. Duty of care practices are well established for individual employees traveling the world for their companies. read more.

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How the ESC Supported Barcelona After the Attacks

PCMA Convene

She was making preparations for the organization’s flagship event, ESC Congress, to be held in Barcelona the following week, Aug. MedPage Today polled a group of cardiologists to see if the attacks had an impact on their decision to attend the event. On the afternoon of Aug.

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Venues and Destinations, Showcase Your Accessibility Bona Fides

MeetingsNet

The Event Services Professionals Association just released a customizable toolkit of accessibility checklists hotels, convention centers, and convention and visitors bureaus can customize to show planner clients how they accommodate people with disabilities. read more.

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Venues and Destinations, Show Off Your Accessibility Bona Fides

MeetingsNet

The Event Services Professionals Association just released a customizable toolkit of accessibility checklists hotels, convention centers, and convention and visitors bureaus can customize to show planner clients how they accommodate people with disabilities. read more.

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