By Kaelan Young
Viristar is providing a three-day, classroom-based risk management training for outdoor and experiential learning professionals in Hong Kong this February.
The course runs February 12-14, 2025. The training is a pre-conference event before the Bauhinia Experiential Learning Conference organized by the Independent Schools Foundation, which is also presented in partnership with the Association for Experiential Education (AEE), as an Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of AEE.
The Risk Management for Outdoor Programs training pre-conference is a 24-hour, in-person course. It provides an overview of the topics presented in Viristar’s standard adventure safety class, the 40-hour online Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course.
Course topics covered at the training in Hong Kong include:
- Risk assessments
- Experiential safety standards
- Legal concepts
- Safety culture
- Human factors
- Schools & providers
- Equipment management
- Incident reporting
- Emergency response planning
- Media relations
- Systems thinking
- And more
This course is designed for professionals in leadership and safety roles within CAS and AYP programmes, and the management of outdoor, adventure, travel, or experiential programmes. Tuition is HK$4,100.
Additional information on the Hong Kong training is available here.
Viristar’s long history with Hong Kong
Viristar staff have been providing outdoor and adventure safety trainings in Hong Kong since 2008.
Viristar has been conducting its Risk Management for Outdoor Programs training in Hong Kong since 2019, following delivery of courses in Taiwan and mainland China, and as it expanded in-person training delivery into Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of Viristar’s 2020 training in Hong Kong, and the conversion of the training into an online format.
This marks Viristar’s first return to Hong Kong since the pandemic.
Viristar began discussions in January 2020 with ISF and its Bauhinia Experiential Learning Limited (BELL) division regarding planning for the conference, which was originally scheduled for 2021. After repeated pandemic-related postponements, the long-planned conference is now set to launch.
Viristar and AEE
Viristar likewise has a long history with AEE. Viristar staff have served in a variety of roles at AEE, including on the Board of Directors, and in regional treasurer and accreditation reviewer roles, over the last 20 years.
Viristar staff have presented at AEE international and regional conferences for more than two decades, most recently at the previous Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in Singapore in 2023.
Viristar is pleased to support AEE’s vision of using the power of learning through experience to positively transform people and our world.
About the AEE and Bauhinia Experiential Learning Asia-Pacific Region Conference
The BELL-AEE conference provides educational and networking opportunities regarding outdoor education, service learning, risk management, child safeguarding, and athlete wellbeing. The event features keynote presentations and workshops from a variety of subject matter experts, offering the chance to earn certifications in areas like risk management, wilderness first aid, sports climbing, and mountain biking.
To learn more and purchase tickets to the 2025 AEE and Bauhinia Experiential Learning Asia-Pacific Region Conference, including the Risk Management pre-conference, visit the event website.
