The debate follows tragic festival stage collapses that shocked the world last summer - including Belgium's Pukkelpop, where storms caused structural damage that led to at least two deaths.

A range of panels and presentations will feature the likes of Chris Kemp, International Centre for Crowd Management and Safety Studies (ICCMSS) /Bucks University; Simon James, The Event Safety Shop; Andy Yates, Webb Yates Engineers; Roger Barrett, Star Events Group; Richard Bryan, Bearded Theory Festival and Rudi Enos, Special Structures Lab.