This page will be a visual and ever evolving user generated wall of all of the key problems that the events and festival industry faces - not exhaustive, but representing a consensus, driven by you, the community. This is like an interactive map and universe of all the issues.

Examples

• Rights, justice, inclusivity

• Universal Design - how do we design events for all?

• How to - and what is the right - balance between economic, social, and environmental goals.

• Rhetoric vs. reality - strategic promises fail to materialise, and the need to better “bake in” legacies

• Event owners difficult to find places and destinations to host events, with a need for us to articulate the costs and benefits and power of staging events of all shapes and sizes

• Knowledge transfer between events and hosts, to create a sustainable pipeline of intelligence between teams and people

• Evidence based experiences - what is the science behind what guests and visitors really want?

• High costs associated with bidding and hosting events, excessive public expenditure, and balancing public and private funding.

• Longitudinal evaluation - how do we capture the complex and messy long term legacies left by events?

• Well being and mental health challenges for those working and volunteering at the heart of our industry (e.g. Event Coordinator position listed as the 5th most stressful job according to [insert reference].