Following her stirring comments at the Opening Session, Elaine Duke, Acting Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security  spent a few extra minutes briefly addressing and meeting some IAVM members in a meet-and-greet where she reinforced the resolve of citizens in the wake o

I arrived in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Monday, September 12, 2005. After making the six-hour drive from Dallas, I parked in front of the Cajundome, the on-campus arena at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette that is home to Ragin’ Cajun athletics, concerts, family shows and much

By Alison Crumpton Russ Simons, Chief Listening Officer/Managing Partner at Venue Solutions Group, was presented with the Distinguished Leadership Award during the 2017 National Sports Safety and Security Conference & Exhibition on July 11-13 in Orlando, Fla. The event is present

Manchester Arena says it is “working extremely hard” to ensure it can reopen on time following the terrorist attack that claimed more than 20 lives in May. SMG Europe, which operates the venue, is hopeful of work being completed in time for a John Legend concert on September 16. All e

As the co-founder and managing director of The Gate 15 Company (Gate 15), based in Leesburg, Virginia, Andy Jabbour has been a supportive friend to IAVM in high-end safety and security information sharing, panel participation, conference participation, AVSS instructor and serving on t