Curating our event environment
A few weeks ago I delivered an event that my friend and I have been planning for months. It was...
#3. The impact of legislation on competency
Part one of Íse’s dissertation into the impact of regulation and legislation on crowd safety at outdoor events. While...
Post Pandemic Crowd Behaviour (Taylor’s Version)
Over the past few years we have been inundated with news stories, articles and conversations about the post-pandemic crowd, who...
What is Zone Ex and why is it important?
In the wake of the Manchester Arena Attack in 2017 and the Wembley Euro Final in 2021, the subject of...
Can the word ‘stampede’ undermine crowd safety?
The Oxford Dictionary of English defines Stampede as: * a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other...
When crowds “crush"
As the world population increases, so does the frequency of mass gatherings and mass events (Li et al, 2020). Instigated...
#5. Recommendations to Government and Industry to improve Crowd Safety at outdoor events
Part five of Íse’s dissertation into the impact of regulation and legislation on crowd safety at outdoor events. This...
#2. Legislation, Regulation and Crowd Safety
Part two of Íse’s dissertation into the impact of regulation and legislation on crowd safety at outdoor events. Throughout...
#1. The Root Cause of Crowd Disasters
Part one of Íse’s dissertation into the impact of regulation and legislation on crowd safety at outdoor events. Crowd...
So, What is Crowd Safety?
People don't ask me this as bluntly as the title suggests, but in general I get a blank...
To prevent disaster, now is the time to study crowd safety
If I am over a decade into my career and facing the challenge of an industry that has totally collapsed,...
Pandemic Series Ep 5: Can Events Help Antidote Fear
“In Mexico, we say hi by kissing on the cheek. I remember saying, “Is this ever going to come back?...
Pandemic Series Ep 4: Airborne Transmission and Crowd Safety
Recently, a group of scientists published an open letter (Morawska and Milton, 2020) urging governments and organisations to consider that...
Pandemic Series Ep3: On Biometric Data and Events
As the collective events industry searches for guidance on how to safely restart events, in the absence of authority leadership...