Safer Crowds, Safer Venues Conference Programme 2025
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We are delighted to return to Middlesbrough for the second edition of Safer Crowds, Safer Venues: the UKCMA conference for everybody who is involved in commissioning, planning, or delivering events and festivals, who works in sports stadiums and cultural venues, or who has responsibilities for safety in the public realm.
Our 2025 programme brings together an international line-up of specialists, academics, and thought leaders, to deliver sessions covering the most important topics of the day, alongside interactive, hands-on training.
There will also be plenty of opportunities for networking and socialising, and the chance to make new contacts and collaborations at our evening drinks event and networking breakfast – so make sure you book your tickets for these!
Programme
Programme – Day One
Start Time | Speakers | Description | |
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12:00 | Registration and coffee | ||
13:00 | A welcome from our UKCMA patron | ||
13:10 | BJ Harrington | Chief Constable, Essex Police | Keynote addressThe Widening Police Mission and the Role of Technology and Data in Policing and the Policing of Public Space | |
14:00 | BJ Harrington | Chief Constable, Essex PoliceOliver Gardiner Managing Director | Vespasian SecurityEric Stuart (Chair) | Director | Gentian Events | Protests, Social Disorder, and the Rise of Social Media | |
15:00 | Crowdguard | Russ Phillips | Meet the Supplier | |
15:10 | Tea Break | ||
15:40 | Michelle Russell | Chief Executive | SIA | Keynote address | |
16:30 | Paul Kinkaid | Managing Director | Forensic Outcomes Robert Kaiser | Founder and CEO | PPSS Group Satia Rai | CEO | IPSABecky Stevens (Chair) | Managing Director | Hybred Events | Creating Safe Spaces: Building the Culture, Setting the Narrative | |
17:30 | Halo | Lloyd Major | Meet the Supplier | |
17:40 | Setting the scene for Day Two | ||
17:45 | Networking Drinks Event(tickets required) |
Programme – Day Two
Start Time | Speakers | Description | |
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08:30 | Networking Breakfast(tickets required) | ||
10:00 | Philip Kolvin, KC | Keynote address | |
10:50 | Ian Baird | Outdoor Events Development Manager | Brighton and Hove City Council Ira Rosen | President and CEO | Ira L Rosen, LLC Tim Roberts (Chair) | Owner/Director | TESS | Safer Crowds, Safer Venues: Learnings from the Recent Past | |
11:50 | Emma Parkinson | Course Director | Coventry University | Snakes on a Plane: Crisis Management and Crisis Comms | |
12:50 | CrowdCows | Sander Teunissen | Meet the Supplier | |
13:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00 | Welcome back and The Confessional Box | ||
14:15 | Eric Stuart | Director | Gentian EventsEmma Stuart | Events and Operations Manager | Tabletop Exercise | |
15:30 | Anne Marie Chebib | Chair of the UKCMA | Managing Director | Select Security and Stewarding Ltd | In Conversation with the Home Office | |
16:15 | Thanks and Close |