Conference

Post 5 of 15 The website for ECIS Technology Conference 2015 is by no means perfect, but it served its purpose well and can be found at www.bis-school.com/ecis-tech While planning for the website, we identified four main stages it needed to cater for: Before registrations open While registrations are open During the conference After the conference Each of those stages require a different approach and focus. The information presented for each stage is also likely to be different....

Post 4 of 15 Here is a spreadsheet with all of the basic formulae and income/expenses if you don’t like to read. Income There are quite a few ways to generate income when organising a conference. Here are the three main sources of income: Ticket sales Sponsors Exhibitors Other sources of income could be Advertising space (programme, website, mobile app, etc.) Streaming of presentations/workshops Access to video archive or presentations/workshops Expenses This post is a little bit trickier, as it really depends on your needs....

Post 3 of 15 Once the boss has agreed to the idea of organising a conference at your workplace, it is time to perform a feasibility study. While I felt that we could organise a conference at BIS, we needed to ensure that we indeed could. Here are the fifteen criteria we looked at to determine for sure whether BIS would be a good venue to organise a technology conference....

Post 2 of 15 The spark I joined Bavarian International School (BIS) in August 2013 and very quickly realised the huge potential that the school has. The IT facilities are amazing, the campus is beautiful and well-appointed and the technical team is second to none. The idea of organising a tech conference at BIS was born in a car, on the way back after a great weekend of learning and getting to know one another in Prague, at the European Google Apps for Education summit in October 2013....

Post 1 of [15] of the “Organising a tech conference” series. I recently organised the ECIS International Technology Conference at the Bavarian International School in Munich, Germany. The event was a success with over 220 tech professionals joining from over 75 organisations around the world. Photo credit: Sebastian Stiphout © 2015 While the whole process has been extremely rewarding, it has also been a very demanding one. In this series of blog posts, I outline what needed to be done in order for the conference to be a success, and also what we wish we had done better....