EventsAir, an Australian tech company, provided top-tier accreditation and access control solutions to streamline security at the recent ASEAN-Australia Summit in Melbourne, where the summit hosted 12 Heads of State along with thousands of support staff and participants over three days.
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese’s recent hosting of leaders from ten South-east Asian countries at the ASEAN-Australia Summit in Melbourne necessitated some of the most stringent security measures ever seen in the country.
Despite only a dozen South-east Asian leaders physically attending the summit, the total number of attendees, including diplomats, academics, officials, media personnel, police, and on-site staff, surpassed 6,500. All attendees had to undergo accreditation procedures before gaining access to the heavily secured Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC).
Over 10 members of the EventsAir team collaborated closely with the ASEAN Task Force from July 2023, meticulously checking, reviewing, and processing every approved attendee. They then issued secure credentials to facilitate streamlined access to the MCEC while upholding the stringent security perimeter.
EventsAir CEO, Chris Ridd, elaborated on the security measures implemented, stating that validated attendees were issued photo ID security passes embedded with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) mechanism. This allowed rapid validation as attendees entered the MCEC and accessed restricted areas.
“ASEAN attendees underwent RFID gate checks or were scanned by mobile RFID readers before entering the building, instantly confirming their credentials,” Ridd explained. “All of this was seamlessly managed through the EventsAir platform.”
Ridd expressed pride in EventsAir’s contribution to the summit, highlighting its role in ensuring smooth registration, data processing, and venue access control. He lauded the flawless technical execution and credited the on-site team, supported by partner Touchpoint, for their exceptional work.
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has appointed a new director of culinary, Remi Van Peteghem, who brings three decades of culinary experience.
The French national arrives in Hanoi from Singapore, where he most recently served as culinary director and assistant vice president of F&B for Resorts World Sentosa, overseeing its overall culinary operations, including at Michelin-star Table65.
Prior to that, he was executive chef at InterContinental Doha The City, executive chef at Royal Monceau Paris (home to the Michelin-star Il Carpaccio) , and executive Sous Chef at Peninsula New York. During his tenure at Peninsula Hong Kong, he oversaw the management of the French fine dining restaurant Gaddi’s for four years.
Other Michelin-star restaurants Van Peteghem has worked with include Le Sensing (one star), in his first position as chef de cuisine in 2011; Lasserre (two stars); Pavillon Le Doyen (three stars); L’Arpège (three stars); Grand Véfour (three stars); Il Cortile (one star); Montparnasse 25 (one star); and Carré des Feuillants (two stars).