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Are you part of the growing cohort of conference organisers who are struggling with the rising costs of conferences to find the right recipe for sustainability? In this webinar, consultant Stylianos Filopoulos, Courtney Lohmann from PRA Business Events, and Johanna Fischer from tmf dialogue marketing, take an all-encompassing look at conference sustainability, and share actionable insights on how you can build a more sustainable conference strategy.

Event professionals in the scholarly industry faced a steep learning curve over the past two years. While “how to hybrid” is still an elephant in the room, the event tech environment has stabilised considerably. Platform providers are in a place to intentionally innovate, rather than just scramble to fill the gaps in supply. Association leaders and scholarly event organisers have had a chance to look ahead and redefine how they connect with their community. Join Nika Kurent from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, meetings technology speaker Corbin Ball, and Anne Ornelas from CASSS, as they discuss the impact that the crash course in event tech has had on all of us, and predict the next big shift that scholarly meetings could face.

2020 forced us all to rewrite the rulebook on academic and association conferences. But, what will we do with all that learning and growth when physical events are possible again? In this webinar, Yael Fitzpatrick from the Society for Scholarly Publishing, Nika Kurent from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and Emily T. Blitz from the Inter-Parliamentary Union discuss some of the reasons to choose virtual for your conference long after large gatherings are the norm again.

Now that hope for physical meetings is on the horizon, what will happen to virtual? Is there an opportunity for online events to continue leading the industry? In this webinar, Tony Banks from the Stroke Association, Nicole Leida from NCRI, and Paul Cook from the Hybrid Event Centre discuss the important lessons we’ve learned in the last year, the new attendee expectations that virtual conferences have created, and what it all might mean for conference organisers in 2021 (and beyond).

If you’re planning a hybrid conference for the first time, it can be easy to underestimate how big that team should be. Managing the overlap between the online and physical conference experience requires a lot of hands (and a brand new set of skills). Sina Bünte from ICCA and Jacob Ward from Chemical Watch are here to help you learn.