YES Seminar 2018
Eurosonic - Noorderslag, Groningen
17th & 18th January 2018
The 25th Edition of the YES Group European Health & Safety Seminar is a dynamic forum for health, safety, security and crowd management professionals. Providing an opportunity to raise important issues and to disseminate innovative practice, the seminar focuses on the development of a safety culture at both new and established events and festivals.
Featuring a full programme, shown below, of specially invited speakers, the YES Group European Health & Safety Seminar will provide panels, create opportunities to share information from this years summer festivals and encourage the development of relationships between events.
Members of the group will also be given the opportunity to influence the content of future YES Group European Health & Safety Seminars.
This seminar is free to attend for Yourope members
To reserve your place, please visit:
https://webshop.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/buma-shop/invitation/rgbk7equfq7t
If you have any questions about any aspect of the seminar please contact:
hayley.rogers@momconsultancy.com
We look forward to seeing you there,
The YES Steering Committee.
An updated complete seminar outline can be found below:
Seminar Outline
Day one - 17th January
9.00am
Led by Henrik Nielsen and the YES Goup Steering commitee: 25 Seminars with the YES Group - An Open Session: What have we learned and what impact have we had on European festivals?
10.15am
Fruzsina Szép: The political situation in Europe and what it means to health, safety and crowd management: What does Brexit really mean for European music? Are we growing together whilst the world pulls apart? How can we create synergy in our fields of work?
11.30am
Chris Kemp & Morten Therkildsen: Feedback and analysis from the counter terrorism festival questionnaire: feedback on E3S. Is there a strategy or is it just a scatter gun approach?
12.45pm
Lunch - A chance to network, refresh and reflect on the mornings activities.
13.15pm
Daniel Brunsch: Soft communications the way forward. How to create meaningful communication with the audience.
14.30pm
Gerard van Duykeren: HR - Taking care of our staff: In a year when mental health has been brought to the fore, how can we more easily take care of our staff in the festival environment?
15.45pm
Bernhard Mühr and Uwe Runtemund Weather – The changing goalposts: New technologies and ideas changing the way we look at climate.
17.00pm
Plenary and Close - A summary of Day One and a chance to look forward to the activities of Day Two
Day Two - 18th January
9.30am
Andy Mestka & Henrik Nielsen: Generation Y: A rerun of the fascinating panel a year ago where students ages 13-16 were given a chance to make the audience aware of how their consumer habits differed from festival notions of the way in which the new audience interact with the festival environment.
11.00am
Bartek Stolarek, Radosław Mysłek and Olga Zawada: Woodstock five years on: How is the festival coping with health, safety and crowd management issues?
12.15pm
Lunch - Reflection and discussion
12.45pm
Christine Bilde and Michèle Muller (Safe Space): Sexual offences and rapes: An increasing phenomenon. How do we deal with this and what strategies can we put in place to halt its rise?
14.00pm
Hans Dhondt: Excellence in control room management: Is there a model or are there more appropriate ways and tools for monitoring activity?
15.15pm
Networking break
15.30pm
Sabine Funk & Markus Wiersch: Staff: How do we ensure that every steward and security person is aware of the operational information at events?
16.45pm
Plenary and Close - A summary of the two days events.
The YES seminar is managed by a steering committee from within the event and festival industry and is celebrating it's 25th Edition Health and Safety Seminar in January 2018.
This seminar is free to attend for Yourope members. For further information about Yourope membership, please visit www.yourope.org
Since 2000, the YES Group has been at the forefront of event and crowded space safety in Europe.
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