what safety and security procedures they already have in place, I think for the most part documenting what they already are doing. For others, they will have to undergo some changes. I don’t think it’s fair to say it’s going to take X number of months and cost Y for a convention center to go through the process. As we all realities, budget issues, existing security protocols in place, etc. portal that is being designed by SimpleView, the primary objective is to accelerate and streamline the process for IAVM members. We’re on their own because IAVM’s guidelines will already be Safety Act for IAVM members, but also get an IAVM member appli- cation, they know that appli- cation has gone through the portal and through IAVM SA There will be a constant
- phy, risk assessment, etc. Our objective is to take a pretty long, generic and cumbersome ap-
plication (that would apply to any type of building or technology) and streamline that process to create a customized application experience for IAVM members that work through the portal and the IAVM Safety
R.V.:
expect from IAVM member applications, which again is going to make -
R.V.: Aside from the thought process just shared, how is the portal
Brad Mayne: Two of our members (George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston and Overland Park Convention Center in Kansas) those guidelines function within their building. Al and (IAVM Director of Education) Mark Herrera will lead those onsite experiences. The portal experience will not be incorporated into the guidelines because
Al Shenouda: That is correct because the guidelines are separate - the guidelines at the venues wholly independent of the portal.
Kevin Olsen: Think of the portal as the how-to, but it will only be available when members begin their application process. For IAVM’s initial process of applying to have the Guidelines certi-
the generic application. Granted, much of the application won’t be applicable as IAVM is not applying for an individual venue, but rather of safety and security its members need to demonstrate they utilize in their own building, given their individual building’s risk assessment.
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“For this industry, the stakes are incredibly high. The guidelines need to not only provide for safety, security and preparedness, but also as a resource guide to elevate the overall resiliency of the entire industry and its related stakeholders.”
Al Shenouda: When we went through this entire process, we lever- aged our collective experience with DHS and elsewhere. We looked at sectors and developed best practices for safety, security, and prepared- ness using an all-hazard approach. We saw the ones that are successful and the ones that are mature such as sports leagues. We looked at those best practices and we looked at the applicabilities for the IAVM mem- ber community of convention centers. The one thing that was
very evident to us was the fun- management’s
commitment
to a culture of safety and se- curity. With IAVM, IAEE, and ESCA, we got that se- nior leadership commitment
U.S. convention center industry is interested in this culture of safe- ty and security and making the changes necessary given the current threat environment we face in the U.S. The second thing we look at, regarding safety and security and pre-
paredness, is the concept of resiliency. Resiliency is a function of a few things … redundancy, elasticity, resourcefulness, and the basic ability for an organization or a facility/venue to bounce back from an adverse At the end of the day, we understand a key objective for this initia-
tive is about business continuity. For this industry, the stakes are incred- ibly high. The guidelines need to not only provide for safety, security and preparedness, but also as a resource guide to elevate the overall resiliency of the entire industry and its related stakeholders including the venue, planners, show managers, etc.
The premise for that conclusion is based on our interview about a mass casualty scenario occurring in a convention center and the implications that tragic scenario would have across the industry, we were all surprised when he replied, “I’m not concerned about mass casualties. If one person gets killed at a convention center as a result of a terrorist attack, it would be catastrophic for the industry.” Given that response, from a security planning perspective, that doesn’t give the industry a lot of wiggle room.
Al Shenouda: of mechanisms of integrated security systems and processes that im- prove the overall safety and security at facilities. So, in the worst case, if something does happen, it doesn’t necessarily need to be totally cat- astrophic for the entire industry. FM
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