When organizing a conference, handling numbers always gives you the greatest pleasure? Are you not afraid of invoices containing typos? Are you happy to allocate every day the registration fees received on your account to the correct booking?

The payment service provider PayPal is withdrawing from the Russian market due to the war against Ukraine. Conference organizers should therefore be prepared for problems, provided that participants from Russia can also register. What considerations should be taken into account? And what should happen with registrations from Ukraine?

Are you looking for a software that helps you organize and manage your conference?
The following tips will make it easier for you to decide which event management software to choose.

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.

Imagine you’re presenting your latest research findings at a conference, but instead of going according to plan, everything gets out of hand.
You can’t decipher what’s written on your slides and you get stuck while trying to read it out. Maybe the bright green cursive handwriting wasn’t the best idea after all.
At least the animated slide transitions go down well with the otherwise absent-minded audience. As soon as the next creative effect appears, all eyes are on the screen again.
Just one minute left. Hurry up now, you’re only halfway through your talk.