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Working groups

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Community matters: our 16 working groups bring together our industry’s best specialists.

Comprised of individuals who have volunteered to freely share specialist knowledge and skills, each of our groups provide a focus on areas of critical importance to event venues. 

At regular meetings, our group members express common issues, aims and practices, that are better shared, tackled and discussed as a collective.

 

Considered the “go to group” of experts, our group members are an invaluable resource when addressing specific operational challenges and freely share their specialist knowledge. By sharing best practice and suggesting practical approaches to develop and improve their specialist disciplines the whole industry benefits.

As well as running our own venue-specific working groups, we also participate in relevant cross association groups with AEO and ESSA members representing  a range of talent and expertise across the events industry.

The groups enable members to express common issues, aims and practices that are better shared, tackled and discussed as a collective.

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Academic 

Academic 

Formed to explore how education and industry can help event management students experience the event management landscape.

Catering

Catering

Focuses on the ever changing needs and provision of catering and other related topics, including legal changes.

eGuide

eGuide

Finds and communicates 'common ground' regarding the application of regulations across UK venues.

Event Managers

Event Managers

Captures and defines member wants and needs within the event management sector. 

Junior Event Managers

Junior Event Managers

Provides junior event managers with a vital opportunity to share experiences, knowledge and skills across the venue and events landscape, while making valuable connections.
Finance

Finance

To capture and define member needs within the finance arena.

Marketing and communications

Marketing and communications

Evaluates the latest marketing and communications initiatives being applied in venues and the challenges faced.

Security

Security

Reviews security issues, traffic management and anti-terrorism operations and stays ahead of related legislation.

Venue Strategy

Venue Strategy

Raising awareness of long-term thinking at all membership levels to build, share and advise on developing venue strategies 

The cross association groups with AEV, AEO and ESSA members

Diversity, equity and inclusion

Diversity, equity and inclusion

To recognise, value and promote diversity, equity and inclusion in events and exhibitions, tackling inequality as we evolve to a consciously inclusive, welcoming and progressive industry.

Electrics technical

Electrics technical

Discusses current technical issues, focusing on temporary electrical installations at events, discussing risk, defining collective findings and suggested methodologies.

Event industry HR

Event industry HR

Captures and defines member wants and needs within the human resources sector.

Health and Safety

Health and Safety

Considers general health & safety issues faced by the industry, including CDM, to feed into the eGuide.

Sustainability

Sustainability

Focuses on sustainability issues, working  together to help reduce the event industry’s impact on the environment.

Technology

Technology

Analyses current and future technology challenges and opportunities, focusing on finding solutions for the entire industry to improve business performance and customer experience.

MASA

MASA

Represents the entire event industry, including suppliers, to enable greater and wider outreach of government guidance, especially around counter-terror measures and intelligence. 


 

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