Association TRENDS Workshop
Navigating Key Legal Issues of Hybrid & In-Person Events Post-COVID

April 28, 2021

On April 28, members of GKG Law's Trade & Professional Associations team will be running a workshop in conjunction with Association TRENDS. The half-day workshop, Navigating Key Legal Issues of Hybrid & In-Person Events Post-COVID, will be led by practice group leader Rich Bar, and principals Katie Meyer and Oliver Krischik, and will feature two separate open forum sessions from 11 a.m. ET -  2:15 p.m. ET. Complete details can be found below and the registration form is available here. Attendees can receive up to 3 CAE credits.

If your association is cautiously approaching 2021 as the year for rebuilding your conferences and events, you’ll need to have strong planning and strategy in place not to mention a high level of flexibility in the lingering pandemic “normal.” This half-day workshop is designed to quickly get you up to speed on how to plan for future events while making you aware of key legal considerations to keep your organization protected. 

This workshop is designed to be a highly interactive open forum with your peers and will be led by GKG Law’s seasoned attorneys, who have years of first-hand experience partnering with associations on their events. A survey will be distributed prior to the workshop to ensure that the most pressing issues and concerns are discussed during these sessions. 

SESSION 1: Navigating In-Person Events in a Pandemic-Disrupted World
This will be an open forum discussion and Q&A around negotiation strategies, useful contract language, and risk mitigation. 

Attendees will learn how to: 
– Identify pitfalls and risks involved with in-person events 
– Clarify essential contract language 
– Mitigate risk exposure 
– Gain big picture knowledge for planning safe and profitable events 

SESSION 2: Essential Virtual Event and Social Media Legal Considerations for Associations 
This will be an open forum discussion and Q&A around intellectual property, data privacy, and social media policy. 

Attendees will learn how to: 
– Identify basic IP considerations for virtual events 
– Identify data privacy risks for mitigation tactics for virtual events  
– Understand the risks involved in marketing on social media and the importance of having a strong social media policy in place 
– Mitigate these risks when organizing virtual events 

Meet Your Workshop Legal Leaders:
You’ll hear from top association and nonprofit lawyers Rich Bar, Katharine Meyer and Oliver Krischik from GKG Law on how they are advising their association and nonprofit clients to proceed complete with practical steps, examples and advice. 

See a complete agenda here.