Conference Management

The Waterfront Conference Company has over twenty years experience in organising high profile conferences and events for UK businesses, local government, public sector agencies and associations.

We can help you throughout all aspects of the management of your conference from writing a programme to delegate bookings, marketing campaigns and statistical reporting.
We make an ideal and complete partner for any client as we have customised our services to meet the demands of a fast and highly technical conference and events industry.

Waterfront have significant experience in organising workshops, seminars, conferences, dinners, receptions and exhibitions to meet and exceed our clients’ expectations.

Our depth of resources, being part of a larger communications company adds value to clients as we are versatile and our skills are various and complementary.

Our goal is our client’s goal. We innovate and improve our work through constantly responding to feedback . We always listen to the needs of our customers and we consistently offer quality solutions at the best price.

Our clients are important to us and we always offer transparency, creativity, commitment and privacy. We understand that all clients and requirements are different and for this reason we never offer an off-the-shelf service. We listen and develop any idea considering needs, budgets and the environment.

We are equally happy managing your entire event or working as part of your team providing help in any of the following individual areas:

• Programme development
• Venue selection
• Marketing and promotion, including use of our contact database
• PR programmes and communications
• Logistics
• Delegate registration and invoicing, including an on-line transaction facility
• Sponsorship generation
• Audio visual equipment hire including event production management
• Confident presentation training
• Creative design services
• Event staffing

In addition we are able to offer consultancy services leaving you to enjoy the organization of your event. So if you only need that final push to put your event together, speak to one of our consultants for advice on:

• Programme production
• Event management
• Marketing advice

And, if for any unexpected reason you have an issue or need last minute help we offer our crisis management solutions. For example, you may have more delegates attending than expected and no longer have the capacity to staff the event or to produce enough delegate packs. We can help!

How we work
Once we have established your goals and key messages, the next step is for us to draft an initial proposal and timeline outlining how we can deliver your project within your budget offering you ideas and possibilities to consider.

Budget
Conferences can be self-financing, with the entire cost met from delegate fees. Alternatively clients may wish to keep delegate fees low by subsidising or seeking sponsorship. Whatever your requirements are, Waterfront will advise on and design the right budget for you.
We have experience in working with non-profit organizations and we are conscious of the need to ensure that costs are kept to a minimum.

Venue Advice
We are extremely proud to have had the chance to work with so many venues in the UK. Our experienced team members are here to ensure that you receive the best possible service from the venue and can provide a clear list of options that match your requirements.
You only need to tell us what you have in mind and we will find the perfect place for your event.

Marketing
Waterfront offer full service marketing solutions to ensure your revenue goals are met or exceeded and your event is well attended by quality delegates.

Drawing on years of experience in marketing events in transport, planning, housing, regeneration, energy and environment; we can offer marketing strategies to suit your requirements and budget including email campaigns and web design, direct mail campaigns, graphic design and social media campaigns as well as offering advice on suitable media partners and advertising placement for your event.

Suppliers
We continuously select and provide the best service suppliers taking account of market conditions.

We base our relationship with suppliers on efficiency, costs, respect and integrity and we have a list of great suppliers available to meet any needs and able to satisfy the professional requirements of our clients.

Advantages of running an event:
• Set your own agenda
• Target a high level and captive audience
• Inform and influence others
• Create a forum for discussion
• Launch or promote your organization or a new policy document
• Celebrate landmark events and occasions

We care about what we do and we like to be different so we are looking forward to hearing from you.

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