Eventia Summer Conference
The Summer Eventia 2006
featuring
Where the World is your Oyster
Eventia's first ever conference, held from 2-4 July, provided a 360° experience for people working at every level of seniority in the events industry.
The organisers' mission was to create an industry conference that would be thought-provoking, entertaining and informative. Judging from delegate feedback, they were successful on all counts! Here are just a few of the unsolicited comments received:
"I found the entire event informative, educational, a great opportunity to meet others in the industry but above all a lot of fun. Whoever made the decision to keep the entire event casual deserves an award as it was absolutely the right decision."
"Just a quick note to say Congratulations on the success of the Eventia Summer Conference this week - I know it's success is down to so many people but for the first time in a long time I feel that there is an Association that everyone feels committed to wanting to work with a good balance of key agents as well as suppliers. I am sure that if this commitment remains on both sides then Eventia will grow from strength to strength."
"It was great to catch up with you again at the excellent conference - I do hope Eventia goes from strength to strength."
The conference presentations
Members of Eventia and attending conference delegates can access PowerPoint presentations of many of the conference sessions by logging into the dedicated Presentations section of the Eventia site. Click here to log in.
Click here to access our photo gallery.
If you would like to obtain your own copy of any of the pictures from The Summer Eventia, please contact our photographer, Tas Anastasi, direct at:
JMA Photography
Email: surfjma@btinternet.com
Tel: 020 8445 0408
Mobile: 07811 656790
The conference programme
Click here to access the conference programme.
Three strands of educational content included keynote speakers, topical presentations at a strategic level and practical workshop sessions. Subjects included:
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Trend Forecasting |
Strategic Partnerships |
Return on Investment |
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Face-to-face Communications |
Greener Events |
Technology |
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Event or Experience? |
Client Relationships |
Corporate Manslaughter |
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Supplier Benchmarking |
Work/life Balance |
Recruitment |
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Risk Assessment |
Delivering Value |
Career Planning |
Conference Facilitator
Eventia was delighted to welcome Sky and BBC presenter Adrienne Lawler as facilitator for its first Summer Conference. Click here.
Speakers
Where the World is Your Oyster
A global destination workshop introducing 21 key conference and incentive travel locations. Here delegates met the experts who were able to boost their destination knowledge. Click here to find out more.
Social and networking programme
From Sunday evening until Tuesday afternoon there was a series of activities designed to break the ice, make valuable new contacts or simply relax with friends from all sectors of the industry.
1st Eventia Golf Day
Following The Summer Eventia Conference at Eynsham Hall, the Association held its inaugural golf day at the delightful Studley Wood Golf Club located in Horton Cum Studley on the outskirts of Oxford. Click here to find out more.
Who attended?
The Summer Eventia was created to attract people from every level and every corner of the events industry. Parallel strands during the conference were designed to appeal to:
- Directors and senior executives
- Managers - in both sales and operational capacities
- Newcomers to the industry
- Students attending events management courses
The programme's topical subjects and workshop options provided ample choice for anyone and everyone working or intending to work in the events industry, including:
- International and UK event organising companies
- Corporate hospitality providers
- Events service providers
- Freelance events professionals
- Providers of professional consultancy to the events industry
Contact us
The Summer Eventia Conference Office
3rd Floor, 192 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London
SW1V 1DX
(t) +44 (0)870 143 6980
(f) +44 (0)20 7808 5620
(e) summereventia@meeting-point.co.uk
(w) www.eventia.org.uk
