This seminar series will be aimed at event managers and IT professionals within organisations offering events of all shapes and sizes who want to understand more about the Cloud, the internet, and how both can play a key role in:

• Reducing organisational costs
• Boosting event uptake
• Improving the overall effectiveness of the event
• Increase customer and staff satisfaction

This will be an opportunity to ask key questions to a panel of experts in the fields of internet and Cloud computing about their practical appliance to event management and a chance to network with other event management professionals.

Agenda

0900-09:30
Registration and coffee

0930-1030
The internet and the Cloud. What are they and how can you benefit from them? We will discuss the differences, the risks and the benefits

10:30-11:30
Event management on the Cloud (The solution in action) – This will be a practical case study which will look at the business case, the strategy development, the risks and issues to be overcome, including the implementation methodologies to be employed, how to get internal and external buy-in to the process, what the solution could look like, the tangible quantifiable benefits and the intangible qualitative benefits.

11:30-11:45
How to get started. A practical look at how to benchmark where your organisation is in terms of its ability to adopt an internet and cloud event management strategy, and how to get started

11:45 - 12:00
Open Forum

12:00-13:00
Networking lunch

We expect the event to be very popular, so please respond early to reserve your place.