Episode 53 - Marcel Altenburg, Senior Lecturer and Program Leader, Crowd Science at Manchester Metropolitan University - a podcast by Mass Participation World

On today's episode of The Aid Station we head to Manchester, England to  meet a man who has barely had a day off since COVID-19 started. Marcel  Altenburg is the Senior Lecturer and Program Leader, Crowd Science at  Manchester Metropolitan University.



He has been working with the likes of the Bundesliga and English  Premier League to help with their return to play plans and also works  with numerous Mass Participation events including Chicago, New York,  London and Berlin marathons.



"It's almost contradictory as we  obviously can't have crowds anymore so our job is to help events make  sure that crowds don't build up." That has involved countless hours of  modelling which changes constantly depending on prevailing guidelines in  each country. "If England reduces to 1m tomorrow it's obviously a whole  new set of modelling"



Marcel is yet another Aid Station guest  who counts his job as his passion. As a former Captain in the German  army and keen runner he is well qualified to sit in command centres  supporting Race Directors as they make decisions. His key advice on  leadership "listen".



Watch my talk with Marcel here https://youtu.be/X2sdXnGqW2I

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