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What to Expect from Event Safety in 2021

SmartMeetings

Cartotto is complex director of security and risk management for Caribe Royal Orlando in Florida. Of the many things this year has taught us, one is that you can never be too prepared. And being prepared is right up Mark Cartotto’s alley. Which leads us to the next trend Cartotto sees in the near term.

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8 essential event security details for planners

Plan Your Meetings

Given the current trajectory, metal detectors, bag searches, security dogs and frisking represent the shape of things to come for large business meetings, conferences and trade shows. Every new safety and security incident is a wake-up call for meeting and event professionals. Even false alarms can send crowds into a panic.

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Do you need armed security at your event?

Plan Your Meetings

The Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting took place while I was at a conference. In the wake of recent, high-profile shootings at meeting and event venues, security was heightened for the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, to include bag searches, explosives-detecting K9s and more personnel.

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5 Next-Gen Technologies That Already Are Changing Meetings

PCMA Convene

P icture this: As an attendee wanders through your trade show, a notification appears on her Apple Watch that walking toward her is someone who shares her interest in, say, clinical nuclear cardiology. It’s risk management. You’ve probably seen 3D projection mapping in action at a conference or trade show before.

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

The first was a 7,500-attendee trade show that the client — a large tractor manufacturer — was scheduled to hold for its dealers in a centrally located city in the United States in November 2001. Think about convention centers like McCormick Place, Orlando, the D.C. convention center — 1,326 doors.

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

The first was a 7,500-attendee trade show that the client — a large tractor manufacturer — was scheduled to hold for its dealers in a centrally located city in the United States in November 2001. Think about convention centers like McCormick Place, Orlando, the D.C. convention center — 1,326 doors.

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2019 Tech Conferences: The #1 Tech Events Guide

Bizzabo

Trade Shows - Trade shows give companies in a specific industry the opportunity to showcase their products and services. Whereas most conferences are open to the public, trade shows usually require a screening process for buyers, company reps, and press. CES (Consumer Electronics Show). Orlando, FL.

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