Health and safety is always of paramount importance for any large-scale event, and with delegations from 191 countries as well as tens of thousands of visitors from all over the world descending on Dubai for a six-month period, they don’t come much larger in scale than Expo 2020 Dubai. For Steve Kearney, Managing Partner at Gallowglass Health and Safety, which has been tasked with delivering HSE for the entire Expo 2020 site, the project represents a milestone for the company. “It’s a massive undertaking, the likes of which have never been seen in the Middle East before,” he described to…
Author: James Robertson
With an extensive role at Expo 2020 as well as several major events around the corner, including Abu Dhabi Showdown Week and the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix, the remainder of 2021 is set to be extremely busy for Flash Entertainment. While the constant threat of COVID-19 adds a note of caution to any positive projections, the sudden upturn in business, coupled with an aggressive regional expansion plan, seems to have the Abu Dhabi-based organisation on the path to success. Here, CEO, John Lickrish explains how the company is planning to deliver some of the year’s biggest events. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpmea32_digitallr/36…
INFiLED launches its new outdoor rental solution, TITAN-X. As part of the INFiLED DNA, the idea behind the TITAN-X innovation is to create a long-lasting outdoor LED rental screen with excellent transparency yet remains strong. INFiLED CEO, Michael Hao commented: “To accomplish this challenging task, we built an international R&D team of 15 engineers from both Europe and China, who after seven months of dedication to this project, finally completed TITAN-X. The beauty of TITAN-X lies in how our team combined high transparency with a super load capacity into one.” He added: “The average outdoor stage screen construction needs a stage…
Every year on 29 May, the city of Istanbul celebrates the fall of Constantinople. Known locally as the Conquest of Istanbul, the holiday is marked with annual celebrations, with largescale public events that retell the tale of the historic 1453 siege, which saw Sultan Mehmed II’s army overwhelm the Byzantine troops to claim the city we now know as Istanbul for the Ottoman Empire. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpmea31_digitallr/20 Photos: Emre Dorter www.imagina.com.tr
As the world recovers from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies and organisations up and down the live events supply chain are aiming to recover, rebuild and, ultimately, return to normal operation. Like all venues, Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena has been hit hard by the pandemic, however, as restrictions in the UAE begin to ease, it seems there may be some light at the end of the tunnel. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpmea31_digitallr/6 Photos: Coca-Cola Arena www.coca-cola-arena.com
Nobody could argue with the fact that video conferencing tools have been invaluable over the past 18 months. However, as many are tiring of Teams and experiencing a chronic case of Zoom fatigue, increasingly individuals and organisations are looking to alternative ways of keeping in touch while international travel remains difficult. Offering a futuristic solution to this universal issue is ARHT Media, whose HoloPresence technology allows presenters or artists to appear as a hyper-realistic, life-sized hologram, with the ability to interact with a live audience with no noticeable latency. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpmea31_digitallr/40 Photos: NMK Electronics www.arhtmedia.com www.nmkelectronics.com
Established in Dubai in 2007, Seven Production has garnered a well-earned reputation over the years as one of the region’s leading innovators in film and broadcasting for TV and sports, as well as corporate and live events. With regional offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah and Lebanon, as well as the UK and Finland, the company’s trademark blend of 4K and HD broadcast solutions as well as live event technical support is now seen on broadcast and events projects throughout the MENA region and beyond. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpmea31_digitallr/44 Photos: Seven Production www.7production.net
‘Upskilling’ is a term we’ve all heard a lot of over the past 18 months, with much of the industry taking the enforced hiatus from events as a time to boost staff qualifications and broaden skillsets. While some companies see this as making the best of the terrible hand that the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt the industry, for Dubai-based JAM Event Services, upskilling is – and always has been – the name of the game. “Constant learning is key for us,” commented Founder and Managing Director, James Mistry. “All of the team at JAM are continually sharpening their skills. Our…
“You posted a Black square, now what?” stated Nadu Placca, Founder of The Zoo XYZ and now author of a new report that highlights the lack of diversity within UK event trade bodies and associations. She spoke on the eve of the release of a new report that aims to bring the conversation of diversity within the live events industry to the forefront and begin a dialogue that will lead to change that goes further than a post on social media. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpmea31_digitallr/38 Photos: The ZOO XYZ www.thezoo.xyz
Standing at 46m tall with a diameter of 210m, Jeddah Super Dome is an event space of epic proportions. Claiming two Guinness World Records for the world’s largest geodesic dome and largest dome with continuous roof, the newly built arena is set to become a mainstay of the Jeddah Season events programme, hosting some of the standout concerts, sporting events and exhibitions in the Kingdom. The honour of being the first event to take place inside the world’s largest freestanding dome went to the Makkah Region Digital Projects Exhibition – a week-long showcase of the development happening in Western region…
There’s no doubt that 2020 was the hardest year we’ve ever faced. It was a year which saw us completely diversify the business and do everything we could to keep the industry going at the height of COVID-19. We brought out many new products,from disinfection tunnels to thermal scanners, which we deployed on events such as Tomorrowland Around the World. This technology proved that it was effective in order to monitor, control and minimise any spread of COVID-19. Of course, the use of this tech alone is not enough to guarantee that the disease doesn’t spread, but it showed that…
While dazzling light shows, massive LED screens and booming immersive audio systems so often take centre stage on major productions, without the rigging infrastructure – the key element from which everything else is based – there would simply be no show at all. So, with rigging such a vital aspect of any show, it makes sense that the most talented freelancers are highly sought-after. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpmea28_digitallr/44 Photos: iRIG www.irigevent.com
