longlivethecrowd.eu – Mastering Crowded Spaces

Long Live the Crowd offers an Expert Education Programme in terms of event safety and security, crowd management and sustainability leading to a professional certification. The programme aims to strengthen event professionals in their skills and abilities, to increase resilience against new threats and actual challenges of organising large gatherings and future events.

Do you feel concerned?

Even with a respectable number of years of experience in a well-known environment, you may feel ‘disarmed’, ‘inadequate’, ‘overwhelmed’ in the face of new threats and challenges for which we are not trained or able to cope.

Many of us involved in the organisation of large festivals, sports and urban events, amusement parks, conferences, fairs and other events are concerned as we have to reinvent ourselves again and again (attacks, pandemic, energy crisis, etc.). Strategic and operational decision-makers involved in an event organization, safety and security operators, police and city coordinators, …. bear a great responsibility where both human lives and the quality of the experience are central. A fragile balance that immediately comes to the attention of (social) media, public opinion, court and insurance. The competence and qualification of managers, officers and every link in the process are often questioned.

If you are keen to strengthen your abilities on how to deal with the unforeseen circumstances of a new threat, then this education programme is exactly what your are looking for.

The Crowd is dead?! Don’t think so … Long Live The Crowd!

Become more resourceful and resilient

We bring together knowledgeable and experienced people involved in the organisation of large gatherings, to ensure a more resilient future of events.

At Long Live The Crowd we provide new teaching approaches to the key challenges in Event Safety Management through a collaborative learning process focusing on the skills and competence development of the broader event community across Europe.

The full Expert Programme consists of 12 one-day training modules, including theoretical contributions and group exercises, supplemented by contributions from academic or practical experts in the concerned field. Each module is validated and can be taken independently or as part of a professional certification process (Bronze-Silver-Gold).

The next modules will take place in September – January – May and available in three languages (EN – NL – FR) across event locations of interest. Registration opens now for maximum 12 participants per module. The price per module is € 750 (ex VAT) includes training materials, (inter)national expert interventions and inspirational case studies, well equiped meeting room, evaluation, and coffee breaks, lunch, access to car park. Contact us if you require additional information.

Some of our modules at a glance

Managing and supervising crowded spaces and anti-social environment

Designed for people who need to plan the occupancy of high-density spaces during events.

Crowd Dynamics - Principles of Crowd Science (Part 1)

The success of large events lies in the ability of the organizers to understand the space in which participants gather.

Crowd Dynamics – Planning and Management – Crowd Science (part 2)

Advanced methods and techniques of crowd management in the context of events or large-scale demonstrations.

Scenario-based event planning

The main principles of crowd management and science and how they are applied in different real life situations.

Crowd Management during Evacuation, Invacuation or Lockdown

Covers a range of elements including regulatory requirements, contingency management planning and management of resources available for operational purposes.

The Rise of Event Technology for Large Events and Cybercriminality Awareness

Establishing resources and risks that new technologies offer in the organization of events and will provide a toolkit for building resilience and business continuity.

Counter-terrorism and strategies to protect crowds at events

Taking into account the fight against terrorism and strategies for protecting audiences at events in high-density areas is an ongoing requirement for event professionals.

Event Management and Leadership

Helping organisers and those responsible for hospitality and security to understand the concepts of leadership and the associated team management skills in the events sector.

Safe and sustainable event management

The theoretical context and the practical application to the operational aspects of planning and organizing events according to sustainability principles.