With many of its 80+ member venues still closed

due to COVID-19, yesterday saw the Unique Venues of London (UVL) conduct its UVL Connects meeting in a new digital format.

As one of the consortium’s supporting suppliers, technical solutions specialist

White Light (WL) provided all technical delivery for the two-part event, directly

from its SmartStage studio in Wimbledon.

The Heads of Events from UVL’s membership were in remote attendance for the

first part of the session, chaired by Managing Director Lisa Hatswell, live

from the SmartStage. The wider members of the venues’ events teams then also joined

remotely for part two, a panel discussion dedicated to the production elements

of delivering hybrid

events. To present this session, WL’s Venues Director, Jonjo Glynn, was joined on the SmartStage by

UVL’s other supporting suppliers – Focus Lighting & Productions, Event

Concept, Fisher Productions and Wise Productions.

Hatswell comments: “The lockdown

during this pandemic has had a major impact on the commercial livelihood of our

member venues and during this time, regular communication between us has been

critically important. The technology behind WL’s SmartStage greatly enhanced

this collaborative engagement for our meeting, re-connecting the whole

membership and our suppliers, as if we were all physically together in one

space.

Glynn adds: “As the industry is gearing up for a return

to the delivery of events, hybrid solutions will undoubtedly be the format of

choice for many organisations. While many of the venues will have facilitated

hybrid elements of events in the past, a rapidly increasing adoption of this

format presents a range of different options. Delivering the panel session with

our fellow production suppliers was a fantastic way to connect with the members

and answer all of their technical questions. The technology behind SmartStage

enabled us to maximise the attendance and engagement, with minimal physical

interaction required, so that social distancing guidelines could still be

observed.”

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