Access All Areas Supplements Festival & Outdoor Events Show Preview 2018 | Page 8

SEPTEMBER 2018 | COLUMN
What’s
Next?
Access: The Next Generation, an initiative designed to
celebrate young, talented individuals in the outdoor and
live events industry will culminate at the Festival & Outdoor
Events Show, Sandown Park, on 26 September at 4pm
W
inners of
the 2018
competition will
be announced at the Festival
& Outdoor Events Show,
which takes place 26-27
September.
Event professionals aged
29 and under (or turning
30 in 2018) from across the
industry are encouraged
to enter for the chance
to participate in industry
events, network with like-
minded peers and – last but
not least – contribute to
Access All Areas.
Winners will need to
get their entries in by 6
September, and be available
to attend the Festival &
Outdoor Events Show,
Sandown Park, on 26
September at 4pm.
Meanwhile, the awards
are now positively chuffed
to announce a sponsor, Get
Me Connected, a specialist
technology company
providing reliable, fast and
secure WiFi connectivity to
events of all sizes and in the
most challenging locations.
Adam Steadman, CEO
of event WiFi specialist Get
Me Connected, said: “We’re
really proud to be sponsoring
the first ever Next
Generation competition
and supporting the new
crop of event talent as they
make a name for themselves.
We’re particularly excited
about the passion this
new generation has for
promoting sustainability
in the events industry. Our
carbon-neutral, off-grid
WiFi solutions are already
proving very popular but we
think the next generation
of event professionals will
seize the opportunities to use
such technology to innovate
in completely new and
sustainable ways.”
www.accessnextgen.co.uk