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As we get more and more data around COVID-19 and the safety picture becomes more focused, several basics remain true: transmission relates to guest behavior and the environment within which they meet. 

Since indoor venues still remain the predominant environment for meetings and events, it is critical to understand not only what you must consider for safe meetings and events, but to know the latest technologies that can help keep your guests and staff safe while conducting business during the pandemic.

ELI sits down with Mark Herrera of the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) to discuss how to improve the safety of gatherings in venues. This conversation will cover:

• What we’ve learned to date about what is and isn’t adding safety inside venues
• The top areas of focus planners should be concerned about as they relate to venue
• Getting versed in venue ventilation systems
• Safety practicality of different types of spaces

The overall goal for this conversation is to give planners and producers a more realistic understanding of the safety engineering within venues, empowering them to make safer choices of site and design.

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Thursday, December 17, 2020
11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern

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This is an exclusive event for paid ELI members. Not a member, but would like to join the event? Memberships start at just $25!

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Mark is the Director of Education & Life Safety for the International Association of Venue Managers. As part of his duties, Mark teaches Situational Awareness-Mindset training aimed at giving venues the tools to be safer and more secure. The training emphasizes on Exceptional Focus, Performance, and Control in Extreme Situations and Risk Mitigation through Guest Services Interjection.

In addition, as the Director of Education for IAVM, Herrera represents the Department of Homeland Security Office of Infrastructure Protection through the Public Assembly Facility Sub-Sector Council. As a representative of the Public Assemblies Facilities Sub-Sector Council he works in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security and the Protective Security Advisor to identify capability gaps across soft target community, counter threats to the pattern of life, research technology to mitigate risk and provide information to protect our Public Facility Assemblies and all Critical Infrastructures. Herrera, in addition, serves on the National Fire Protection Association Technical Advisory Committee for Assembly Occupancies.

Herrera is also a seasoned law enforcement officer and trainer, having spent twenty years with the Hobbs, NM, Police Department in numerous roles including Patrol Officer, Detective for the Gang and Narcotics unit, Supervisor of the Crime Prevention Division, Field Training Officer, Honor Guard Commander, and Entry Team Leader and Tactical Sergeant for a Special Operations Unit known as S.W.A.T. During this time, his responsibilities also included the development and implementation of security policies and procedures and security awareness programs for the Community of Hobbs.

Upon retiring from the police department, he leveraged his training background to implement security policies, procedures and training programs for the oil and gas industry and later worked as an instructor for the Department Homeland Security, training 3,000 armed pilots to defend against acts of terrorism involving criminal violence or air piracy. 

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Kevin has been a storyteller his entire life. That love of capturing attention and engaging people is what brought him to a decades-long career in experiential design. In 2011 he founded XPL, a boundary-pushing agency that delivers bold, powerful live events that transform audiences around the world.

Kevin’s commitment to his industry is demonstrated by his willingness to give back. He currently teaches event students through the Event Leadership Institute and has been a professor at New York University. He was selected by his peers to serve as international president of the International Live Events Association (ILEA). He has a penchant for travel, is incredibly loud and loves to witness great stories.

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