Event Production Show 2022: Recent Episodes
Event Production Show
Dedicated to the live events industry across sports, music and culture. EPS brings together event professionals from every sector; from event promoters, festival organisers, production companies, corporate event planners, charities, experiential and marketing agencies, local authorities, government bodies and everything in between and beyond.
The Pandemic has generated some challenging precedents, one of which resonates around safeguarding your business for future crises.This highly experienced panel will focus on the challenges around Business interruption and Events Cancellation insurance during the pandemic, evaluation of the current Government backed scheme, and an exploration into what the future holds for sector specific insurance cover.
THE FUTURE OF EVENTS – WHAT DO AUDIENCES WANT?
• “The arts and music industries are a dousing rod for the public psyche – divining where the gaps are and where the water might run” – the last two years especially has seen a cross fertilization of genres, audiences move to digital, immersive events, to events in heritage spaces, forests and online. Creatively and commercially what does this mean for promoters? • Inclusion, diversity and accessibility – reflecting the nation – getting it wrong is reported widely but how do we get it right? • Creative bravery – what does it mean to you/your artists and the audiences and why is it important? (Surpassing expectations – know what they want/giving them what they didn’t know they wanted) • Events and a changing society – what role do live events have in an ever changing technological and digital world? Are audiences expectations for music and across the arts changing?
The future is here and the world that we knew has changed. So, what does an immersive sporting event look like? This panel will discuss the role of fanzones, working with local authorities and crowd control of closing public space.
In September the sustainability arm of UK live events industry umbrella organisation LIVE launched the Beyond Zero Declaration. A voluntary declaration ratified by all of LIVE’s 13 association members, its aim is to deliver measurable and targeted action on climate change, with the ultimate goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2030. A panel of experts, including AEG Europe COO and chair of LIVE Green John Langford, reveal what progress is being made and the key initial deliverables.
The Private Security sector has evolved over the last 10 years, with challenges around security resource being exacerbated by the pandemic and the introduction of Protect Duty by the Home Office in the last few months. This extremely experienced panel will be exploring current resource crisis solutions, changing market, licensing and the future of security.
What was predicted to be the “roaring 20s”, due to the huge number of events scheduled, has been stifled by the pandemic. Organisers of some of the UK’s premier live events discuss how the sector can bounce back from the pandemic and cope with major challenges ranging from building back customer confidence and ending personnel shortages to meeting sustainability goals.
As the industry fights to bounce back strongly this year, how can event organisers and suppliers cope with rising cost of fuel, supplies and materials? Will that be passed on to ticket buyers, are event organisers willing and able to take the hit, and how much of a rise in costs is expected? Leading industry figures discuss the challenges and potential solutions.
With the burden of responsibility placed on festival organisers where the root cause is actually a societal issue (drug use, illegal taxi ranks, touting, intoxication etc), how can event organisers work better with local authorities, officials and suppliers to minimise issues, and create more understanding from media.
With the impact of the pandemic having led to an estimated 25% of live events industry workers leaving the sector, how will suppliers and event operators cope with a shortage of equipment and staff in the 2022 season. Ahead of what promises to be an unprecedented year in terms of event numbers, industry experts discuss how the issue can best be tackled.