The ASEAN-Australia Special Summit saw 12 heads of state from South East Asia gather in Melbourne in early March – a high profile event which
required diligent digital security.
Australian tech firm, EventsAir were tasked with providing
the digital security for the event, a task which included assessing all
delegate applications, accrediting all 6,500 attendees, and providing secure
access credentials to the locked-down event at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition
Centre.
The added layer of delegate accreditation ensured
Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese and leaders from Lao PDR, Brunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,
Vietnam and Timor-Leste, along with all other delegates, were kept safe during
the summit.
“On-site we provided photo ID security passes to all
attendees which had a radio-frequency identification (RFID) mechanism embedded
in them, allowing us to be able to rapidly validate attendees as they entered
the MCEC and accessed restricted areas,” said EventsAir CEO, Chris Ridd.
“Prior to entering the building, ASEAN attendees walked
through RFID gates or were scanned by mobile RFID readers and their bona fides (documentary
evidence) were instantly confirmed. This was all managed through the EventsAir
platform.
