Workshop 1 - Best practice stadia and event venue development
Workshop leader: John Barrow, Senior Principal, Populous
Facilitator: Robin Thompson, Director, pmpgenesis
This workshop will look at industry best practice and case studies in the following areas:
- The importance of a robust feasibility/viability phase
- Consulting with key stakeholders and user groups
- The design brief and what it should include
- Building sustainability best practice into the design, construction and operation
- The case for and against iconic venues [value for money v the overall user experience]
- Ensuring event venues build legacy in from the outset
- Best practice business planning, viability assessment and on-going operation
Workshop 2 – Best practice major event legacy planning and implementation
Workshop leader: Bob Elphinston OAM, President of FIBA and advisor to the IOC and LOCOG
Facilitator: Cathy Livock, Director of Consulting, pmplegacy
Effective legacy planning and implementation is becoming internationally recognised as an essential component of bidding, planning and delivering major sporting events. This workshop will promote discussion around the importance and challenges of effective legacy planning and implementation and look at best practice examples from around the world through a series of mini case studies considering the following questions:
· What is legacy and why is it such an important element of event bidding, planning and delivery?
· What does a major event legacy plan look like?
· What do International Federations look for in a city interested in hosting one of their events?
· What legacies have been delivered as a result of raising the profile of this important area?
Workshop 3 – The A-Z of sustainable event management
Workshop leaders: Anne Hayes, Head of Market Development Risk & Sustainability, BSI Group and David Stubbs, Head of Sustainability, London 2012 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Facilitator: Marcus Kingwell, Director of Consulting, pmpgenesis
This workshop is designed to discuss the increasing importance given to sustainable event management in light of BS8901, the new British Standard for Sustainable Event Management created due to London 2012’s aspiration to be ‘the most sustainable games ever’.
How do we ensure that our events create an enduring, balanced approach to economic activity, environmental responsibility and social progress?
We take a look at:
· The importance of a sustainable approach
· BS8901 – an introduction and overview
· Identifying and evaluating impacts
· The importance and benefits of stakeholder engagement
· London 2012 – a best practice case study of sustainable major event planning
Workshop 4 - London 2012 legacy impact for local government and UK Sport social impact model
Workshop leaders:
Chris Hespe, Head of Sport leisure and 2012 Games, Kent County Council
Simon Morton is Head of Events for UK Sport
Katy Stevenson, Senior Project Manager, London Development Agency
Facilitator: Shaun Dawson, Chief Executive, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
This workshop is designed specifically for local authority and public sector delegates.
It includes a review of the impact and long term benefits from London 2012 that local authorities can aspire to deliver across sport, the arts, tourism, economic development and regeneration, volunteering, schools and young people.
It also provides the opportunity for delegates to learn more about UK Sport’s social impact model – a framework designed to standardise the way in which the impacts of major events are measured. The framework tool is being developed to assist event funders, event organisers and event research contractors in moving towards a better defined group of impact measures, with associated guidance on how to capture these impacts.
Delegates will have the opportunity to hear more about the work that Beacon 2012 authorities such as Kent County Council are doing; the prospect of a sports legacy plan for local government; and understand how the new event impact framework will work in practice.