Applied Crowd Dynamics Workshop (2 Days)

Course Director: Prof. Dr. G. Keith Still FIMA

Who Should Attend:  

For those who design for, plan or manage the movement of people in sport, entertainment, shopping, transport or similar environments. This event will benefit site or venue operational managers, stewarding and security organisations, police officers with crowd management responsibilities, architects of environments used by large numbers of people and local authority officers with licensing, planning, building control or leisure management responsibilities.

Pre-Requisites:

You must complete the ‘Crowd Dynamics’ course prior to attending this event as we refer to the key learning point throughout the applied course. A basic understanding of MS Office/Excel spreadsheets is essential. You will be required to provide your own laptop with software installed, as well as information relating to your own crowd dynamics issues – such as plans, site maps and related data. This will allow the course to focus on your own current challenges and projects, and create solutions that can be applied back in the workplace.

Aims:

To develop your understanding of crowd dynamics and crowd modelling techniques applied to your own case study material.

Objectives:

By the end of this event you will be able to:

  • Explain the essentials of crowd modelling in terms influences (Design, Information and Management), phases (ingress, circulation and egress) and behaviours (Casual - Incident)
  • Describe the principles of behavioural-based safety in places of public assembly.
  • Create crowd dynamics models to analyse crowd dynamics based on spreadsheets and queuing models.
  • Integrate models of behaviour and crowd dynamics to support a comprehensive approach to crowd safety planning and management. 


The workshops include individual case studies and delegates are encouraged to bring along maps, plans, diagrams, risk analysis etc. to work through with the Course Directors.

Contact us for course information and case study suggestion


DAY ONE 

1

0900-0915

Introduction and administration

2

0915-1030

Review of delegates case study materials


1030-1100 

Refreshment break

3

1100-1200  

Ingress - Arrival Profile Analysis

4

1200-1230 

Group Task 1 – Arrival Profiles

5

 1400-1415

Group feedback (Task 1)

6

1415-1500 

Circulation - Facilities planning and management


1500-1530

Refreshment break

7

1530-1630

Group Task 2 – Circulation Analysis

8

1600-1615

Group feedback (Task 2)

9

1615-1700

Emergency Scenarios

DAY TWO 

10

0900-1000

Egress Analysis - Departing the site

11

1000-1100 

Group Task 3 – Egress Analysis


1100-1130  

Refreshment break

12

1130-1145

Group feedback - Task 3

13

1145-1230

Meta Modelling - Crowd Behaviour


1230-1400 

Lunch Break

14

1400-1500 

Delegates Presentations


1500-1530

Refreshment break

15

1530-1630

Delegates Presentations

16

1630-1700

Group feedback

17

 1700-1730  

Review of the workshop


Prices (from 1st May 2010)

The workshop is run at your site - please contact us for details of course booking.

Up to 16 delegates                 £7,000
From 17 - 20 delegates         £9,000  (two facilitators required)

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