Conferences · Transport

A safety forum split into three neighbourhoods

Meridian Rail · Birmingham · 1100 people · 2024. Fictional sample, not a client endorsement.

An empty raked auditorium with dark seats, ceiling spotlights and a small stage
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A large function room set with rows of white-covered chairs facing a stage and screens
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A conference hall in blue light, with rows of seats facing a stage and three screens
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  • 3

    Neighbourhoods instead of one stage

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  • 40 min

    Changeovers that held to time

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  • 1

    Closed leadership forum, off the floor

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01

Challenge

At this size, people at the back could not hear and the exhibition outnumbered the programme. The main stage became a bottleneck.

02

Approach

Three neighbourhoods in one hall, each with its own host, instead of one distant stage. Exhibitors were limited and placed on the route to coffee, not in a basement.

03

Result

Sessions ran at capacity without the usual crush. Operations leads got a closed meeting the exhibition did not interrupt.

“I could find the session I came for without crossing a trade show.”

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