Staying safe in an uncertain world: Lecture by Professor Chris Kemp
Lecture Postponed Due to circumstances beyond our control, the public lecture by Professor Chris Kemp at Edinburgh Napier University has been postponed until the Autumn. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. Once a new date has been agreed information will be released across our network.
Read more »ILMC 30: Security: Rock and a Hard Place
The 30th International Live Music Conference (ILMC 30) took place on 6th-9th March 2018, at The Royal Garden Hotel in London. Over a 1000 delegates attended meetings, events, networking and a Gala Dinner to help bring the live music community together. Professor Chris Kemp, Mind Over Matter CEO chaired a discussion on the impact of [...]
Read more »First Graduates – iSSUE Professional Certificate
We are incredibly proud to congratulate the first 14 crowd management and security studies graduates from the iSSUE Professional Certificate run in conjunction with MOM. This really is wonderful news as it is the first collaboration of its kind in the industry and many are going on to take the Diploma. If you would like to find [...]
Read more »Station safety under the microscope
Station safety is key. Professor Chris Kemp and Craig Stenning reveal measures that can be taken to keep commuters safe in the January issue of Intersec, The Journal of International Security. When people are seen to run away from danger it is often perceived that they are doing so in a panic, especially on the [...]
Read more »Event and Crowd Management Courses – Saudi Arabia
Mind Over Matter has completed and lead the first set of event and crowd management courses in Saudi Arabia. The trainers were there to help develop the event and entertainment industry in the Arab state which is looking to increase the scale and variety of events. This first programme lasted three weeks, on the delivery [...]
Read more »Event and Entertainment Lawyer required…can you help?
Mind Over Matter (MOM) Consultancy Ltd is looking for a qualified and experienced event and entertainment lawyer to deliver on the renowned Event & Crowded Spaces Programme. There is an initial course which is to be delivered on 11th April 2018 in Dublin titled 'Legal Aspects of Event Management', which forms part of the NAA [...]
Read more »Safe Events
Keeping Audiences Safer! Delivering safe events has always been a difficult balancing act owing to the need to equalise the total experience expected by the customer with the safety and resilience of the event, writes Prof Chris Kemp, pictured, CEO of Mind Over Matter Consultancy. Thus, event producers and managers are walking a tightrope between reduced [...]
Read more »European Health, Safety and Crowd Management Seminar 2017
The Changing Face of European Festivals The 24th European Health, Safety and Crowd Management Seminar took place on the 20th/21st September 2017 in Hamburg at the Reeperbahn Festival. Here is a round up of how this fascinating two day event went and what we learnt. After taking the East Hotel by storm the group settled [...]
Read more »Event Safety Revisited: Crowd Management after Manchester
Reeperbahn Festival Conference Mag approached Professor Chris Kemp, CEO for MOM Consultancy Ltd shortly after the terror attack at the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena on May 22, to talk about new security levels at live events. Recent attacks on events mean event promoters are facing new challenges to revamp their safety concepts and strategies [...]
Read more »Why are we so terrible at briefing teams for events?
Why are we so terrible at briefing teams at events; Simple we do it for them and not for us. The seven things to remember: Having spoken to all levels of management about briefing delivery it is clear that many thoughts and ideas are apparent across the team. However, no two are really the same. […]
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