Sport

European Athletics Indoor Championships – 2021

Context

After a year of no competitions because of the COVID-19 outbreak, European Athletics was back in action in March 2021 for the 36th European Athletics Indoor Championships in the Polish city of Toruń.

In light of the ongoing global public health crisis, the number one priority for the event organisers was to ensure the health and safety of the 2000 or so athletes, staff, volunteers, officials and event stakeholders.

This meant implementing a strict medical and sanitary protocol including testing, tracking and monitoring the movement of people within and around the event.

Wiz Solution

Wiz-Team provided European Athletics and the Local Organising Committee with all the tools they needed to create and manage COVID-19 PCR testing workflows for accurate and up-to-date monitoring of participants’ health.

Through its solutions, Wiz-Team also helped ensure communication remained consistent and efficient with critical information and PCR results being shared instantaneously to stay at all times one-step-ahead of the global public health crisis.

In addition, a creative application of Wiz-Team’s Event-Works Accreditation, Meetings & Sessions, and Access control modules enabled a close monitoring and tracking of people’s movement within and around the event

Results

✅ 15 Access control scanning devices used with Event-Works’ Accreditation module successfully automated and monitored testing and safety protocols across 13 venue access points.

✅ Flexible form and field builder gave organisers the possibility to create COVID-19 PCR testing workflows for accurate and up-to-date monitoring of athletes and administrators’ health. 

Triggers and schedulers helped ensure consistent and efficient communication to keep everyone aligned and working together on activating COVID-19 policies and procedures.

Live reporting allowed for critical information and PCR results to be shared instantaneously and integrated with Access control to stay one-step-ahead at all times.

✅ On-site presence to train volunteers, troubleshoot and support with event operations.

✅ A total of 2’000+ people were tested according to European Athletics protocol, and 16’603 scanned to enter the venue.

The keys to a successful event were the integration of each participant’s medical data into Event-Works; providing a QR-Code on the accreditation card linked to this data and controlling access accordingly; and the professional on-the-ground assistance by Wiz- Team.

Marie Anne Midy, European Athletics Logistics & Events Senior Coordinator

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This event was a unique testing-ground and demonstration of how the different Event-Works modules can be adapted and used to track the movement of people within and around an event, where a maximum capacity of attendants has been set in order to respect the social distancing protocols and other COVID-19 policies put in place.

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Stefano

Senior Director - Wiz-Team Italia

Stefano joined Wiz-Team in March of 2022 as the Senior Director of Wiz-Team Italia. He is charged with the oversight, management, and growth of Wiz-Team’s fourth location and second development arm in Torino, Italy.

Previously, Stefano served as a Senior Director at Deltatre where he spent 17 years supporting organisational growth and leading the delivery of their technical solutions for some of the most exciting and challenging sport events in the world including the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro, the Olympic Games, the National Football League, and many more.

When not overseeing complex and challenging technical projects, Stefano is an avid sports enthusiast both as a fan and as a participant.  He also has a knack for music quizzes.

JOHANN

CEO

As the founder and CEO of Wiz-Team, Johann has been a part of this adventure long before the start of the organisation 10 years ago. This dynamic and fast-growing company was born out of gap in the market Johann and his colleagues experienced as event managers in the early 2000s.  With little tools available to effectively manage the demands and challenges of data management for complex events, they decided to build their own solution. 

Shortly thereafter Johann created Event-Works and later Wiz-Team with the vision to deliver world class digital solutions built by event professionals for event professionals. From Wiz-Team headquarters in his hometown Lausanne, he oversees a global network of developers and experts, who support the organisations mission to empower event professionals through smart, intuitive, and innovative digital solutions. 

Johann’s expertise in event data management is outstanding.  He has delivered innovative event management solutions to every Olympic Games edition since 2004 alongside a range of other international events. Having worked across many sectors, including sports federations, the medical congress industry, corporate companies, and government agencies, he has acquired a wide-ranging background and an exceptional experience in various types and sizes of events. Before he set up Wiz-Team, Johann specialised in web and database development, as well as project management in the luxury industry, and teaching.

Johann holds an MBA in international management and speaks English, French and some German. In his spare time, he enjoys scuba diving, discovering the world on a motorbike, gaming and exploring new technologies.