Steve Blake is the owner and senior consultant of Awen UK, a specialist event safety, security and crowd management consultancy, and a director of S.T.O.R.M 4 Events, an event safety, security and counter terrorism training and consultancy company.

He is a technical member of IOSH, sitting on the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Sports Grounds and Events Group Committee, and a specialist member of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management.

Blake will lead one of two dedicated roundtable discussions on health and safety best practice.