Definition of a P.C.O. or Professional Conference Organiser as defined by SAACI -The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry
A Professional Conference Organisers primary business is to co-ordinate a range of services required to successfully manage a conference or event

CONFERENCE ORGANISATION & MANAGEMENT

What can a Professional Conference Organisation or PCO do for your business?

Network SA Accredited International Conference & Event Organisers
services would typically include, but are not be limited to:

• Venue selection, booking and liaison, reservation and management of delegate accommodation
  
  
• Event marketing, including the design of conference programmes and promotional materials, PR and media co-ordination, presentations to committees and boards
  
  
• Programme planning, speaker selection and briefing
  
  
• Provision of an administrative secretariat, handling delegate registrations, recruitment and briefing of conference staff, co-ordinating delegates’ travel arrangements
  
  
• Organisation of exhibitions, including sales and marketing functions
  
  
• Advising on and co-ordinating audio-visual services and the production of the event, including the provision of multilingual interpretation and translation services
  
  
• Arranging social events, tour programmes and technical visits
  
  
• Arranging security cover and advising on health and safety issues
  
  
• Recording, transcribing and producing the proceedings of meetings for publication, arranging poster sessions, processing of abstracts
  
  
• Preparation of budgets, managing event income and expenditure, generating revenue through sponsorship, exhibitions and satellite meetings, handling VAT and insurance issues
  
  
• Preparation of contracts with venues and other suppliers

Network SA Organogram

Our organogram below shows how we as the Conference Organiser works between ourselves, the client and our associates.

Why use Network SA PCO when perhaps your secretary may do?

Network SA is highly skilled in co-ordinating and managing ALL facets of a meeting, conference, congress or event.

We possess in-depth knowledge of venue capacities, infrastructural capabilities and have well-established working relationships with the management of hotels and hotel groups as well as other service providers.

In our case many years of experience translates into better buying power and stronger negotiating skills, all of direct benefit to you, the client.

Network SA covers every aspect of the conference as it is thoroughly planned and executed from the initial first meeting with the client right though to the final reconcilialtions and post convention reports.

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