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The Association of British Neurologists.

                 

 

Affinity Events was in Bournemouth for the Association of British Neurologists annual meeting this month. The team provided a full event management package including production management, delegate registration, venue management, health and safety management and much more.

Affinity also organised an exhibition of 25 Pharmaceutical companies and a wide range of charities, as well as the event’s gala dinner.

We look forward to working with the ABN on their meetings in 2011 and 2012.

“Thank you for so many contributions to the success of the recent meeting of the Association of British Neurologists in Bournemouth. The conference was a great success in all respects“

Alastair Compston
President
Association of British Neurologists

Posted in Academic & Conferences & Delegate Services & Exhibitions & Meetings & Seminars & Receptions & Dinners & Technical Production & Testimonials

Coaching Psychology conference

Affinity travelled to London’s Regent Street in December to support a flagship European conference.

The Special Group in Coaching Psychology (SGCP) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) appointed Affinity as event manager for the 1st European Coaching Psychology Conference.

The two-day conference hosted nearly 300 delegates. Many were UK-based and there was strong representation from Denmark, Germany, Sweden and even Australia. In total, 20 nations were represented.

A very busy programme included six keynote speakers, a host of workshops and masterclasses, panel discussions and meetings. Affinity handled all delegate registration and management, both in advance and live. Its staff worked with the venue, the University of Westminster, to ensure delivery of all catering and technical aspects. A lively exhibition area was managed by Affinity, as was the design and production of delegate badges and tote bags.

Delegates enjoyed being near the capital’s Christmas lights during the conference – though for Affinity staff there was little chance for last-minute seasonal shopping!

“We found Affinity Events to be a friendly, accessible, helpful resource. Their support on the ground at our conference was excellent: they demonstrated real commitment to ensuring the event ran smoothly.”

Vicky Ellam-Dyson, Chair, BPS SGCP

Posted in Academic & Conferences & Delegate Services & Events by Client & Exhibitions & Not For Profit & Testimonials

UKEMS, NordEMS, MEG & IGG 2008 International Joint Congress

After the success of the 2007 conference, we have completed a second conference with UKEMS.  Every year the event has a different local organiser, so UKEMS have found using Affinity particularly useful in terms of guaranteeing quality, professionalism and ensuring that continuity is maintained.  In order to enable UKEMS to save on the budget this year, it provided a number of volunteers to work in the Affinity team, reducing the onsite staffing requirement and overall cost.

The four-day event involved 130 delegates, an exhibition, poster display and conference dinner.  Affinity handled all logistics including registration, abstract management, technical, printing, accommodation, transport, venue liaison and on the day management.

“Thanks for everything you and your staff did for the conference.  I believe it was a huge success and most of that was down to Affinity”

Christine Mason, Treasurer UKEMS

“Just a quick email to say thank you (again), the meeting wouldn’t have happened without you Affinity and your excellent organisational skills meant everything ran wonderfully at the meeting.”

Prof Caroline Austin, Newcastle University

Posted in Academic & Conferences & Delegate Services & Exhibitions & Not For Profit & Receptions & Dinners & Testimonials

KCM Europe - Bournemouth & Basel

This month has seen us out at events for one of our newer clients - Kenneth Copeland Ministries.  Although we’ve been working on the planning for these two events for over a year, this is the first time we’ve been live, out at an event with them.  This is also a new endeavour for KCM, who have never worked with an event management agency before.  We were onhand to provide venue, logistics, delegate management (both pre-event and onsite) and technical production management for these two, three day events.

The first event took place at the Bournemouth International Centre (UK) and was attended by over 2,500 delegates over the course of the three days.  Affinity worked closely with the European and US teams to deliver the event.  Once over, we packed everything into two 40ft artic lorries, and waved them goodbye - only to follow them to Basel in Switzerland two days later.

The Basel venue worked just as well as Bournemouth, and despite the language barrier (which we overcame in the end) the 1200 delegates enjoyed another great event.

Posted in Charity & Conferences & Delegate Services & Meetings & Seminars & Technical Production

Association for Coaching Conference Spring 2008

The Association for Coaching is a long-standing client of Affinity Events and we were delighted to be involved in its expanded UK conference again this year.  We provided delegate registration, onsite delegate services and onsite management. We also provided a specialist in technical services who supported the 30+ speakers in their PowerPoint and video presentations, resulting in a smooth and stress-free conference for the speakers and conference organisers

“Just to say thanks so much for the brilliant job you and your team did for us.  It was great having you there and your professionalism shone through.”

Sheree Owen, Conference Director, Association for Coaching

Posted in Conferences & Corporate & Delegate Services & Not For Profit & Receptions & Dinners & Testimonials

Cardiff University International Conference

Despite taking over Cardiff City Centre for Christian Aid, we were also working in another venue on the same day – this time continuing our close relationship with Cardiff University. Our conference team have been working for over a year on the preparations for this international conference which took place at Cardiff City Hall and the Museum of Cardiff.

The four day event for 450 delegates, saw Affinity manage all aspects of the event – from delegate management and online bookings to dealing with the production of delegate badging, technical production and onsite management. We also helped to floor manage the conference dinner which took place one evening during the event.

Posted in Academic & Conferences & Delegate Services & Not For Profit & Technical Production

FIEC - CBF

In 2005 Affinity were appointed to manage and administer the ticket sales and delegate management for the first CBF which is organised by FIEC.  The event has just taken place at Cheltenham Racecourse, and we are confident that our pre-event solution helped this charity to a successful first year’s event.

Posted in Charity & Delegate Services

Heart of Worship Conference

Following our continued work with MAYC, Affinity was contacted in early 2006 to assist the Methodist Church with the planning and delivery of their first Worship Conference.  The ‘Heart of Worship’ event took place at the newly re-furbished Venue Cymru with almost 400 delegates in attendance.

Affinity provided full pre-event support, working closely with the event committee to ensure that all venue elements were booked and that the technical equipment was specified and provided on time and in the right place.

Affinity provided full on-line and off-line event registration services, as well as designing the website for the event and keeping it updated during the planning process.

The event was such a success that there are already calls for it to be repeated!

Posted in Charity & Conferences & Delegate Services & Exhibitions & Meetings & Seminars & Technical Production

KCM Conference Contract Win

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the contract to work with the European Office of Kenneth Copeland Ministries on two events for 2008.  The two back-to-back conferences will take place in Bournemouth UK and Basel Switzerland in April next year.

Posted in Charity & Conferences & Delegate Services & Technical Production

Second Year for AOG Conference - Winter Gardens Blackpool

For the second year, AOG have appointed Affinity Events as their event management company, to assist with the planning and management of their 2006 conference. AOG appointed Affinity to look after all delegate registration and management with online, phone and post bookings being taken by Affinity on behalf of AOG.

Affinity also worked closely with the conference planning team to design and deliver the event, which took place at the Blackpool Winter Gardens and was attended by approximately 2,000 delegates.

Our production team also worked with AOG to ensure that the technical requirements of the event were fully met – and with over a dozen separate venues – from the main auditorium to a youth venue and the exhibition and children’s zones a large technical requirement was designed, managed and implemented by Affinity.

In total, Affinity Events provided an event and production management team of half a dozen staff to support the four day conference.

Posted in Charity & Conferences & Delegate Services & Exhibitions & Receptions & Dinners & Technical Production