Your Conference Experience Starts Well Before The Conference Itself
What are some of the keys to creating a memorable and informative conference experience? Most professionals will reference delegate information and engagement, an interesting scientific content and choosing appropriate speakers and presentations. However, we often...
Leading a Conference Steering Committee: Successfully Leveraging Your Options
No doubt the successful organisation of a conference steering committee can be a rather daunting task. This is the main reason why committees are often employed alongside more traditional means. This group of professionals is able to collate the main ideas of the...
Fundraising for Associations: Raising Money and Generating Income in an Interconnected World
When it comes to the matter of fundraising for associations and generating revenues in general, it would be accurate to state that the current economic climate has imposed some significant challenges and limitations upon the association responsible tasked with...
Finding Speakers for Your Next Event or Conference: Five Essential Steps for Success
Any conference or event is punctuated by speakers who are able to engage an audience, highlight scientific content and research or promote a specific topic, product or service. Although this is altogether apparent, the fact of the matter is that discovering such a...
Basel Life Science Week 2016
Basel has always been known as one of most important regions associated with life sciences within Europe. Due to its convenient location at the confluence of the French, German and Swiss borders, scientists from around the world are able to enjoy superior venues,...
New big wins and renewals for Congrex Switzerland
Congrex Switzerland is excited to announce that several important contracts have been confirmed with former, existing and new clients in the first half of 2016. The following list is intended to show an extract of the variety and partly long-term nature of the...
Room Block Poachers: What You Need to Know!
Year after year, conference after conference, associations, destination management and travel consultants, professional conference organisers and other experts in the meeting industry face fraudulent companies who are relative experts in taking advantage of delegates...
Enhancing the Delegate Experience with Effective Conference Content Distribution
The 32nd Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) will be held in the United Kingdom for the first time in 2016. The congress is the largest MS meeting in the world with around 9’000 delegates, offering a...
5 Tips How To Organise Conference Accommodation Across the Globe
In order to book the proper conference accommodation in a foreign country that is appropriate for an upcoming conference, you will need to overcome a number of variables. Some of these will naturally include language barriers, currency exchange rates and even the work...
Taking the Guesswork Out of Conference Management: Investing in a PCO
important note: we have an updated version of this blog post available: Successful Conference Management For The 21st Century The tasks involved in conference management can be daunting. Often occurring within a highly competitive landscape, organisations need to...