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Registration of participants
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• Registrations and confirmations (by the Internet; secured handling)
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• Processing of payments and sending reminders
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• Participants lists (alphabetical, nationality, etc.)
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• Name badges (possibility of colour codes / barcodes
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• Preparing of registration envelopes with the conference documentation
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• Composing and packing of the conference bags
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• Conference secretariat
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Hotel accommodation
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• Options for hotels in various categories (budget, first class, luxury)
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• Negotiation of prices and payment conditions
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• Processing of reservations and payments
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• Sending confirmation letters
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• Preparing of room list
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• Making down payment of deposits
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Printed matter and mailings
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• Preparation and coordination of printed matter
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• Design website with secured online registration (121 bit secured)
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• Design logo
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• Announcements (first-, second announcements, call for papers, final program)
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• Preparing conference, hotel registration and abstract forms
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• Book of abstracts, proceedings and posters
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• Mail the conference notification(s) and other conference documentation
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Organizational and logistic aspects
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• Advise on legal form for the conference (for example: Foundation)
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• Set up of a work plan for the conference and guarding the process of the conference
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• Coordination with the conference venue and caterer
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• Arrange the audio-visual equipment and interpreter installations
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• Staff (registration desk, preview room, hostess, cashier, etc.)
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• Coordination and supervision of all conference aspects (during conference day)
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• Making of project plan
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Faculty and abstract handling
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• Give advise on conference program (on daily basis)
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• Abstract handling:
- Confirmations
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- Distribution of the abstracts to scientific committee/reviewers
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- Processing the reviews and communication of the results to the authors
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- Classify the faculty and posters based on the reviewers results
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- Composing the program book (including index)
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• Faculty handling:
- Invite the speakers, chairmen, moderators and special guests
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- Take care of the follow up communication
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- Accompanying faculty during the conference
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- Arrange travel and hotel reservations
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Social and partner program
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• Organize receptions (for example: welcome reception)
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• Dinners (for example gala dinner, walking dinner, etc.)
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• Entertainment
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• (technical) Excursions en partner programs
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Transportation
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• Arrange the transportation for conference participants (for example: from train station or hotel to conference venue, transportation to social program, etc.)
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• Making of transportation plan
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• Coordination of transportation
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Sponsor- en exhibitors recruitment
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• Advise concerning potential sponsors, exhibitors, yields and prices
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• Making of sponsor program and composing of sponsor packages
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• Set up of the budget
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• Approaching of sponsors, exhibitors and advertisers in cooperation with organizing committee
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• Set up of the contracts
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• Coordination of sponsored items and advertisement materials
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• Communication with the printer
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• Processing of applications
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• Mailing of invoices and reminders and control of the payments
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Exhibition
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• Set up of the floor plans
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• Making and mailing of exhibition manual
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• Processing applications
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• Coordination of the booth constructions
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• Control of budget
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• Set up of final invoice
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Marketing, PR and Website
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• Making of the marketing plan
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• Making of the PR plan in cooperation with organizing committee
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• Press-desk during conference
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• Building and maintaining of the conference website
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Balance the budget
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• Making of initial conference budget and updates of the budget during the process
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• Open a bank account for the conference payments
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• Financial administration and accountants investigation
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Logistics after the conference
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• Update the participants file
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• Prepare final list of participants (alphabetical, nationality, etc.)
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• Control of the budget
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• Preparing final invoice
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• Mailing letters of thanks
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