Conventa Academy 2022
EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM
What is Conventa Academy?
The best place to learn, find new ideas and grow
Conventa is not just a regular trade show, but also a great opportunity to gain new knowledge and experience. Among the novelties this year is the Conventa Academy educational programme, which will bring the biggest experts in marketing, branding, social media and the organisation of live, hybrid and virtual events to Ljubljana.
Special LIVE edition during Conventa 2022
- 6 live sessions (20-minutes each)
- GIFT: "Power to the Meetings" Book
Join the Academy!
We are kicking off Conventa Academy with a special live edition that will give you a taste of what our comprehensive education platform is all about. It will also be the perfect opportunity to meet your instructors, who will be guiding you through the rest of the programme in Autumn online.
The special LIVE edition will take place as part of Conventa Trade Show 2022 on 25 August 2022 from 9:00 to 12:30.
LIMITED: 50% DISCOUNT FOR THE FIRST 20 APPLICATIONS
TAKE YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH
8 ONLINE MODULES
Are you a more advanced marketeer or meeting planner?
You can take your knowledge to the next level with 8 online modules that will be taking place in Autumn 2022.
More information will be available soon.
EDUCATION TRACK 1
MARKETING
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EDUCATION TRACK 2
EVENTS
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CURATORS OF THE PROGRAMME
Ivo J. FRANSCHITZ
Founder and Owner of ENITED business eventsABOUT THE CURATOR
Ivo J. Franschitz is the Founder and Owner of ENITED business events. Since 1999, he has been involved with a number of national and international educational institutions and sharing his experience and knowledge through a variety of speaking engagements. Currently, he holds a Board member position with EMBA (Event Marketing Board Austria) and with LiveCom Alliance, as well as being an active member of ICCA and 27NAMES.
Kim MYHRE
Founder and Managing Partner of Experience DesignedABOUT THE CURATOR
Kim Myhre is the Founder and Managing Partner of Experience Designed, a strategic advisory and creative ideas agency that applies purpose-led design principles to create transformative brand experience strategies. He is an experienced designer, consultant, speaker, guest lecturer, writer, creator, innovation activist and brand storyteller with a unique combination of strategic, creative, commercial and international agency experience. Kim is also responsible for creating the MCI Experience - an incubator of innovative experience marketing capabilities.
Gorazd Čad
Owner & CEO of Toleranca MarketingABOUT THE CURATOR
Gorazd Čad is a seasoned meeting planner who has dedicated 25 years of his life to the meetings and event industry. Gorazd Čad is the founder and director of the marketing and event agency Toleranca Marketing. Ever since 2006, he has been organising events under the family company together with his wife Natalija. Their most recognisable project is Conventa, which has been successfully connecting the regional meetings industry since 2007.
Joining the Academy are:
Thought-leaders in marketing and event organisation
EDUCATION TRACK 1 - MARKETING
1. BRANDING
Andrej Pompe
CEO of BrandBusinessSchoolAndrej Pompe is the director and the spirit of international business school BrandBusinessSchool. He is also the Co-founder and partner of Formitas BBDO Pleon, marketing communication agency, which successfully attributes to the creation of the European Market communication scene and cares for excellence in communications of domestic and international brands. He is the assistant professor at the Faculty of Entrepreneurship GEA College in Ljubljana.
Special guest
Each module will also bring a special guest, who will share his/her story. You will be able to ask the guests about their projects and learn from their success and f*!#ups.
2. DIGITAL
Andraž Štalec
CEO and co-founder of Red OrbitAndraž is the CEO and co-founder of Award Winning Performance agency, Red Orbit. He is in love with data, analytics, performance and e-commerce. Andraž went from starting in web development in 1995 to being an early adopter of Search Engine Optimization, Paid Search and Web Analytics, to co-founding and bootstrapping Red Orbit to become one of the leading performance agency in Europe.
Special guest
Each module will also bring a special guest, who will share his/her story. You will be able to ask the guests about their projects and learn from their success and f*!#ups.
3. SOCIAL
Sabrina Meyers
Founder, Hot Hospitality ExchangeSabrina is an event planner, social media consultant and event moderator with a passion for optimising online visibility for businesses and brands! Visibility is EVERYTHING. She works with event professionals, event services businesses, hotels and destinations with a focus on MICE to create, grow and amplify their online presence and sell their products and services through social media marketing campaigns.
Special guest
Each module will also bring a special guest, who will share his/her story. You will be able to ask the guests about their projects and learn from their success and f*!#ups.
4. XP
Henrik von Arnold
Senior Consultant, ENITEDAfter more 20 years doing totally different things, Henrik started his path in the business events segment as project manager for major city business, culture and sporting events and then took on the team leadership for first Gothenburg Convention Bureau for 10 years, and some years later in the same position at the Stockholm Convention Bureau for almost six years. Since 2014 he has been working with ENITED Business Events, Vienna, as a senior consultant.
Special guest
Each module will also bring a special guest, who will share his/her story. You will be able to ask the guests about their projects and learn from their success and f*!#ups.
EDUCATION TRACK 2 - EVENTS
1. LIVE
Jens Oliver Mayer
Managing Director of Jack Morton WorldwideJens has built his career helping brands build strong relationships with the people that matter most to them, through live and digital marketing. He leads Jack Morton offices for the German-speaking market, working with clients including BMW, Mini, Škoda, Samsung, Novartis, Adidas, Electrolux, SABIC and HERE. With more than 25 years of experience in the brand experience industry, Jens has a special passion for integrating live events and the digital world.
Special guest
Each module will also bring a special guest, who will share his/her story. You will be able to ask the guests about their projects and learn from their success and f*!#ups.
2. DIGITAL
Stefan Kozak
Managing director & CEO of CREATIVE PRO groupIn 2003 Stefan founded a company focused on live & event marketing CREATIVE PRO and consequently he built diversified group of agencies, called CREATIVE PRO group, with businesses present mainly on Slovak and Czech market, Hungary and Poland. In 2020 Stefan has successfully adapted the whole CREATIVE PRO group agency model towards the online, digital and hybrid solutions including new e-gaming concept ESPOT in Warsaw, Poland.
Special guest
Each module will also bring a special guest, who will share his/her story. You will be able to ask the guests about their projects and learn from their success and f*!#ups.
3. HYBRID
Colja Dams
CEO of VOK DAMSColja M. Dams has been the CEO of VOK DAMS Worldwide since 1998. Since its foundation in 1971, the agency has been one of the international market leaders in events and marketing – live and digital. With innovative approaches, he repeatedly established new standards in events and live-marketing, which VOK DAMS Strategic Solutions is constantly developing with its finger on the pulse. Today around 300 experts at VOK DAMS create brand appearances for events, trade fairs, road shows and showrooms.
Special guest
Each module will also bring a special guest, who will share his/her story. You will be able to ask the guests about their projects and learn from their success and f*!#ups.
4. VIRTUAL
Marie-Kristin Schwindt
Director International Sales & Business Development at meetyooMarie-Kristin Schwindt joined the meetyoo team in 2008. With more than a decade of experience in the industry Marie-Kristin is an expert for conceptualizing virtual and hybrid events that drive positive ROI for organizers and attendees. As Senior Product Manager for Web Conferencing and Webcasts she played a key role in the development and expansion of meetyoo's Product Management, until she established the Business Development team at meetyoo from 2014 onwards.
Special guest
Each module will also bring a special guest, who will share his/her story. You will be able to ask the guests about their projects and learn from their success and f*!#ups.
“Conventa’s key values are knowledge, cooperation, and creativity, encompassed in our slogan: explore - meet - create. I believe investing in knowledge and education is measured in a formula of one plus one equals three. As we are witnessing rapid change incited by Covid, this is vital for our industry. Hence, we have prepared an educational programme that has already been executed for our employees and partners during the corona crisis. We have decided to offer it to you, enabling you an opportunity to grow and conquer the crisis.”
