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SUMMARY:Art of Mass Gatherings
DESCRIPTION:Embracing a whole community approach to safety and preparedness means helping event producers master the art of mass gatherings. The symposium will feature indoor panels and learning tours through Denver PrideFest in Civic Center Park - led by recognized experts. The symposium will bring together local agencies, businesses and organizations to foster collaborations and inspire best-practices.Gatherings like festivals, concerts and other special events are simultaneously powerful and vulnerable. They can be joyful, life-giving experiences, but they can also be a forum for disaster. They can elevate a community's sense of pride and identity, yet they can be a source of enormous waste and missed opportunities.Mass gatherings are a ripe training ground for skill-sharing between creatives, events producers, and the agencies and businesses that serve our communities. Performers, organizers, promoters, vendors, audiences and even the public can be incorporated into a collaborative network and engaged through proper planning and communication. Providing a clear understanding of the myriad systems involved, including water, waste, electricity, communications and shelter, will allow everyone to collaborate better in times of celebration and crisis.Through a distinct curriculum and diverse training opportunities, we hope to elevate attendees' ability to enhance their own events and gatherings.WHO SHOULD ATTEND?Individuals, organizations and businesses interested in:• EVENT PRODUCTION IN FORMAL & INFORMAL VENUES AND SPACES• SUSTAINABLE AND GREEN EVENTS• LIFE SAFETY, HEALTH AND PUBLIC WELFARE• MAXIMIZING SOCIO-CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT • ENHANCING ACCESSIBILITY • EVENT WASTE REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT• WEATHER EMERGENCIES• LEGAL CONCERNS AND EMERGENCY PLANS • MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH FIRST AID• CROWD MANAGEMENT • ENTERTAINMENT, EMERGENCY AND ALTERNATIVE POWER SYSTEMS• HARM REDUCTION, GENDER SAFETY & TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES• EXPERIENTIAL EVENTS, INTERACTIVE CONTENT, INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMINGAGENDA:9:30-10:00AM Registration and Coffee10:00-10:05AM Recognizing Peoples and Place10:05-10:10AM Welcome10:10-10:50AM Case Study, Five Points Jazz Festival10:50-11:00AM Break/Networking11:00-12:00PM PrideFest Tour #1 --Magnify Communications--Security and Crowd Management--Water and Waste Systems--12:00-12:20PM Musical Performance by Wheelchair Sports Camp12:00-1:45PM Lunch and Keynotes Eliote Durham and Steve Adleman1:50-2:50PM PrideFestTour #2 --Stages and Structures--Power Systems--Unified Command Center--2:50-3:00PM Break/Networking3:00-4:00PM The Fast and The Curious (20 seconds per slide, 20 slides) --Harm Reduction--Non-Traditional Venues--Designing for Neuro-Diversity--Optimizing for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Attendees--Role of Performing Arts in Community Resilience--4:00-4:30PM Networking and refreshments WHO ARE THE EXPERTS?STEVEN ADELMAN, ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEY, EVENT SAFETY ALLIANCECATHERINE BEESON, SENSORY FRIENDLY CONCERTSSCOTT BUCCIERI, OPERATIONS CAPTAIN, DENVER FIRE DEPARTMENT JANET BURGESSER, CERTIFIABLY GREENTOM CLARESON, PERFORMING ARTS READINESSSTEPHEN COLLUM, SUNBELT RENTALSBROOKE DILLING, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, FIVE POINTS JAZZ EVENT DIRECTORELIOTE DURHAM, BD+20, HARDLY STRICTY BLUEGRASS, BOTTLEROCKMATT EATON, EVENT DIRECTOR, ARGUS SECURITYSTACEY FORRESTER, GOOD NIGHT OUT VANCOUVERBILL GERMAIN, ECO-CYLE, ZERO WASTE EVENT MANAGER STEVEN HARDY BRAZ, DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING ASL INTERPRETER, BICYCLE ADVOCATENATE HAYDEN, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTSCAROL HILLER, PRIDEFEST, GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTTY HUBBARD, FIVE POINTS JAZZ FESTIVAL, JUNETEENTHMATTHEW KOWAL, PERFORMING ARTS READINESS, MAJESTIC COLLABORATIONSMEGAN LANE, CITY AND COUNT OF DENVER WASTE MANAGEMENTAARON MOLANDER, MANAGER SITE SERVICES, MOJO RENTALSJAMES ROBINSON, DEPUTY CHIEF, DENVER PARAMEDICSPlease contact with questions:Matthew Kowalmatthew.kowal@denvergov.org720-865-5572For more about the Arts & Cultural Network for Emergency Preparedness: artsandvenues.com/ACNEPThe Arts & Cultural Network for Emergency Preparedness is home to the intermountain regional survey and study for performing arts entities of all kinds, and is led by Denver Arts & Venues, Performing Arts Readiness and Colorado Creative Industries. We intend to build and support a broader regional network in order to prepare people to produce extraordinary events by embracing the full complexity of a gathering.For Spanish Translation Services: SHAWN.JOHNSON@DENVERGOV.ORGFor Sign Language Interpreter or Cart Services: SIGNLANGUAGESERVICES@DENVERGOV.ORGFor Other Disability Accommodations: DISABILITYACCESS@DENVERGOV.ORG 
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