March/April 2022

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Event Production Show
A round up of the 2022 Event Production Show
DEDICATED TO the live events industry
across sports, music and culture, The Event
Production Show (EPS) brought together
event professionals on the 8-9 March at ExCel
London.
Visitors came to experience a showcase
of the latest products and services
including staging, AV, equipment hire, event
technology, temporary structures, security
and more.
From working collectively to tackle
challenges including soaring costs, supply
chain issues, sustainability goals and
attracting new event professionals, to
embracing new tech and new ways of
working to evolve event offerings, the 10
Access All Areas main stage panel sessions
proved a font of knowledge.
In all, the conference at ExCel London
hosted 50 senior event professionals
including London Marathon Events director
Hugh Brasher, Wimbledon Championships
operations director Michelle Dite, AEG
Europe chief operating officer John Langford,
Kilimanjaro Live director and Ed Sheeran UK
promoter Steve Tilley, AIF CEO Paul Reed,
End of the Road festival MD Lauren Down,
Vision Nine festival director Kevin Moore, PGA
European Tour championship director Mark
Casey, S&C Productions head of partnerships
Chris Jammer, Kilimanjaro Live COO Zac Fox,
We Are The Fair CEO Nick Morgan and Ascot
head of venue operations Joanna Wales.
Brasher emphasised the importance of the
Access All Areas conference at EPS as a forum
for debate and exchange of ideas. He said:
“The industry is still in a period of transition;
there are lots of uncertainties in the market,
so the important thing to carry on doing
is talking and listening to each other and
helping each other. The fact is you have got
people from across the industry talking – I
was getting some brilliant nuggets that I have
been using in other conversations across our
business.”
The all new Fanzone provided an
alternative space for suppliers, organisers
and associations to meet and network as
well as enjoy a drink while catching up with
industry colleagues. The area presented an
opportunity for sponsors to showcase their
products by replicating a real life fanzone,
with clips of the most memorable sporting
moments in history displayed on a mobile
LED screen.
OAB’s Top Picks
Eventclean
01443 844492, info@eventclean.co.uk , www.eventclean.co.uk
Eventclean specialises in event cleaning and waste management. With over 25
years’ experience, it has catered to some of the most high profile events in the
country including the Rugby World Cup Fanzone in 2015, the UEFA Champions
League Final in 2017 and the Volvo Ocean Race in 2018. It also introduced waste
sorting and recycling services to the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff Bay in 2018
and has been the cleaning contractor for the RHS Flower Shows for many years.
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