Earlier this month, the board of directors of the Event Safety Alliance (ESA) decided to cancel its 2025 Event Safety Summit, which was to be held Nov. 11-13 at the Charlotte Convention Center. "Gatherings like the Event Safety Summit are costly to produce," Digby continued. Our projections for the 2025 Event Safety Summit did not indicate a break-even position." The Event Safety Summit wasn’t the only conference that got axed this year. “For example, we provide ESA’s presenters at conferences throughout North America, such as the Event Safety Alliance Canada conference in Toronto, Oct. 20-22, and other industry gatherings.