The room is dark and the tension palpable.
The front wall flickers with monitors and dozens of video feeds. On a central dashboard, sectors of a color-coded map change from green to amber.
Then suddenly, one block turns bright red.
A member of the operations team adjusts his headset and leans forward. He knows exactly what he needs to do next.
No, this isn’t a top-secret situation room or mission control at NASA. It’s the operations center of the National Exhibition Centre....