Name: Festival, Event & Host City Risk Management Interactive Table Top Exercise (Con't)
Start: 2018-10-02T15:15:00-0700
End: 2018-10-02T16:15:00-0700

THE 63rd ANNUAL IFEA CONVENTION, EXPO & RETREAT IS DESIGNED TO INFORM AND ELEVATE ALL OF YOUR PERSPECTIVES;providing access to many points-of view; increasing awareness of changing technologies, trends, issues, opportunities and risks; and extending educational and networking opportunities to share and grow your professional experience and expertise.

WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL PLAN NOW TO JOIN US(with your staffs, boards, key volunteers, city representatives, sponsors and vendors) as we welcome the world’s top events, host markets and industry experts, for an unforgettable opportunity to evaluate, prepare for and respond to the many critical and changing perspectives that are influencing our industry and all those that we depend on.

WE PROMISE THAT YOU WILL LEAVE WITH MULTIPLE FRESH PERSPECTIVES OF YOUR OWN.Can You Afford to Miss It?
IT DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE

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Festival, Event & Host City Risk Management Interactive Table Top Exercise (Con't)

See 2:00pm for session description.

Dialogue Leader

Steve Adelman

Vice President, Event Safety Alliance

Steven A. Adelman is head of Adelman Law Group, PLLC and Vice President of the Event Safety Alliance. His law practice focuses on risk and safety at live events throughout North America, and he serves as an expert witness in crowd-related lawsuits. Steve Adelman is widely recognized... Read More →

Peter Ashwin

Principal, Event Risk Management Solutions

Peter Ashwin is the principal and founder of Event Risk Management Solutions (ERMS), a consulting practice committed to enhancing organizational resilience for festivals and events through practical and effective risk management and security solutions. Peter is a former Australian... Read More →

Jeff English, CFEE

Senior Vice President - Administration and General Counsel, Kentucky Derby Festival

Jeff English is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Kentucky Derby Festival. After graduating from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas in 2004, Jeff worked in politics and practiced law before joining the Festival staff in 2007. He is charged with... Read More →

Warwick Hall, CFEE

Risk & Event Management Consultant, Safety Set Consulting

Cindy Lerick, CFEE

President & CEO, Sausalito Arts Festival

Cindy Lerick is the interim Executive Director of the Sausalito Art Festival in Sausalito, California; a position that she accepted in 2017 to help the organization through an internal transition period. Prior to that move, she served as the Executive Director/President of the Saint... Read More →

JoAnn Nasser

Director of Operations, National Cherry Blossom Festival

Mark Nethercott

2017 Operations Planner, Ottawa Police Service

William O'Toole, CFEE

Events Development Specialist, Event Project Management System (EPMS)

Bill is the IFEA's 2018 Hall of Fame Recipient, the highest honor awarded in our industry. One of the most globally connected and influential professionals in the festivals and events industry today, Bill O’Toole’s unusual career path could be titled ‘The Accidental Tourist... Read More →

Terry Powers, CFEE

Managing Director, Sports & Special Events, BAM Weather

Ira Rosen, MA, CFEE

Assistant Professor/Program Director - Event Leadership Executive Certificate Program, Temple University School of Sport Tourism and Hospitality Management

Mr. Ira L. Rosen is an Assistant Professor with Temple University’s School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management. He teaches several event management courses and directs the School’s award-winning Event Leadership Executive Certificate Program. Additionally, for over twenty-five... Read More →

Speakers / Moderators