(First posted as a Walton Arts Center blog) Mark Herrera, IAVM director of education, and Paul Villotti, director of life safety for Henderson Engineers, came to Northwest Arkansas to lead Trained Crowd Management Phase 2 classes for staff at each of its venues, Walton Arts Center and

The Association of Luxury Suite Directors (ALSD), which covers the premium seat marketplace, has partnered with Soccerex, who have brought together the global soccer (football) industry for over 20 years, connecting the game’s key stakeholders from over 40 countries around the g

By Chris Munz, Concept3D As usual, this year’s VenueConnect Conference and Trade Show was incredibly valuable. I’ve been going for several years now, and I always enjoy coming out from behind the computer for several days, putting faces with names, and reconnecting with all the profes

Claude Molinari, general manager of SMG/Cobo Center, announced that Cobo Center will host the Events Industry Council’s training for the Sustainable Event Professional Certificate (SEPC) September 11-12, 2018. This is the first offering to event planners for the certificate in the sta

An all-star panel of experts took the stage to discuss The State of EMSSI: A Hands-on Approach to Safety and Security with the Portal. The portal? IAVM, in partnership with Simpleview, is preparing a portal for those in the convention center sector to enter valuable information regard