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The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, known as Martyn's Law, creates for the first time a legal duty for public venues and events to prepare and plan for public safety.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":44,"direction":23},"",[],{"type":39,"text":46,"spans":47,"direction":23},"It is expected to take effect in spring 2027. That may sound far off. It isn't.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":49,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":51,"spans":52,"direction":23},"From 200 people present at the same time, your event falls within the scope of the law. Above 800, the requirements step up considerably.",[53],{"start":34,"end":54,"type":55},88,"strong",{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":57,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":59,"spans":60,"direction":23},"Many organisers still believe this only concerns stadiums and large arenas. That's a misreading. Conferences, exhibitions, corporate seminars: most B2B formats are affected.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":62,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":64,"spans":65,"direction":23},"The good news? The law rests on a principle of proportionality. You don't have to turn your event into a fortress. You have to show that you have taken reasonable steps.",[66],{"start":67,"end":68,"type":55},15,63,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":70,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":72,"spans":73,"direction":23},"This article breaks it down. What Martyn's Law actually says, which tier you fall into, and above all how to prove that you control the number of people present. Because that is where it all comes together.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":75,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":78,"spans":79,"direction":23},"heading2","Understanding Martyn's Law and why it exists",[80],{"start":34,"end":81,"type":55},44,{"type":39,"text":83,"spans":84,"direction":23},"Behind this law lies a personal story.",[85],{"start":34,"end":86,"type":87,"data":88},38,"hyperlink",{"link_type":89,"url":90,"target":91},"Web","https://www.gov.uk/guidance/understanding-martyns-law-and-the-sias-role-as-regulator","_blank",{"type":39,"text":93,"spans":94,"direction":23},"In May 2017, a serious incident took place at a concert venue in Manchester. Among those affected was a young man named Martyn Hett. The law now carries his first name.",[95],{"start":96,"end":97,"type":55},133,168,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":99,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":101,"spans":102,"direction":23},"His mother, Figen Murray, turned that experience into a campaign. For years, she pushed for a law that would require public venues to prepare better.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":104,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":106,"spans":107,"direction":23},"So Martyn's Law is not just another piece of red tape. It is a direct response to a gap in preparedness identified through the official review that followed the incident.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":109,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":111,"spans":112,"direction":23},"This law also reflects a broader context: public safety planning for large gatherings has become a growing area of focus in the UK, with authorities encouraging venues to plan ahead rather than react after the fact.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":114,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":116,"spans":117,"direction":23},"So what does the law actually change? It places a duty to prepare on venues and events open to the public. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is the designated regulator.",[118],{"start":119,"end":120,"type":87,"data":121},107,144,{"link_type":89,"url":90,"target":91},{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":123,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":125,"spans":126,"direction":23},"The Act introduces a new logic for many players. Until now, this kind of preparedness rested mostly on goodwill. It becomes a regulated duty, with a regulator, thresholds and penalties attached.",[127],{"start":128,"end":129,"type":55},142,194,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":131,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":133,"spans":134,"direction":23},"And the penalties are not symbolic. For the enhanced tier (the stricter tier, above 800 people), fines can reach £18 million or 5% of worldwide revenue, with daily penalties for persistent breaches. Senior individuals can also be held personally liable in certain cases.",[135],{"start":136,"end":137,"type":87,"data":138},97,151,{"link_type":89,"url":139,"target":91},"https://www.burges-salmon.com/articles/102mqoj/martyns-law-counting-down-to-live-implementation/",{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":141,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":143,"spans":144,"direction":23},"For organisers, event security compliance moves from good practice to legal obligation.",[145],{"start":146,"end":147,"type":55},16,87,{"type":39,"text":149,"spans":150,"direction":23},"One principle guides the whole framework: \"reasonably practicable.\" In other words, your duties are proportionate to your size and your means. A 250-person seminar will never face the same requirements as a 5,000-strong convention.",[151],{"start":152,"end":153,"type":55},43,65,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":155,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":157,"spans":158,"direction":23},"The aim is not to multiply security gates. It is to reduce risk in a reasonable, documented way.",[],{"type":39,"text":160,"spans":161,"direction":23},"Then there's the timeline. Royal Assent dates from April 2025. The government has set an implementation period of roughly 24 months. The law is expected to take effect in spring 2027, though the exact date has not yet been confirmed.",[162],{"start":96,"end":163,"type":55},182,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":165,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":167,"spans":168,"direction":23},"Put simply: you have time to prepare. You don't have time to ignore it. The statutory guidance is being firmed up throughout 2026, and serious organisers are already building their approach.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":170,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":172,"spans":173,"direction":23},"Why get ahead rather than scramble? Because a proper compliance effort touches your organisation, your teams and your tools. These are jobs that take months, not days. Recurring events have every reason to build Martyn's Law thinking into their next editions.",[174],{"start":97,"end":175,"type":55},259,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":177,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":179,"spans":180,"direction":23},"First concrete step: work out which category you fall into.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":182,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":184,"spans":185,"direction":23},"Standard tier (200-799): the baseline duties",[186],{"start":34,"end":81,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":188,"spans":189,"direction":23},"This is the category that covers the majority of B2B events.",[],{"type":39,"text":191,"spans":192,"direction":23},"The trigger threshold is worth pausing on. It covers venues and events where 200 to 799 people may be present at the same time, at peak times.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":194,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":196,"spans":197,"direction":23},"The phrase \"at the same time\" is decisive. It's not the daily total. It's the peak footfall at any given moment. An exhibition that sees 1,500 visitors across eight hours, but never more than 600 at once, sits in the standard tier.",[198],{"start":34,"end":152,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":200,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":202,"spans":203,"direction":23},"At this level, the duties remain manageable. They come down to two strands:",[],{"type":205,"text":206,"spans":207,"direction":23},"list-item","Notify the SIA as the person responsible for the venue or event.",[],{"type":205,"text":209,"spans":210,"direction":23},"Put in place reasonable public protection procedures: evacuation, invacuation, lockdown, communication in the event of an incident.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":212,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":214,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":216,"spans":217,"direction":23},"One point reassures from the outset. No costly physical measures are required at the standard tier. No mandatory security gates, no heavy equipment to fund.",[218],{"start":219,"end":220,"type":87,"data":221},37,99,{"link_type":89,"url":222,"target":91},"https://www.protectuk.police.uk/martyns-law/martyns-law-overview-and-what-you-need-know",{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":224,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":226,"spans":227,"direction":23},"The spirit of the law lies elsewhere. It's about preparedness, not fortifying the site.",[228],{"start":34,"end":147,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":230,"spans":231,"direction":23},"What does \"preparing\" mean in practice? Training your teams in the right reflexes. Knowing who raises the alarm, who evacuates, who coordinates. Documenting your procedures so you can present them.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":233,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":235,"spans":236,"direction":23},"Take a simple example. In an alert, do your front-of-house teams know where to direct attendees? Does your production desk know how to cut the music and broadcast a clear instruction? These reflexes are built in advance.",[237],{"start":238,"end":239,"type":55},184,220,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":241,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":243,"spans":244,"direction":23},"Picture a 400-person annual staff seminar in a conference centre. You sit in the standard tier. In practice, you'll need to have identified your exits, appointed zone leads, and briefed your suppliers on what to do. Nothing insurmountable, but nothing improvised either.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":246,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":248,"spans":249,"direction":23},"It's also a matter of operational common sense. Many of these reflexes overlap with what you already do for crisis management or fire evacuation.",[250],{"start":251,"end":252,"type":55},48,145,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":254,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":256,"spans":257,"direction":23},"So the difficulty isn't technical. It's organisational. You have to appoint owners, write the procedures, drill the teams.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":259,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":261,"spans":262,"direction":23},"A tip from the field: don't start from scratch. Most organisers already have evacuation plans and safety instructions. Martyn's Law asks you to formalise them, extend them to cover this specific type of risk, and check that everyone knows them.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":264,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":266,"spans":267,"direction":23},"Think about traceability too. A procedure that exists but that no one can evidence counts for little in front of a regulator. Date your documents, keep a record of your training, archive your team briefings.",[268],{"start":269,"end":270,"type":55},30,125,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":272,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":274,"spans":275,"direction":23},"Above 800 people, however, the bar rises sharply.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":277,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":279,"spans":280,"direction":23},"Enhanced tier (800+): the stricter duties",[281],{"start":34,"end":282,"type":55},41,{"type":39,"text":284,"spans":285,"direction":23},"At this level, the requirements change in nature.",[],{"type":39,"text":287,"spans":288,"direction":23},"The enhanced tier covers large events: major congresses, large-scale exhibitions, conventions gathering several thousand attendees.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":290,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":292,"spans":293,"direction":23},"First difference, and a significant one. Documentation becomes mandatory. You must document your procedures and measures, then submit them to the SIA. The burden of proof becomes formal.",[294],{"start":282,"end":295,"type":55},73,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":297,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":299,"spans":300,"direction":23},"Second difference: measures to reduce vulnerability. It's no longer only about knowing how to react. You also have to reduce the site's exposure to safety and security risks.",[],{"type":39,"text":302,"spans":303,"direction":23},"That can include surveillance, access control, or protective measures where they are practicable. Always under the principle of proportionality: what's expected of a large convention centre differs from what's asked of an outdoor event.",[304],{"start":120,"end":305,"type":55},236,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":307,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":309,"spans":310,"direction":23},"Third difference, often underestimated: governance. Someone has to own compliance. A named lead, with a clear mandate and follow-through over time.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":312,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":314,"spans":315,"direction":23},"Picture a trade show of 2,000 visitors over three days. You sit in the enhanced tier. You'll need to assess the site's vulnerabilities, define suitable measures, appoint a lead, then submit the whole package to the SIA. All of this is prepared months ahead, in coordination with the venue and your security suppliers.",[316],{"start":317,"end":318,"type":55},219,257,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":320,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":322,"spans":323,"direction":23},"The venue and the organiser share the responsibility, incidentally. Clarify who does what at the contract stage, not the night before doors open.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":325,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":327,"spans":328,"direction":23},"In practice, the enhanced tier calls for a genuine project approach. You don't tick a box the day before. You build a framework, document it, and keep it up to date.",[329],{"start":330,"end":331,"type":55},106,165,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":333,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":335,"spans":336,"direction":23},"Watch out for a common trap. An event that grows year on year can shift from the standard to the enhanced tier without the organiser having anticipated it. Going from 750 to 900 attendees changes your category, and therefore your duties.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":338,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":340,"spans":341,"direction":23},"Hence the importance of tracking your real footfall over time. Not just on the day, but from edition to edition. Your registration and attendance figures become a regulatory management indicator.",[342],{"start":343,"end":344,"type":55},113,195,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":346,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":348,"spans":349,"direction":23},"This documentary requirement has a direct consequence. You must be able to demonstrate, with evidence, that you control your event. Including the number of people present.",[],{"type":39,"text":351,"spans":352,"direction":23},"And this is precisely where many organisers discover a blind spot.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":354,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":356,"spans":357,"direction":23},"The real challenge: proving how many people are present",[358],{"start":34,"end":359,"type":55},55,{"type":39,"text":361,"spans":362,"direction":23},"It all starts with a number. You still have to know it.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":364,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":366,"spans":367,"direction":23},"Look closely at how the law works. Your tier depends on the number of people present at the same time. Your duties flow from it. So does your ability to prove your compliance.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":369,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":371,"spans":372,"direction":23},"Yet many only know that number approximately. A rough estimate. A manual count at the end of the day. A paper register quickly overtaken when the crowd builds.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":374,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":376,"spans":377,"direction":23},"The problem is obvious. If you underestimate your footfall, you think you're in the standard tier when you actually fall under the enhanced tier. You're non-compliant without even knowing it.",[378],{"start":34,"end":379,"type":55},23,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":381,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":383,"spans":384,"direction":23},"The reverse is costly too. Overestimating means imposing disproportionate duties on yourself, and therefore wasting time and money.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":386,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":388,"spans":389,"direction":23},"Manual counting quickly shows its limits. At peak times the flow accelerates, the queues stretch, and no one keeps a reliable tally with a handheld counter. The result? A rough figure, impossible to defend in front of a regulator.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":391,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":393,"spans":394,"direction":23},"In the event of an inspection, the stakes become even more concrete. How do you show you controlled your headcount at a given moment? A handwritten notebook won't cut it. Nor will a verbal estimate.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":396,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":398,"spans":399,"direction":23},"This is where a real-time registration and check-in solution changes everything. Each entry is scanned, timestamped, counted. You know, to the minute, how many people are inside your venue.",[400,405],{"start":401,"end":402,"type":87,"data":403},14,61,{"link_type":89,"url":404,"target":91},"https://www.digitevent.com/en/feature/checkin-guestlist-event-app-control-register-participants",{"start":406,"end":407,"type":55},81,126,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":409,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":411,"spans":412,"direction":23},"At Digitevent, we support more than 3,000 organisers, and this live visibility on who's present is increasingly high on their list. Registration data stops being a mere logistics tool. It becomes a piece of compliance evidence.",[413],{"start":414,"end":415,"type":55},132,227,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":417,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":419,"spans":420,"direction":23},"Since Martyn's Law was passed, we've seen a shift in what UK teams ask for. Check-in is no longer seen only as a way to speed up the door. It becomes a way to secure a legal duty.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":422,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":424,"spans":425,"direction":23},"\"With Martyn's Law, counting who's present is no longer a nice-to-have, it's evidence. Knowing exactly how many people are in the room, and being able to document it, is what will make the difference during an inspection\" says Jonathan Astruc, Co-founder at Digitevent.",[426,428,433],{"start":35,"end":239,"type":427},"em",{"start":429,"end":430,"type":87,"data":431},222,269,{"link_type":89,"url":432,"target":91},"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-astruc/",{"start":429,"end":430,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":435,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":437,"spans":438,"direction":23},"A real-time check-in delivers three simple things:",[],{"type":205,"text":440,"spans":441,"direction":23},"A precise, timestamped count of every entry and exit.",[],{"type":205,"text":443,"spans":444,"direction":23},"Live visibility on the exact number of people present at any moment.",[],{"type":205,"text":446,"spans":447,"direction":23},"An exploitable history, ready to be presented to the SIA if needed.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":449,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":451,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":453,"spans":454,"direction":23},"This data serves far beyond compliance. It helps you decide in real time. Should you stagger entries? Open an extra room? Trigger a crowd management plan? You steer on figures, not on a hunch.",[455],{"start":456,"end":295,"type":55},40,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":458,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":460,"spans":461,"direction":23},"A word on personal data, since the question often comes up. Tracking a headcount doesn't mean collecting more information than necessary. What matters is the number and the timestamp, in line with the UK GDPR.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":463,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":465,"spans":466,"direction":23},"In short: you turn a regulatory constraint into reliable data. And you stop steering your headcount blind.",[467],{"start":34,"end":468,"type":55},62,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":470,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":472,"spans":473,"direction":23},"Spring 2027 is prepared now",[474],{"start":34,"end":475,"type":55},27,{"type":39,"text":477,"spans":478,"direction":23},"Let's recap. Martyn's Law imposes a duty to prepare from 200 people present at the same time, stepped up above 800. The regulator is the SIA. The law is expected to take effect in spring 2027.",[479],{"start":480,"end":481,"type":55},13,116,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":483,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":485,"spans":486,"direction":23},"Under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, event security compliance is now something you can plan for, not a surprise to absorb.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":488,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":490,"spans":491,"direction":23},"Your next steps are clear. Identify your tier based on your real peak footfall. Notify the SIA when the time comes. Document your procedures. Train your teams. And equip yourself with the tools that prove, with figures, that you control the flow of your attendees.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":493,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":495,"spans":496,"direction":23},"That last point often makes the difference. Organisers who build their check-in and attendance tracking now will approach the deadline a step ahead. The rest will meet the requirement in a rush.",[497],{"start":34,"end":152,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":499,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":501,"spans":502,"direction":23},"One final piece of advice, whatever your tier. Don't treat Martyn's Law as an isolated box to tick. Tie it to what you already do: registration, on-site welcome, evacuation plans, post-event reporting. 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A missed signature can jeopardize a practitioner's reimbursement. A poorly archived file can invalidate a session's accreditation. Organizers of scientific congresses operate within a dense regulatory framework, where every attendance sheet becomes evidence that must be stored for at least five years.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1003,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1005,"spans":1006,"direction":23},"Paper used to be enough. Not anymore. Over three days of congress, ten parallel sessions, and several hundred practitioners, the handwritten register shows its limits: mismatched signatures, cross-referenced lists, legibility issues, costly archiving. The regulatory requirements, meanwhile, do not ease up.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1008,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1010,"spans":1011,"direction":23},"This article breaks down the check-in challenges for organizers: learned societies, healthcare professional associations, event teams. You'll find the lasting principles that will withstand changes in administrative systems, and the concrete anatomy of a compliant digital solution. No detours, no alarmism, but with the rigor this topic requires.",[1012],{"start":629,"end":68,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1014,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":1016,"spans":1017,"direction":23},"Medical congress check-in: why paper no longer holds up",[1018],{"start":34,"end":359,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":1020,"spans":1021,"direction":23},"Let's start with reality. A medical congress commonly welcomes several hundred practitioners, sometimes several thousand, spread across multiple days and parallel rooms. Accredited sessions follow one another, participants move between workshops, plenaries, and industry symposiums. Every one of these flows must be tracked.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1023,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1025,"spans":1026,"direction":23},"The rule set by continuing education authorities is clear: the signature is given per half-day and cannot be delegated. According to the National CPD Agency, this signature legally and personally commits the healthcare professional and determines whether their participation is reimbursed. No approximation is tolerated.",[1027],{"start":1028,"end":1029,"type":55},137,156,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1031,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1033,"spans":1034,"direction":23},"On the ground, paper sheets circulate, come back incomplete, sometimes out of order. At the scale of a congress, the volume becomes unmanageable. How many organizers have already spent a night reconstructing the list of attendees per session, manually cross-checking multiple registers against the registration database? In practice, this task shouldn't exist anymore.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1036,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1038,"spans":1039,"direction":23},"Next comes the question of archiving. Evidence related to continuing education must be kept for at least five years, and be quickly accessible in case of an audit. Storage, after-the-fact digitization, dedicated premises, manual searches if an authority asks to verify a practitioner's attendance at a specific session: the hidden cost of paper is measured in work hours and square meters of filing space. Many organizers only grasp the scale of this burden the day an audit arrives and a file has to be produced within days.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1041,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1043,"spans":1044,"direction":23},"Add to that the risk of loss. A misplaced binder, a stack of sheets forgotten in a meeting room, a disaster in the archive room: all scenarios that can wipe out hundreds of painstakingly collected signatures. Paper doesn't forgive. Traceability depends on physical artifacts that must remain accessible for years after the congress, without damage or loss.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1046,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1048,"spans":1049,"direction":23},"The problem isn't just operational.",[1050],{"start":34,"end":1051,"type":55},35,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1053,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1055,"spans":1056,"direction":23},"A handwritten sheet doesn't clearly distinguish attendees registered for the overall congress from those who validated an accredited session. Yet the authorities require this segregation. The same participant can be registered for the congress without attending the continuing education sessions, and vice versa. The check-in system must be able to capture that distinction.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1058,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1060,"spans":1061,"direction":23},"The result? An incomplete audit file exposes the organizer to a cascade of reimbursement refusals, disputes from aggrieved practitioners, and severe reputational risk with partner societies. No one wants to discover, six months after the congress, that fifty or so certificates aren't valid.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1063,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":1065,"spans":1066,"direction":23},"The lasting principles of scientific check-in",[1067],{"start":34,"end":758,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":1069,"spans":1070,"direction":23},"The French administrative system for continuing education undergoes regular changes. Reimbursement terms shift, agencies reorganize, standards get refined. But the underlying principles don't change. Whatever exact framework your congress falls under, four constants structure scientific check-in.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1072,"direction":23},[],{"type":697,"text":1074,"spans":1075,"direction":23},"First constant: the personal, non-delegable signature.",[],{"type":39,"text":1077,"spans":1078,"direction":23},"A signature in a medical context is legally binding for the practitioner. It must be authenticated, timestamped, and technically tamper-proof. The system must prevent one participant from signing for another. On paper, this guarantee relies on human vigilance. In a digital system, it relies on a named identifier, automatic timestamping, and, where applicable, an identity check at check-in.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1080,"direction":23},[],{"type":697,"text":1082,"spans":1083,"direction":23},"Second constant: granular traceability.",[],{"type":39,"text":1085,"spans":1086,"direction":23},"Check-in isn't a binary \"present / absent\" for the day. It must document each session actually attended, its duration, and its scientific topic. The  French National Authority for Health requires consistency between the submitted program, the sessions actually delivered, and the recorded attendance. Traceability, then, isn't just about confirming that a participant showed up: it documents what, when, for how long, and under which standard. It's this granularity that distinguishes a robust system from a simple arrival log.",[1087],{"start":1088,"end":1089,"type":55},150,186,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1091,"direction":23},[],{"type":697,"text":1093,"spans":1094,"direction":23},"Third constant: evidentiary archiving.",[],{"type":39,"text":1096,"spans":1097,"direction":23},"Five years minimum for continuing education records, sometimes more depending on the international conventions your learned society adheres to. Archiving must be viewable, exportable, and auditable. A proprietary format that becomes unreadable in five years creates a risk you shouldn't have to bear.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1099,"direction":23},[],{"type":697,"text":1101,"spans":1102,"direction":23},"Fourth constant: audience segregation.",[],{"type":39,"text":1104,"spans":1105,"direction":23},"A medical congress layers several circles: those registered for the overall congress, participants in accredited continuing education sessions, industry representatives at the exhibitor stands, and scientific guests. Each circle has its own check-in rules. The system must produce differentiated certificates and prevent any mix-up. In other words: a participant registered for the congress who hasn't validated their accredited session cannot receive a training certificate. And vice versa.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1107,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1109,"spans":1110,"direction":23},"These four principles define a set of requirements. No medical check-in system can bypass them, whether paper-based, digital, or hybrid. The question then becomes practical: what does a system that respects all of them actually look like?",[1111],{"start":34,"end":1112,"type":55},50,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1114,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1116,"spans":1117,"direction":23},"Concretely, choosing the right solution means evaluating seven criteria:",[],{"type":205,"text":1119,"spans":1120,"direction":23},"Signature: authentication and timestamping, to secure the practitioner's legal commitment",[1121],{"start":34,"end":636,"type":55},{"type":205,"text":1123,"spans":1124,"direction":23},"Traceability: granularity per session, to meet HAS and DPC requirements",[1125],{"start":34,"end":1126,"type":55},12,{"type":205,"text":1128,"spans":1129,"direction":23},"Archiving: format and retention period, to allow for checks for up to five years",[1130],{"start":34,"end":636,"type":55},{"type":205,"text":1132,"spans":1133,"direction":23},"Audience segmentation: differentiated pathways, for certificates valid per group",[1134],{"start":34,"end":730,"type":55},{"type":205,"text":1136,"spans":1137,"direction":23},"GDPR compliance: management of sensitive data (RPPS number, specific consent)",[1138],{"start":34,"end":67,"type":55},{"type":205,"text":1140,"spans":1141,"direction":23},"Accreditation: based on national and international frameworks (DPC, UEMS-EACCME, CME), to produce multiple deliverables from a single data collection",[1142],{"start":34,"end":480,"type":55},{"type":205,"text":1144,"spans":1145,"direction":23},"Ease of use: smooth on-site deployment, with an on-site presence on the day",[1146],{"start":34,"end":876,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1148,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1150,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":1152,"spans":1153,"direction":23},"Anatomy of a compliant digital check-in system",[1154],{"start":34,"end":798,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":1156,"spans":1157,"direction":23},"A compliant digital check-in system rests on three technical building blocks that work in sequence, each designed for the medical context. This is where the difference between a generic tool and a solution built for scientific congresses really shows.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1159,"direction":23},[],{"type":697,"text":1161,"spans":1162,"direction":23},"Building block 1: upfront named registration.",[],{"type":39,"text":1164,"spans":1165,"direction":23},"Before the event, each participant registers with their full professional information. RPPS number for physicians, professional board, specialty, status (self-employed, salaried, mixed). The form also collects GDPR consent specific to professional health data, whose sensitivity goes beyond that of standard personal data. This participant database then feeds the entire system.",[1166,1168],{"start":1112,"end":1167,"type":55},85,{"start":1169,"end":429,"type":55},210,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1171,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1173,"spans":1174,"direction":23},"At this stage, the organizer can differentiate paths. A participant can register for the congress without registering for its accredited sessions, or precisely choose which workshops they want to validate for continuing education credit. This segregation happens at registration, not on the day itself.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1176,"direction":23},[],{"type":697,"text":1178,"spans":1179,"direction":23},"Building block 2: granular, per-session check-in.",[],{"type":39,"text":1181,"spans":1182,"direction":23},"Scientific congress check-in rests on a simple principle: you no longer validate the day, you validate each session. On site, each participant receives a named badge with a unique QR code. At the entrance of each accredited session, this badge is scanned. The system records the timestamp, the session, and the participant's identifier. For long sessions, a second scan on exit verifies the actual duration of attendance, as required by certain accreditations.",[1183,1185],{"start":34,"end":1184,"type":55},28,{"start":1186,"end":1187,"type":55},173,187,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1189,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1191,"spans":1192,"direction":23},"This system can be reinforced by a tablet signature at the start of each half-day, in line with in-person continuing education requirements. A  solution for participant check-in and sign-in consolidates this data in real time and automatically feeds the organizer's dashboard.",[1193],{"start":1194,"end":1195,"type":87,"data":1196},143,189,{"link_type":89,"url":404,"target":91},{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1198,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1200,"spans":1201,"direction":23},"Operational efficiency follows. Where three staff members used to manage a paper check-in queue at the start of a session, one can now validate several hundred attendances in a few minutes. Participants no longer waste time, and organizers capture reliable data.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1203,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1205,"spans":1206,"direction":23},"Data security deserves a paragraph of its own. A medical congress handles named data about healthcare professionals, sometimes combined with information on their specialties, institutional affiliations, and declared conflicts of interest. GDPR requires specific safeguards on the collection, processing, and archiving of this data. Hosting in Europe, encryption, access control, traceability of consultations: all criteria your check-in system must be able to document.",[1207],{"start":1208,"end":1209,"type":55},239,243,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1211,"direction":23},[],{"type":697,"text":1213,"spans":1214,"direction":23},"Building block 3: automated production of supporting documents.",[],{"type":39,"text":1216,"spans":1217,"direction":23},"At the end of the congress, the system generates, without re-entry: named certificates per participant, sign-in sheets per session, statistical reports for the training program, and standardized exports for auditing authorities. All archived according to the required retention period and format.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1219,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1221,"spans":1222,"direction":23},"This last point radically changes the organizer's position in the event of an audit. Instead of physically searching for a handwritten sheet among dozens of others, they extract the complete file for a given practitioner in a few clicks, with timestamp, signature, and technical identifiers.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1224,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1226,"spans":1227,"direction":23},"At Digitevent, we support learned societies and organizers of scientific congresses who combine these three building blocks on the same platform. Registration, badges, check-in, participant app, archiving: everything is centralized. That's what  our solution dedicated to organizing scientific congresses and symposiums enables. The goal isn't to add more tools. It's to guarantee documentary consistency from start to finish.",[1228,1231],{"start":1229,"end":1230,"type":55},206,231,{"start":1232,"end":1233,"type":87,"data":1234},245,319,{"link_type":89,"url":1235,"target":91},"https://www.digitevent.com/en/event/conference-congress",{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1237,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":1239,"spans":1240,"direction":23},"Learned societies and associations: the specific challenges",[1241],{"start":34,"end":954,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":1243,"spans":1244,"direction":23},"Learned societies and healthcare professional associations aren't congress organizers like any other. They often combine several accreditation schemes for the same event, multiple audiences, and a multi-year engagement logic with their members. Their check-in system must therefore absorb a greater complexity than that of a one-off congress.",[1245],{"start":1232,"end":1246,"type":55},266,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1248,"direction":23},[],{"type":697,"text":1250,"spans":1251,"direction":23},"First point: the coexistence of accreditations.",[],{"type":39,"text":1253,"spans":1254,"direction":23},"A congress organized by a French learned society can be simultaneously recognized by the national continuing education agency, by UEMS-EACCME for European CME credits, and sometimes by North American bodies. Each standard has its own requirements regarding proof of attendance, minimum session duration, and certificate format. The check-in system must produce several deliverables in parallel, from the same data collection. In practice, you can't afford to duplicate data collection three times.\n",[],{"type":697,"text":1256,"spans":1257,"direction":23},"Second point: traceability of ties with the pharmaceutical industry. ",[],{"type":39,"text":1259,"spans":1260,"direction":23},"Agreement transparency, the French equivalent of the \"Sunshine Act,\" requires documenting who participated in what, and who funded what. Digital check-in considerably eases this documentation work. It cross-references registration, attendance, and reimbursement data with the organizer's declarations. Your auditors will thank you.\n",[],{"type":697,"text":1262,"spans":1263,"direction":23},"Third point: managing a member base over time.",[],{"type":39,"text":1265,"spans":1266,"direction":23},"A learned society doesn't organize a single, isolated congress: it runs a cycle of events over several years, with a stable population of loyal practitioners. Medical congress check-in then becomes part of a multi-year logic. Participation history per member, data consistency across editions, multi-year tracking of credits earned. For these organizations, the check-in system isn't a one-off tool: it's documentary infrastructure.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1268,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1270,"spans":1271,"direction":23},"\"When you work with a learned society, you're not delivering a tool for one congress. You're building a system that will run for ten years, survive several changes in leadership, and absorb regulatory changes. 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The tools, however, need to absorb them now.",[1289],{"start":34,"end":629,"type":55},{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1291,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1293,"spans":1294,"direction":23},"Going digital isn't a cosmetic choice. It's a strategic decision that secures your audit files, makes the certificates issued to your participants more reliable, and drastically cuts the time spent on documentary tasks. Your teams can then focus on what matters: the scientific quality of the program, welcoming practitioners, engaging the community.",[1295,1298,1301],{"start":1296,"end":1297,"type":55},263,300,{"start":1299,"end":1300,"type":55},301,325,{"start":1302,"end":1303,"type":55},326,349,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1305,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1307,"spans":1308,"direction":23},"A few practical recommendations for starting this project in your organization. First, audit your current system: how many hours does it consume, how many signatures are lost or illegible each edition, how long would a real audit take? Then map out the accreditation schemes your congresses fall under, and identify which impose the strictest requirements. You'll then know what level of sophistication your target system should aim for.",[1309],{"start":1310,"end":1311,"type":55},241,248,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1313,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1315,"spans":1316,"direction":23},"For learned societies and healthcare professional associations, the stakes go further. Choosing a platform built for documentary traceability requirements means equipping yourself for the next ten years. It means guaranteeing documentary continuity between editions. 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To go further on best practices for on-site reception, you can also check out our  guide to event check-in apps.",[1327,1329,1330,1335],{"start":34,"end":629,"type":87,"data":1328},{"link_type":89,"url":961,"target":91},{"start":34,"end":629,"type":55},{"start":1331,"end":1332,"type":87,"data":1333},255,284,{"link_type":89,"url":1334,"target":91},"https://www.digitevent.com/en/blog/check-in-app-guide",{"start":1336,"end":1332,"type":55},256,{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1338,"direction":23},[],[1340],{"primary":1341,"items":1349,"id":1351,"slice_type":543,"slice_label":8},{"seo_title":1342,"seo_meta_descriptions":1345},[1343],{"type":39,"text":989,"spans":1344,"direction":23},[],[1346],{"type":39,"text":1347,"spans":1348,"direction":23},"Medical congress check-in: signature, traceability, archiving. The lasting principles to equip your system and approach an audit with confidence.",[],[1350],{},"seo$077b66fc-08fb-4ec9-a8a5-5255659a50a5",{"id":1353,"lang":976,"type":9,"uid":1354},"akYm5xIAAC4AyuGF","emargement-congres-medical-conformite",{"id":1356,"uid":1357,"url":8,"type":9,"tags":1358,"first_publication_date":1359,"slugs":1360,"linked_documents":1362,"lang":16,"data":1363,"_source":1577},"en_blog_article_hacker-evenementiel-securite","event-hacker-security",[550],"2026-07-02T10:07:43+0000",[1361],"lincruste---le-hacker-de-levenementiel",[],{"distribution":550,"article_title":1364,"author_name":1368,"publication_date":1369,"banner_image":1370,"article_content":1379,"main_tag":8,"body":1564},[1365],{"type":20,"text":1366,"spans":1367},"The gatecrasher - the event hacker",[],"SYrian FIS","2020-05-12T22:00:00+0000",{"dimensions":1371,"alt":1373,"copyright":8,"url":1374,"id":1375,"edit":1376},{"width":28,"height":1372},601,"Photo of a hacker","https://images.prismic.io/digi-www/2eba6c9b-90e8-4b42-be93-8da5a0a9c238_hacker.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&rect=0%2C0%2C2022%2C1350&w=900&h=601","XxHNChAAACMAFSgV",{"x":34,"y":34,"zoom":1377,"background":1378},0.6671608598962194,"#fff",[1380,1383,1385,1388,1390,1393,1395,1398,1400,1403,1405,1408,1410,1413,1415,1418,1420,1423,1425,1428,1430,1433,1435,1438,1440,1443,1445,1448,1450,1453,1456,1458,1466,1468,1471,1473,1481,1484,1493,1496,1498,1501,1504,1506,1509,1511,1514,1516,1519,1521,1524,1526,1529,1531,1534,1536,1539,1541,1549,1551,1554,1556,1559,1561],{"type":39,"text":1381,"spans":1382,"direction":23},"No system is foolproof. Just as IT has its hackers, the events industry has its own operator who exposes the flaws in a setup: the freeloader at best, the gatecrasher at worst. ",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1384,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1386,"spans":1387,"direction":23},"Obviously, these techniques apply more to external events. It's hard to imagine someone trying to crash an internal event or seminar when none of the employees know them.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1389,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1391,"spans":1392,"direction":23},"Since we're good sports and we learn from the security flaws pointed out by these whistleblowers, here's a list of the most common event gatecrashers...",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1394,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1396,"spans":1397,"direction":23},"...And also how to avoid them.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1399,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":1401,"spans":1402,"direction":23},"The first-name mix-up on the list, success rate: 10%",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1404,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1406,"spans":1407,"direction":23},"This classic technique works just as well at a party among friends the hacker wasn't invited to as at a more organized event. The idea is to pass yourself off as someone else by betting on the popularity of a common name. There's always an \"Alexander,\" a \"Thomas,\" or a \"Julian\" somewhere, no matter the time. \"There's probably one on the list,\" the hacker tells themselves. The host or the security guard at the door has no choice but to believe it... Still, email confirmation with a QR code scanned at the entrance often stops this kind of low-grade technique from working (hence the 90% failure rate).",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1409,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1411,"spans":1412,"direction":23},"This minor impersonation rarely carries any legal risk for the person using it, but more importantly, it even more rarely gets them into the event. One variant is to confidently claim your name is on the list.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1414,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":1416,"spans":1417,"direction":23},"Impersonating someone on the list, success rate: 85%",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1419,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1421,"spans":1422,"direction":23},"It's midnight, the line is long, the gatecrasher isn't on the list, which is also very long. After managing to make out the name of a real guest, the impersonator claims that's them. Security has its flaws, and impersonation is one of them! ",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1424,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1426,"spans":1427,"direction":23},"This technique, as old as cheat sheets hidden on rulers, does in fact work very often. Provided the list is visible and the event hacker shows no sign of nearsightedness.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1429,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1431,"spans":1432,"direction":23},"The boldest will go as far as posing as a speaker, a well-known DJ, or the child of a celebrity they know for a fact will be attending (all to score free drinks, purely on nerve). This classic technique works just as well at a party the hacker wasn't invited to as at a more organized one, with security guards and an overworked staff. Event agencies, of course, are used to this kind of technique and are ready to deal with these impersonators.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1434,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1436,"spans":1437,"direction":23},"There's often a chance the event organizer knows the person whose name was borrowed. That's what causes the 15% failure rate.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1439,"direction":23},[],{"type":77,"text":1441,"spans":1442,"direction":23},"Creative nerve, success rate: 30%",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1444,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1446,"spans":1447,"direction":23},"This time the hacker poses as an exhibitor at a trade show, a journalist covering the event, or even a celebrity. Compared to the previous case, the gatecrasher invents a whole persona.",[],{"type":39,"text":43,"spans":1449,"direction":23},[],{"type":39,"text":1451,"spans":1452,"direction":23},"This type of entry fraud rarely works, since it depends so much on the tone of voice, physical appearance, or that spark of madness in the eye.",[],{"type":39,"text":1454,"spans":1455,"direction":23},"Misusing a fake identity depends heavily on the gatecrasher's personal magnetism. 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