Touchdown in Mexico.
As one of nine companies, we were able to introduce our product to the guests invited by the German-Mexican Chamber of Commerce at the beginning of the delegation trip in Mexico City. Afterwards, our guests had the opportunity to talk to us directly. After the evening reception with guests from the German Embassy and the Mexican Football Association, the following two days saw further discussions with local authorities, event organizers and the trade fair in Mexico City.
Historic sports site we have visited in the last two days. One was the Olympic Stadium and the Aztec Stadium. They are both getting on in years, but both are still used almost every weekend for American soccer or soccer. Only Atzeken Stadium is slated for the 2026 FIFA World Cup - extensive renovation work will also take place here starting this summer. It may also be that Atzeken Stadium markets its naming rights for the first time in its long history.
We spent the last two days of the Mexico trip together with the delegation in Monterrey. We visited the modern police station of Monterrey, met the German consul Fritz Eisele Thurau, had dinner with the mayor of Guadalupe Maria Cristina Diaz and of course visited the stadium in Monterrey / Guadalupe. One of the three venues for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
It was a great trip to a great country. We saw many opportunities and I am sure we will stay in touch with the people we met. Thank you to AHK Mexico | CAMEXA and to all the companies that accompanied us, such as Advancis Software & Services, AIRSENSE Analytics® GmbH, GEUTEBRUCK GmbH, our partners from Lufthansa Industry Solutions, ESRA GmbH, ISN International Security Network GmbH, Magnetic Autocontrol GmbH and MOVETOS.
New year - new tool. On the Venue Planner homepage, you can now easily calculate what you spend per year on security personnel. For this purpose, Venue Planner has programmed a slider that contains all relevant parameters, for example:
- Number of events per year
- Number of personnel per event
- Duration of operation of the personnel
So you can easily and quickly get an overview, but also see that you can save money when using Venue Planner!
Trying it out saves - go to the savings calculator here!
Once again, this was a very successful event. As in previous years, the IBIT symposium in Cologne became the industry meeting place for live entertainment planners.
We would like to thank IBIT - International Training Centre for Crowd & Safety Management, especially Melanie Wirth-Biesen, Sabine Funk, Lioba Steinhoff and Ralf Zimme from the "best team in the world".
We had good, interesting and valuable discussions with representatives from Fortuna Düsseldorf, Eintracht Frankfurt, Roskilde Festival, Wacken Open Air, Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH, Messe Leipzig, Special Security Services Deutschland SSSD GmbH, Munich Security Services GmbH, Safesight, Vasibeko, Tilman Albrecht, eps group worldwide, YES Group - Yourope Event Safety Group, Bundesverband Veranstaltungssicherheit, Yvonne Mahling and Kölner Sportstätten GmbH.
Thank you for visiting our booth!
Thanks to all who were there. And to all who were not there: You missed something!
Our article in the "Behördenspiegel"
The November 9, 2022 newsletter of Behördenspiegel features a lengthy guest article on the benefits of digital planning - even in the public sector. An area that will appeal to municipal planners in particular:
After the company Venue Planner from Düsseldorf has attracted attention in recent years, especially in the Bundesliga and the live music market, it is now opening up to municipalities. Venue Planner's software digitizes the planning of event personnel as well as material. Thus, carnival parades, shooting festivals or Christmas markets can be planned easily and safely with the software. "It is particularly worthwhile for municipalities," reports Rainer Schüler, one of the two founders of Venue Planner. "Our customers can graphically create personnel position plans, set up tasks and set-ups of an agile event in a time-dependent manner- and incorporate these essential components into the security concept - for any conceivable event in public space."
To the article in full length here click.
The "German Security Tech Consortium for FIFA World Cup 2026 (North America)" consists of 9 German security companies that will travel to North America several times between 2023 and 2025.
The goal of the project is to give participating companies the opportunity to explore the North American target market, become part of a strong, lasting industry network, and participate in preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America.
The three-year program is funded by the Market Entry Program for SMEs of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Policy (BMWK). It is organized by GACC South - representing the German-American Chambers of Commerce in North America (USA, Canada, Mexico) - in cooperation with SBS systems for business solutions GmbH.
👉 Learn more about our consortium: https://bit.ly/3T2C3aV
👉 Reach out to MacGuard Security Advisors: https://bit.ly/3SZUn4B
On November 16 and 17, the IBT symposium will take place in the Rhein Energie Stadium in Cologne. Venue Planner will also be there with its own booth. On the first day of the event Rainer Schüler will moderate the topic "Learning from disaters - or not?
That's what it's all about: Most of you will remember the pictures from Wembley or from the Astroworld Festival and the question hovering over everything: WHY? Why do such things still happen, even though we have seen them go wrong hundreds of times? Do we really have such a bad memory, even dementia? Or are we too arrogant and believe that it can't happen to us?
Learning from what has already happened (to others) is part of the tools of modern security planning. It is not a matter of transferring what others have experienced 1:1 to one's own reality. The reaction to the events at the Love Parade showed what happened: every underpass, no matter how small, was declared a dangerous hot spot, every event was viewed only from the perspective of "this shouldn't end here like it did in Duisburg" - of course, that's not the point either. What is at stake is the use of an opportunity. The chance to keep one's own thinking flexible and to deal with things that lie beyond one's own horizon of experience. No one will ever be able to guarantee that we won't run into really bad and / or very unpredictable situations and, of course, preventive engagement is no guarantee of prudent action - but it's certainly better than "never having thought about it". Many events - even the very rare and potentially "improbable" ones have aspects of actually quite normal safety planning in their course: from knowledge of responsibilities to missing / existing / unknown resources to factual procedures. So however bad the events are: we must use them, we must learn from them, we must not forget them
Before the conference starts, IBIT is making what we think is a pretty good offer: the IBIT User Days! There is no getting around the digitalization of crowd management - but which programs, which software solutions really help? We give you the opportunity to talk to the providers and developers free of charge. Ask your questions, find out if and what will help you.
One after the other, starting today, the solutions of PwC - the Crowd Management Platform, tomorrow the process documentation of Safesight and finally on Wednesday the digital event and security planning of Venue Planner will be presented. The event starts at 6 p.m., participation is free of charge and you can register here: anwendertage@ibit.eu.
For two days we were guests at the eps ARENA SUMMIT with our booth. At the big industry meeting of stadium operators and organizers, the first day started with very good conversations in the Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt. At the evening get-together, it was possible to talk about the latest trends or the start-up challenges after Corona in a relaxed atmosphere.
The second day continued with the expert talk, moderated by Sabine Funk from our partner IBIT. The topic was the "Last Mile or the long way to Event". Together with Yvonne Mahling and Michael Brill stands Rainer Schueler on stage and discussed this important topic.
All in all, a well-rounded event. We are looking forward to next year!
We are pleased to return to the premises where the symposium has already been successfully held once before: to the Rheinenergie Stadium in Cologne!
We are sure that it will be a great return: with more than twice as much space as in 2016/17, with more participants, more exhibitors and above all: with a lot more fun! Under the motto: KNOWLEDGE. NETWORK. RESPONSIBILITY. we will bring together what belongs together: the exchange on relevant issues of crowd safety in different contexts, the discussion and interaction with great seriousness and great fun, and the responsibility that drives all participants to give your best for the safety of people(crowds).
Of course, we also do our best: in the compilation of the contents, the equipment of the premises, the service and the organization - but above all in our own responsibility with regard to the resource consumption of the symposium. The
#ibitft22 has set itself the firm goal of becoming climate-positive.
Venue Planner also in 2022 with its own stand
Also this year we from Venue Planner will be there with our own booth. Feel free to contact us - even in advance, so that we can make arrangements for the symposium.
After two years of pandemic, the industry faces packed calendars - and a huge mountain of challenges. Staff and material shortages will put us all to the test this summer.
The symposium is intended to provide a platform for both discussing the findings from the summer and exchanging experiences, as well as rewarding oneself for overcoming these challenges. Therefore, in addition to the usual extensive conference program, there will be even more space for exchange, an even bigger conference party, even more social program
In order to show the benefits of Venue Planner as quickly as possible and with the most features, we have created the movie "Venue Planner in one minute". Here you can see for yourselves what Venue Planner has to offer:
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In English:
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And we also had the short introduction translated into Spanish:
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