Maggi Churchouse Events - Key Projects and Testimonials

Key Projects and Testimonials

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Date	Project	Services
26-28/4/10	Conference on Integrated River Basin Management under the Water Framework Directive for 155 attendees at Le Nouveau Siècle, Lille	Full conference service, including publicity materials and website design and maintenance; speaker invitation, registration, document collection and expenses payments; sourcing caterers and making detailed venue and conference dinner arrangements; maintenance of detailed financial records; all delegate and exhibitor registrations; meeting requirements of sponsors; standardisation of poster abstracts, preparation of delegate handbook, and liaison with journal publishers.
22/9/09	BOS (Biotech Outsourcing Strategies) non-clinical for 160 attendees at the Royal College of Physicians, London	Full secretariat service including production and issue of several newsletters and two handbooks; delegate registration and liaison; speaker and sponsor liaison including collection and issue of materials; exhibition and venue arrangements.
23/4/09	SCI Bioplastics Processing and Properties conference for 75 attendees at Loughborough University	Event services, including extensive marketing and partner liaison; collection of speaker documentation; detailed venue arrangements including exhibition stands; record poster abstracts and liaise with presenters; provide financial reconciliation against budget; on-the-day attendance, manage conference desk, and support "speed networking" activity
4/3/09	A consultation event on the draft BS 8550 Guide to auditing of water quality sampling for 90 attendees at the SCI, London	Full secretariat service including initial design of publicity flier in liaison with BSI and printers; sourcing contacts for weblinks and hard copy flier distribution, and follow up; check invoices and pass for payment; handle all delegate registrations and cancellations, as well as speaker documentation; provide pre-event information to attendees; attend throughout and analyse delegate feedback
19/5/08	RSC Chinese IP Law symposium for 55 attendees at the UK Intellectual Property Office, London	Event services, including detailed venue and caterer liaison; provision of website materials and marketing services; design of registrations materials; delegate invoicing and detailed liaison; collection of speaker materials and provision of handouts; maintenance of detailed financial records; on-the-day attendance
7-8/4/08	Water Contamination Emergencies conference for 170 attendees at the Royal Society of Medicine, London	Full conference service from inception (2½ years), including venue finding and detailed arrangements; sponsor packages and booking; provision of full publicity and website materials, and marketing activities; delegate and exhibitor registrations; detailed programme arrangements and speaker liaison, including collation of papers for proceedings; maintenance of detailed financial records and handling of orders; provision of delegate pack; full on-the-day services; collation and analysis of attendee feedback
4-7/4/08	CEFAS and ESF First Sizemic Workshop for 75 attendees at Clare College, Cambridge	Event services, including provision of website materials, application and registration forms; analysis of applications and recording invitations and financial requirements; full venue booking and liaison; collection of speaker materials; provision of logistics materials and handouts; compilation of detailed briefing notes for on-the-day management by third party; maintenance and monitoring of detailed financial records, including checking and authorising payments to and by attendees
8-11/10/07	CIWEM's Global Environment 2007 conference for 350 attendees at the Brit Oval, Kennington, London	Full conference service, including detailed speaker contact and collection of documentation; registration of attendees via new booking system, testing system, suggesting reports, assessment of eligibility for concessionary passes; detailed venue liaison with three venues, booking of catering, AV and provision of detailed information; sourcing a photographer, easels, and printers; dinner and launch party invitations and collection of responses; full liaison with exhibitors and sponsors regarding publicity materials and venue facilities; design and production of delegate CD
5/12/06	Bayer CropScience "Judge for Yourself" Initiative and End-of-season Event for 50 attendees at Orton Hall, Peterborough	Full support to nine-month initiative for agronomists and growers to trial fungicides, including contact with agronomists to encourage participation, assistance with recording data via website, collection of overdue data, detailed liaison with webmaster and client contacts; source venue and make full arrangements for event, including speaker liaison and attendee travel bookings; feedback analysis.
28/11/06	SCI Plant-derived Natural Products Conference for 90 attendees in Berkshire	Secretariat service, including detailed venue, speaker and delegate liaison; production of website and event materials; feedback analysis; maintenance of financial records.
14-17/5/06	SCIpharm for 450 attendees for four days at Edinburgh International Conference Centre	Full secretariat service, taking on organisation mid-term. Collection of speaker documents, detailed speaker liaison, collection of poster abstracts, and formatting all documents for CD; delegate liaison; website updates; detailed arrangements with conference venue, caterers, audio-visual providers, dinner venue and social venue; negotiating price reductions; checking all reporting to organising committee via regular meetings and reports; booking speaker and organiser accommodation; checking expenses claims and venue invoices.
At least annually	BARQA Annual Conference and BARQA International Conference, for 250-350 people for three days, in various locations	Full speaker care at the event, including AV briefing, presentation updates, gifts, and time-cards; immediate problem-solving; other duties as required.

Testimonials

As for the organization, it has really been superb: you're a true professional.

Water Contamination Emergencies conference committee member

We have worked with Maggi for quite a few years and I would not hesitate to endorse Maggi (and her team). In particular we have found Maggi's attention to detail excellent, also superb with clients. All in all, it's a pleasure working with Maggi.

Bio2Business team

Congratulations on yet another fantastic event. The event was impeccably organized and I really got a lot out of the day.

BOS cmc delegate

Let me thank you for the outstanding organisation of the conference - your performance in preparation and conduct of the event was fantastic.

WFD Lille speaker

The Herculean efforts of ... Maggi ensured that all administrative issues were fully addressed during the conference.

A special congrat to Maggi for her organisation which has been appreciated by all participants.

WFD Lille Organising Committee chairmen

May I congratulate you on organising everything so well?

RSC Law Subject Group committee member

It was again a pleasure to work with you. Your professionalism shone through again and I would like to personally thank you for all your patience which takes a huge load off my shoulders.

BARQA administration

Congratulations to Maggi for what seemed to be an effortless support mechanism but which we all know took hours of work to achieve.

90% of the success was down to Maggi’s hard work, fantastic attention to detail, and keeping us all in order!

You are really nice and easy person to work with; economical with words and results orientated. I don't often hug people!
Water Contamination Emergencies conference Organising Committee members

Congratulations on an excellent conference. It was as well-organised as it was interesting, and I'm sure your feedback will be first-class.

Congratulations to you and the team for organising such a great conference.

CIWEM Global Environment conference speakers

Thanks once again for all your help and support, Maggi - you are a delight to work with and have really taken the pressure off! You will be top of my list if we run any similar initiatives.
Thank you very much for your hard work and enthusiasm in organising and running this event. We feel that it was highly successful, meeting all of its objectives. As you can see we have had some very positive feedback from some of the delegates, which is a testament to the quality of the trip. I really appreciated your efforts and support in running the event.
Bayer CropScience

I have been very impressed with the effectiveness and thoroughness of your approach. ..... [The success] was due in no small part to your professionalism and thoroughness

My sincere thanks to Maggi for a superbly professional job, both on the day and during the preparation phase. I look forward to future contact.

SCI Plant-derived Natural Products Organising Committee members

It was a great personal pleasure meeting you. The organisation was flawless. I could see your energy, commitment and dedication to work.

SCIpharm 2006 delegate

Many thanks ... for all your hard work in helping BARQA put on such professional meetings.
BARQA

We also acknowledge the important role played by Maggi Churchouse, our events organiser, who helped to ensure that the stakeholder consultation process ran smoothly and feedback was handled efficiently and effectively.

CEFAS