Wayne Middleton CVE is the Global Vice President of Risk Manager software for Momentus Technologies, (formerly Ungerboeck). He is the founder of the software which was acquired by Ungerboeck in 2022. He is responsible for supporting Momentus’ clients globally to maximise product value and help mitigate risk.
Wayne was, until recently, the owner of Reliance Risk consulting in Australia and New Zealand. He held roles as Principal and Managing Director in Australia for over 15 years. Reliance helps public venues, events, sports and companies in the entertainment industry to manage safety, security, enterprise, emergency and disruption-based risk.
Wayne has over 35 years’ experience in management and operational roles in the venues and events industries and over 25 years as a risk management professional. He is a VMS graduate (1996), was the past Chair of the VMS (2018-21), holds a Masters in Risk Management, a Bachelor of Business Administration, and a Diploma in Security Risk Management. He also holds a CVE designation awarded by the IAVM, is an instructors on the IAVM’s Academy of Venue Safety and Security (AVSS) in the US, and is the inaugural Chair of the VMA’s Institute of Venue Safety and Security.

Mel Goodman is the Head of Events & Venue Operations at Sydney Showground. A world-class venue, Sydney Showground delivers over 100 national and international events each year, including music festivals, sporting events, exhibitions and tradeshows. Sydney Showground has partnerships with the Australian Football League and Cricket NSW, Greater Western Sydney GIANTS and Sydney Thunder utilising ENGIE Stadium for their home-ground matches. Every year, Sydney Showground hosts the iconic Sydney Royal Easter Show. Australia’s largest annual ticketed event, the show attracts circa 900,000 people.

Mel has worked in the events industry for over 15 years and since 2021 has been the Head of Events & Venue Operations for Sydney Showground. Mel’s event delivery is extensive, having overseen all facets of event and venue operations for recent major events such as Laneway Festival, ICC T20 Women’s World Cup and Knockout Outdoor as well as a raft of concerts, dance parties, exhibitions and conferences. Mel also headed Venue Operations for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 International Broadcast Centre.

Mel has extensive qualifications in Event Management, Crowd Safety, Risk Analysis and Leadership that she combines with 15 years hand-on experience running some of the biggest events in Australia.

Michael is a safety, security and risk management professional with over 20 years’ experience in major event safety and security and critical infrastructure resilience.
He leads Arup’s major events and venues and critical infrastructure offering for the Resilience, Security and Risk team for Australasia and provides clients with support in the areas of safety and security design, strategy development and implementation, operations, resilience planning and delivery and security capability development and training.

Scott Taylor CPP, JP is a Combined Communications Expert and Security, Safety and Risk Specialist with over 29 years of global industry experience. He is an International thought leader who is board-certified in Security Management and he has shared his expertise globally through specialist consulting, contextualised training and various active operations. He has trained with the leading global authorities on behavioural awareness and base profiling and intertwines this skillset with his Security and Risk background.