FOUNDATIONS IN EVENT & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT -- PRE-CONFERENCE INTENSIVE AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Weekend pre-conference intensive for cultural venue professionals preparing for climate and disaster impacts

Museums, libraries, archives, historic sites, live collection institutions, performing arts organizations, and other cultural venues operate sophisticated systems for managing people, resources, and facilities—capabilities that become critical community assets during disasters. This year, the International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection (IFCPP) and Majestic Collaborations are co-presenting a tactical bootcamp to earn the ReadyWhen Foundations Certificate in Event and Emergency Operations, which translates in-demand cultural properties expertise— such as a crowd management, logistics under pressure, accessible design, resource coordination, and safety planning—into frameworks that institutions can use to enhance both daily operations and disaster preparedness.

The classroom component of the certification will be taught in a full-day pre-conference on Sunday, April 19. Learn practical strategies for assessing your facility's resilience capacity, coordinating with emergency management partners, and positioning your organization as a community resource during a crisis. This process may even unlock new funding streams through disaster planning and emergency readiness grants. Whether you're improving safety protocols for public programs, documenting institutional capacity for funders, or exploring positioning your venue as a community resilience hub, this training builds transferable skills in logistics, accessible design, stakeholder coordination, and adaptive planning.

Come a day early to take part in an Immersive Intensive at French Quarter Festival on Saturday April 18! This afternoon guided tour of the festival infrastructure offers an insider’s look into how large-scale event systems function in real-time. Experience operations firsthand, hear from leading professionals and learn through interactive activities. This session fulfills the practicum requirement of the ReadyWhen Foundations Certificate in Event and Emergency Operations. Pre-Conference registration is now open!

Find free resources and more details about this approach to readiness at readywhen.org.

Who should attend: Cultural property/venue staff, city officials and municipal workers, security professionals, event producers and venues, historic property managers, operations and facilities staff preparing for disruption.

This offering is part of a broader learning program in New Orleans, April 2026 - where 20 years post-Katrina, we're exploring what it means to protect cultural infrastructure in an era of accelerating disasters.

Registration available now at: IFCPP - IFCPP 2026 Annual Conference, Seminar, Exhibits at the National World War II Museum

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