Hosting a World Congress - Maximising Association Success

Rodney Cox has 27 years of successfully running global congresses & exhibitions. At this interactive webinar, Rodney Cox will share knowledge and “why and how” tips regarding international congresses, including:

• Different perspectives from global bodies and national associations

• Why national associations should or should not seek to host global conferences

• 5-year time frames and 10-year time frames

• Understanding and working with destination bureaux and conference centres

• The role of outsourced professional conference organisers (PCOs)

• Why Request for Proposals (RFPs) may not be suitable - and an alternative

• Content, content and content

• Getting contracts right

• Pricing and profit share.

• The vital role of suppliers and exhibitors.

• Maximising attendance through control over email lists

• The impact of a successful or unsuccessful event on a national association

___________________________________________ About the Presenter

Rodney Cox, Managing Director, DELARO

Rodney Cox is the Managing Director of Sydney based DELARO Pty Ltd and provides consulting services for global and national associations who own or bid to host conferences and exhibitions.  

Across twenty seven years and six continents Rodney has delivered expertise and experience supporting the Bidding experience (strategy, issuing, submitting) along the value chain - from professional organiser to global association. This includes guiding associations to “know what they don’t know” when working on a one-off bid to host a rotating regional or global event.

Rodney also works with associations to ensure their events support their broader financial, membership, advocacy, education and risk management objectives.

Rodney is currently working with associations in UK, China, Qatar, Hungary, Italy, Egypt, Korea and Australia.  He lectures in Event Management and speaks at event and association industry conferences globally