The annual FEI Eventing and National Safety Officers (NSOs) Seminar will be held online on 31st January and 1st February 2026. The online Eventing Seminar will be open to all on Saturday 31 January 2026 from 16:00 - 19:00 (UTC +1) while the National Safety Officer Seminar held on Sunday 1 February will be for NSOs and National Federations.
The agenda and timetable can be found below – please note this may be subject to change
Eventing Seminar Agenda
16:00 – 16:10 Welcome and Introduction: David O’Connor
16:10 – 16:50 Eventing Strategic Plan: David O’Connor
16:50 - 17:30: Athlete Psychology (How to take good decisions when things aren’t going to plan on cross country): Speaker TBC
17:30 – 17:50: Risk Management Data: David O’Connor & Stuart Buntine
- Review of International Statistics – benchmarking
- Review of National Statistics – benchmarking
17:50 – 18:05 2026 Rule Changes: David O’Connor
18:05 – 18:35 Frangible Devices: David O’Connor & Stuart Buntine
- Phasing out of the “old” fences
- Weaknesses of current systems (comments received from Course Designers)
18:35 – 19:00 Questions, Summary and Main Conclusions: David O’Connor
NSO Seminar Agenda
16:00 – ….. Introduction & Take away from Eventing Seminar (previous day): David O’Connor
National Statistics: David O’Connor & Stuart Buntine
NF presentations NSOs/NF: Representatives
Risk Management Presentation: TBC
….. – 19:00 Questions, Summary and Conclusion
