Event Weather Planning Workshop

ESA’s Weather Planning for Mass Gatherings Workshop (formerly the “Severe Weather Summit”) is a practical workshop that joins meteorological science and event operations to help event and venue professionals address increasingly volatile weather conditions.

Subject matter experts in the fields of meteorology, engineering, event production, crowd management, and risk management will guide attendees through topics including:

• Weather phenomena that can threaten events, temporary structures, and production elements.

• The science of forecasting and peril of playing meteorologist with your crowd and workers.

• Public and private resources that can help with weather preparedness.

• Technologies that can give you more timely notice of threatening weather.

• Impacts of weather on event infrastructure.

• The importance of communication plans to notify and activate your crowd before a weather emergency.

• Coordination with public safety officials.

• The elements of an actionable severe weather plan.

Understanding severe weather is a science all to itself. The Weather Operations Workshop will provide attendees with the knowledge necessary to identify and prepare for potential threats, and how to use existing technology and expertise to safely handle most types of weather events.