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 TimeSpeakersDescription
12:00Registration and coffee
13:00A welcome from our UKCMA patron
13:10BJ Harrington | Chief Constable, Essex PoliceKeynote address
The Widening Police Mission and the Role of Technology and Data in Policing and the Policing of Public Space
14:00BJ Harrington | Chief Constable, Essex Police
Oliver Gardiner Managing Director | Vespasian Security
Eric Stuart (Chair) | Director | Gentian Events
Protests, Social Disorder, and the Rise of Social Media
15:00Crowdguard | Russ PhillipsMeet the Supplier
15:10Tea Break
15:40Michelle Russell | Chief Executive | SIAKeynote address
16:30Paul Kinkaid | Managing Director | Forensic Outcomes
Robert Kaiser | Founder and CEO | PPSS Group
Satia Rai | CEO | IPSA
Becky Stevens (Chair) | Managing Director | Hybred Events
Creating Safe Spaces: Building the Culture, Setting the Narrative
17:30Halo | Lloyd MajorMeet the Supplier
17:40Setting the scene for Day Two
17:45Networking Drinks Event
(tickets required)

Programme – Day Two

Start TimeSpeakersDescription
08:30Networking Breakfast
(tickets required)
10:00Philip Kolvin, KCKeynote address
10:50Ian 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
11:50Emma Parkinson | Course Director | Coventry UniversitySnakes on a Plane: Crisis Management and Crisis Comms
12:50CrowdCows | Sander TeunissenMeet the Supplier
13:00Lunch
14:00Welcome back and The Confessional Box
14:15Eric Stuart | Director | Gentian Events
Emma Stuart | Events and Operations Manager
Tabletop Exercise
15:30Anne Marie Chebib | Chair of the UKCMA | Managing Director | Select Security and Stewarding LtdIn Conversation with the Home Office
16:15Thanks and Close

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

B. J. Harrington, QPM

Chief Constable | Essex Police
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Michelle Russell

Chief Executive | Security Industry Authority
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Philip Kolvin, KC

Licensing barrister | 11 KBW
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Speakers and Panellists

Anne Marie Chebib

Managing Director | Select Security and Stewarding Ltd
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Becky Stevens

Managing Director | Hybred Events
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Emma Parkinson

Course Director | Coventry University
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Emma Stuart

Events and Operations Manager
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Eric Stuart QPM

Director | Gentian Events
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Ian Baird

Outdoor Events Development Manager | Brighton and Hove City Council
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Ira Rosen

President and CEO | Ira L. Rosen LLC
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Oliver Gardiner

Managing Director | Vespasian Security
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Paul Kinkaid

Managing Director
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Robert Kaiser

Founder and CEO | PPSS Group
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Tim Roberts

Owner / Director | TESS
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Satia Rai

CEO, IPSA | COO, Leverage Security
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Home Office

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Headline Sponsors

Pink Bows Foundation

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Showstop

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