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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....