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How Sponsors and Exhibitors Remain Visible at Virtual Conferences

18. November 2020 – Laura Wirsing – Planning, Technology

Virtual and non-virtual conferences may differ in some respects but the goals set and pursued by participating sponsors and exhibitors are the same: Getting in touch with their target audience and meeting potential clients. In a virtual environment, this only works once you rethink sponsorships beyond analog trade show booths, which can feel out of place in an online setting.

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Ideas for Your Virtual Conference’s Support Program

22. September 2020 – Laura Wirsing – Planning, Technology

Virtual conference sessions have become the new normal for many organizers. But of course a virtual conference is not just about the sessions – the social program surrounding them is just as crucial, as it turns the event into a collaborative experience and connects the conference’s individual parts. Finding inspiring ideas, however, often proves to be a difficult task for organizers.

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Why You Should Not Confuse Virtual Conferences with Webinars

27. August 2020 – Laura Wirsing – Planning, Technology

You could get the impression from the current surge of all kinds of online formats that they are interchangeable but webinars and virtual conference aren’t the same thing. Organizers who are not aware of the differences are contributing to a questionable revival of continuous speaker-centered approach – a fatal mistake for any conference.

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The 6 Biggest Pitfalls of Virtual Conferences and How to Avoid Them

7. July 2020 – Rainer Kretzer – Planning, Technology

Against the backdrop of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, organizers as well as conference-goers had to get used to virtual alternatives. Born out of necessity, many different creative approaches have popped up in the meantime, seemingly overnight.

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Coronavirus and Conferences – an Update

30. March 2020 – Laura Wirsing – On site, Planning

Last month, we published our first article on the Coronavirus pandemic (in German only), at a time when it wasn’t recognized as a pandemic. In view of the current situation, some of the statements we made didn’t age well – even if we referred to legitimate sources who since had to rectify their statements, too. The danger was generally underestimated in the beginning, particularly with regard to conferences. Time for an update and some decision guidance for conference organizers.

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Wem gehören die Daten einer Konferenz?

Who owns your Conference Data?

24. April 2018 – Laura Wirsing – On site, Planning, Technology

Do you know every detail in the contracts you have signed with the provider of your conference software? It’s always better to read the small print for there are providers out there who prefer to follow their own interests rather than to address your needs. Sometimes, you’re even helping it happen by unknowingly providing the data.

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Prof. Dr. Ulrike Langematz
DFG-Forschergruppe SHARP, Freie Universität Berlin, Organisationskomitee „SPARC Workshop SHARP2016“

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About this blog

We at Converia are constantly working on solutions to make organizing your conferences easier – not only with our conference software, but also with profound know-how regarding all things conference management. In this blog, we’ll provide you with useful tips and news from our daily conference management work with universities, research institutes as well as Professional Conference Organizers (PCOs).

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Converia is the conference management software for organizing scientific meetings. With features like online registration, credit card payment, accounting, abstract submission and reviewing, the visual conference planner or the check-in module, our software supports organizers during all phases of organizing a conference.
Major European universities and research institutes rely on the features and the service Converia offers.

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