Articles tagged “conference”

Conference centers used to be known as no-nonsense, even vanilla. Not any more.

The European Stroke Organisation has hosted its last five conferences in Helsinki, Basel, Munich, Lyon and Milan. This week it’s gathering somewhere much smaller — and harder to reach.

SITE’s members are well-traveled, and many have been to the Middle East before. But for those who had not — and for the association itself — the Annual Conference in Abu Dhabi presented some new challenges.

Registration is attendees’ first impression of an event — and involves much more than just filling out a form and printing a badge.

Stay away from rambling, formulaic intros — your speakers deserve better than that. Or maybe skip the speaker intro altogether.

What you include in an event justification letter could make the difference between getting and not getting approval to attend a conference.

The theme of this week’s FICP Conference in Denver was ’Elevate,’ as the association raised the bar on its annual event.

The results are in. Keep keynotes short and dedicate more time to face-to-face interaction. Expert meeting designers lead the call for rethinking conference agendas.

Web Summit 2022 opens today in Lisbon, Portugal and its CEO Paddy Cosgrave predicts there will be 100,000 people participating in it and related events. With many conferences still struggling to reach 2019 numbers, Web Summit is bucking the trend.