Engineering firm for event technical production.
Technical direction · Production management · Safety expertise, across live, event and institutional productions.
Twelve years in the field.
Twelve years in event technical production — from the Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremonies to stadium tours and major international concerts, luxury fashion shows and institutional events of international scope.
I founded Event & Safety Engineering (ESE), an engineering firm dedicated to event technical production. Three services structure its activity.
Matthieu SavatierFounder of ESE
All formats, all configurations.
ESE operates across all event technical production configurations — from a 300-seat venue to a 100,000-capacity stadium.
Three services, one standard of technical rigour.
Technical direction, production management and safety expertise work together to carry a production end to end — or independently, as a reinforcement to an existing team. You define the scope, ESE adapts.
Productions ESE has worked on.
Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games ceremonies
Opening ceremonies for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Stadium tours
Mylène Farmer · JUL · Ninho · AC/DC at the Hippodrome de Longchamp.
Fashion shows & luxury events
Louis Vuitton · Garnier Shortcut · Vichy Shortcut.
Institutional summits
UNOC Nice, United Nations Ocean Conference.
International DJ sets
Mochakk · Adriatique · Blondish.
Beyond these flagship productions, ESE works daily with brands, agencies, cultural venues and companies on their production briefs.
SOCLE®, operational transformation of engineering offices and agencies on the Vectorworks ecosystem.
Discover SOCLE® →ESE supports the organisational transformation of creative structures in partnership with COBEL® Développeur de culture.
Discover COBEL® ↗What people ask us.
No. ESE works on Olympic opening ceremonies and stadium tours just as readily as on mid-scale events, product launches or confidential operations. The brief defines the scope, not the size.
Yes. Technical direction, production management and safety expertise work together or independently. ESE can carry an entire production end to end, or step in as a reinforcement to an existing team.
Yes. ESE's safety expertise is underpinned by an AP2 ENSOSP qualification — rare in event production. ESE produces ERP fire safety reports (types CTS, PA, L, T) and supports operators at safety commission hearings, before the prefecture, city hall and fire & rescue service (SDIS).
Yes. ESE is based in Paris but operates anywhere in France and internationally, depending on the project: tours, festivals, institutional summits.
SOCLE® is ESE's proprietary method (registered trademark at the INPI, France's national IP office) for structuring the technical production of engineering offices and agencies on the Vectorworks ecosystem. It is aimed at organisations looking to move from an installed tool to a true production system.