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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

3/4 Once a quarter, we open it up to our partners for a truly international meeting of minds. Not a member yet? Join GCMA and claim your seat at every edition. 📅 Tuesday 13th October 🕛 19:00 BST / 20:00 CEST / 14:00 EDT / 11:00 PDT / 05:00 AEDT (Wednesday 14th)

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

2/4 Crowd management and events professionals from around the world, together in one room, sharing what is working on the ground. The Control Room is our monthly online networking session, usually exclusive to our members.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

1/4 ONE WEEK TO GO: THE FINAL CONTROL ROOM SPECIAL EDITION OF 2026 In one week, The Control Room opens its doors to members of our partner organisations for the last time this year. The United Kingdom Crowd Management Association, Event Safety Alliance, Event Safety Alliance Canada, SACIA.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

5/6 Read the full announcement from Dubai Media Office: mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2026/march/06-03/mohammed-bin-rashid-issues-law-on-public-safety Thank you Conor Rainey of JAM Safety for sharing this important update and setting out what it means for your events: lnkd.in/p/ekHzey6n

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Mohammed bin Rashid issues law on public safety in Dubai

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

4/6 from following safety instructions to complying with evacuation directions in an emergency. For crowd management professionals, much of this reflects established good practice, now written into law. With a transition window running to around June 2028, there is time to prepare.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

3/6 overseen by Dubai Municipality's Environment, Health and Safety Agency. Penalties are significant: fines run from AED 500 to AED 1 million, doubling to AED 2 million for repeat offences within a year. The law also places duties on the public,

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

2/6 Venues and events must now have a public safety management plan, trained safety supervisors, emergency evacuation measures, alarm systems, firefighting equipment, first aid provision and clear signage. Responsibility for compliance rests with owners and operators,

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

1/6 DUBAI HAS A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY LAW Law No. (2) brings public places, recreation sites and event sites across the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, under a single framework for the first time, including the free zones, replacing Local Order No. (11) of 2003.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

3/4 Our respect also goes to the supporters who gave first aid at the roadside before help arrived. NSW Police are investigating. We will be following the outcome closely.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

2/4 farewell the Newcastle Knights ahead of the NRL Grand Final. Young children are among the injured; two people remain in a critical condition. We thank the paramedics, police and helicopter crews who responded so quickly.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

1/4 CAR STRIKES KNIGHTS FANS AT GRAND FINAL FAREWELL Our thoughts and prayers are with the ten people injured in Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, earlier today, along with their families and the whole Newcastle community. A car struck a crowd of supporters who had lined the road to

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

4/5 Ireland runs a similar back of house model at a small number of events. Read the full story: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/pill-testing-to-continue-at-nsw-music-festivals-after-trial/107103918

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NSW government to make pill testing permanent after successful trial

The Minns government will provide a drug checking service at up to 15 music festivals per year in the state, beginning in October.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

3/5 Elsewhere, front of house checking, where people submit their own samples and receive the results, is still absent in many countries. The UK hosts more than 600 festivals, yet licensed testing there is limited to back of house analysis of surrendered and confiscated drugs.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

2/5 of 3.6 to 2.3 per festival day, while 8.1% of samples tested contained something unexpected. Australia is far from united on this. Victoria runs mobile and fixed site services, while Queensland became the first Australian state to ban pill testing outright in 2025.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

1/5 PILL TESTING IS HERE TO STAY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA From October, the NSW government will fund drug checking at up to 15 music festivals a year, following a 12 month trial across 12 events. During the trial, drug related hospital presentations fell from an average

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2/4 When people in a crowd see each other as "us", they feel supported, empowered and validated, which amplifies joy and anger alike. Fear travels through social appraisal too, as people weigh up what others are doing and what it means. For crowd management professionals,

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1/4 WHY DO CROWDS TURN UP THE VOLUME ON OUR EMOTIONS? In a new article, John Drury, Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex, takes apart the old idea of "mob mentality" and sets out what the research shows. Shared social identity sits at the heart of it.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

3/4 Everyone who takes part can enter a prize draw for a full year of individual GCMA membership. Already responded? Thank you. Please pass it on to a colleague who hasn't. Take part here: surveymonkey.com/r/2C8VB8V

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

2/4 Tell us about the challenges you face, the staffing pressures you work under and where training falls short. Your answers will shape the resources and priorities Global Crowd Management Alliance® takes forward.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1/4 LAST CALL: THE GLOBAL CROWD MANAGEMENT SURVEY CLOSES THIS FRIDAY There are only a few days left to have your say. The Global Crowd Management Survey closes this Friday 2nd October. We want to hear from crowd management professionals everywhere, whether or not you are a GCMA member.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

3/4 with the network ready to switch to priority safety information whenever required. A brilliant example of clear communication as part of a wider crowd management strategy. Congratulations to the CrowdCows team and thank you for your valued support of GCMA!

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2/4 CrowdCows deployed ten HIKER screens at entrances, wristband collection points and across the site, operated from the control room over their own broadcast network. Visitors received weather forecasts, event information, public transport departures and safety messaging,

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1/4 AHEAD OF THE CROWD: CROWDCOWS This month we're putting CrowdCows Ahead of the Crowd for their work supporting crowd communication at Wacken Open Air 2026 in Germany! From 29th July to 1st August, 85,000 fans descended on the sold out 35th edition of the festival.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

1/4 📘 A SMARTER WAY TO BUY CROWD MANAGEMENT 📘 Congratulations to the UK Crowd Management Association on launching the UKCMA Buyers Guide today! Good delivery starts long before the gates open, with how the service is bought. This new guide sets out good practice for procuring crowd management,

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

3/4 That international exchange helps all of us challenge assumptions, learn from different approaches and make better-informed decisions. Become a GCMA member and join a community that learns from experience and shares what it knows.

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Membership Information | Enhance Crowd Safety — Join Now — Global Crowd Management Alliance

Join the Global Crowd Management Alliance to access industry resources, network with professionals, and enhance crowd safety at live events. Explore membership options today.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

2/4 what worked, what did not and what they would do differently next time. Through GCMA programming, members can hear directly from professionals working across live events, sport, public gatherings, venues, government, academia and public safety around the world.

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Membership Information | Enhance Crowd Safety — Join Now — Global Crowd Management Alliance

Join the Global Crowd Management Alliance to access industry resources, network with professionals, and enhance crowd safety at live events. Explore membership options today.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1/4 LEARN FROM THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK Crowd management professionals are constantly making decisions about people, places, movement, communication and risk. The best professional learning does more than explain what should happen. It explores what practitioners have actually experienced,

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

5/5 To Brian, Ty and everyone carrying Madison's name into Wembley this weekend: we wish you a brilliant launch. Our thanks and admiration for all you do. #GCMA #PinkBows #UK #USA #Wembley #CrowdManagement #CollegeFootball #Crowds #Events #CrowdProfs #EventProfs #GlobalCrowds

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

4/5 👉 www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/sep/17/brian-dubiski-us-college-football-wembley-interview Global Crowd Management Alliance® and The United Kingdom Crowd Management Association are proud to stand alongside Pink Bows as members of the Pink Bows Advisory Board.

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Brian Dubiski: ‘Everything I do is about Madison. It’s a big reason I did this game at Wembley’

Brian Dubiski, the man behind US college football’s landmark match in London, tells Donald McRae about how he has dedicated his life to improving crowd safety since his daughter was killed in a crowd ...

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

3/5 people who feel overwhelmed in a crowd has already reached stadiums on both sides of the Atlantic. The Guardian has published a moving interview with Brian ahead of the game about Madison, about the work that followed her death and about what Saturday means to him.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

2/5 Behind the game is Brian Dubiski, whose daughter Madison was one of ten people who died in the crowd crush at Astroworld in Houston, United States, in November 2021. The Pink Bows Foundation was created in her memory. Their work in crowd management training, certification and calm spaces for

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

1/5 🎀🏈PINK BOWS AT WEMBLEY🏈🎀 Tomorrow, Saturday, 19th September, a very special moment: Arizona State meet Kansas at Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom: the first US college football game ever staged in Britain. Pink Bows Foundation banners will be flying over it.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

5/5 Not yet a member? Join our global community of crowd management professionals to unlock this session and everything else we do. #GCMA #TheFocalPoint #Pyrotechnics #CrowdManagement #EventSafety #Crowds #Events #CrowdProfs #EventProfs #GlobalCrowds

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

4/5 📅 Tuesday 22nd September 2026 🕛 19:00 BST / 20:00 CEST / 14:00 EDT / 11:00 PDT / 04:00 AEST (Wednesday 23rd) Hosted live, with the session available on demand afterwards. Members can register via our website.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

3/5 We will look at how effects are planned and delivered, then widen out to audience proximity, crowd movement, exclusion areas, communication and emergency decision making and where all of that sits within the wider event safety plan.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

2/5 Join us next Tuesday for the next session in our Focal Point series, exclusive to GCMA members, as we work through the hazards, the regulatory considerations and the operational requirements that come with pyrotechnics at live events and public gatherings.

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Global Crowd Management Alliance® @globalcrowds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

1/5 PLAYING WITH FIRE: PYROTECHNICS & CROWD SAFETY Pyrotechnics deliver some of the most memorable moments in live events. Delivering them takes careful planning, clear communication and close coordination across production, safety and crowd management teams.

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