advice centre

The popular Advice Centre and in-house CV Clinic returns to International Confex 2010. You will be able to discuss your event requirements with leading consultants and experienced event organisers.

Appointment booking is now open, book your session here.

Advice Centre

The Advice Centre is more than just a centre of excellence. It offers you the chance to learn more about the industry, achieve higher standards in how to organise an event and how to improve personal development skills. You can drop by at any time or book an appointment online.

Gain valuable free advice

We can offer help on a wide range of subjects including:

· Venue finding and destination research

· Organising events from concept to delivery

· Increase income from your events through sponsorship

· How to promote your conference

· Risk assessment, disability access

· Education and careers advice

· Creative ideas for making your next event memorable

· Sustainable marketing techniques and events

· Technology developments

Meet the experts

We have a strong line of industry professionals, academics, technology and marketing consultants available over the three days to meet with you and offer free advice on all aspects of the Events industry.

Click here for the full list of experts

In-house CV clinic

Housed within the centre is the increasingly popular CV clinic, which offers a free consultancy service to anyone looking to improve their working lifestyle. Manned by a recruitment expert, the clinic offers a CV healthcheck to anyone from students starting out in the market to experienced association and corporate buyers who need their CV’s freshened up to redundancy advice. Information on the agencies exhibiting at the show will also be available.

Book your CV Clinic appointment here

Meet the speakers

Come and meet some of the presenters from the Confex Conference programme in the Advice Centre. You can pose your questions to them and discuss any key issues resulting from their presentation. Some of the speakers may be hosting Book Signing sessions on the day. More information will be available nearer the time.

Education zone

Free help, guidance and support is available to all visitors, whether you are a Student embarking on an Events Management Course, or are an experienced conference organiser seeking to enhance your personal development skills. Information is available on training courses and open learning modules.

Media library

All the latest publications and trade magazines covering the Conference and Events industry will be on display within the Advice Centre. Copies are available for you to take away, together with information on how to subscribe.

Information centre

There is a comprehensive library of information for you to review and a host of FREE fact sheets and guides to either take away or download onto your PC. We can even arrange to email copies for you to share with your colleagues. These include:

· Key venue and destination directories

· Internet sites to help you in your work

· Conference Organising Toolkits and Guides

· Information and checklists on Sustainable Events

· Technology trends in the meetings industry

· Education opportunities – details on courses, seminars

· Information on Risk Assessment and Disability access

· Conference planning including guidance notes, hints and tips

Expanded library

On display within the Centre will be a comprehensive range of books on all aspects of Event Management, many of which are not to be found in the high street.

You can order any of these books online within the Advice Centre.

Online connections

The Centre will house dedicated online links to key websites on the events industry for you to browse and try out. These include venue searching, information portals, technology innovations, networking forums that you can join, online newsletters to subscribe to and many other useful websites that you may not have been aware of.

Events membership clinic

Find out how you can improve the way you do business and raise your own profile within the industry. Within the Advice Centre, you can find out about the leading Events associations and membership organisations in the UK meetings industry with information on the benefits to you and details on how to join. These include:

MIA
MPI

Eventia

ABPCO

Exhibitor Presentation

On Wednesday 24th February at 2:00pm, the QE11 Conference Centre will be holding a short presentation in the Advice Centre.

The subject is: “ How to hold your most Powerful Conference- and leave them wanting more”.

Seating is limited, so all visitors will be accepted on a first come first served basis.