National Marathon Safety and Security Summit

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Event Date: Dec. 8, 2015 to Dec. 10, 2015

University of Southern Mississippi
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United States

NCS4 will be hosting the annual National Marathon Safety and Security Summit on December 8-10, 2015 at The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast campus in Long Beach, Mississippi.  The main objective of the Summit is to address the critical safety and security challenges facing marathon event managers as well as modifying and/or enhancing the current first edition of the National Marathon Safety and Security Best Practices.

Six key issues will be discussed including: 

  1. Manpower/resources
  2. Risk analysis (to determine prioritization and scalability)
  3. Legal challenges
  4. Community politics
  5. Buy-in (from local agencies and upper management)
  6. Financial concerns