event types
Microsoft NHS Roadshow
Microsoft produce a number of hardware and software solutions for the medical industries, so to showcase the latest advances in medical technology approached their long-standing Event Management agency BBL Events. BBL in turn came to me to provide full logistical planning, budget management, venue sourcing (and briefing) as well as onsite delivery and partner management [...]
17Nov2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
End of the Road 2008
My final outdoor festival event of the year was the End of the Road Festival at the Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset. In its third year, the event sold out at 7,000 people on site and played host to a number of American and English bands on the Garden Stage and the Big Top Stage. [...]
17Sep2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
Microsoft Annual Conference 2008
Working with BBL Events I’ve just spent a couple of days in Brighton for the annual Microsoft staff conference and party. The event (which took place at the Brighton Dome) saw over 1,000 of the Microsoft staff team come together for a full day of conference, followed by an evening party. I was given the [...]
9Sep2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
Greenbelt 2008
Working for Event & Management Services at Cheltenham Racecourse I have once again spent three weeks at Greenbelt Festival. The August Bank Holiday Weekend event sees up to 22,500 people enjoying various outdoor stages, seminar venues, cafes, workshops and music venues across the 350 acre site.
29Aug2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
Lambeth Conference 2008
For the last year Affinity Events have been working with the Lambeth Conference team to plan the 2008 event, which brought together Bishops from around the world. The event (which takes place every ten years) saw 1,600 Bishops, Spouses and members of the Anglican Church come together for a three week conference at the University [...]
7Aug2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
Lambeth Conference – London Day
As part of my work on the Lambeth Conference (for Affinity Events), today I’ve been in London helping to manage the ‘Lambeth Walk’ which saw about 1,500 bishops, spouses and church members take to the streets of London to walk for the end of poverty. I played a support role today, making sure that the [...]
24Jul2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
MAYC Breakout
MAYC hold their Breakout event every two years, but for the first time in 2008 took their event to the rolling Derbyshire hills to create a mini-festival for the 1.500 or so young people who came to the event. Working with their event agency Affinity Events I was responsible for working with and managing the [...]
15Jul2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
Subway Picnic Rocks
With just 13 weeks from date of appointment to the date of the event, Subway® Picnic Rocks for Action Against Hunger (on behalf of Affinity) is probably one quickest I have ever pulled together an event – and what an event!
7Jul2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
IFSH Conference
Working once again with Affinity Events on behalf of the University of Cardiff I have spent the last week working on the IFSH/TAS international conference. I have been working on the pre-production of this event for some months and it was good to final meet the American clients who I had only spoken to on [...]
27Jun2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
Microsoft Technical Roadshow 2008
This is the third time that I have worked on the Microsoft Technical Roadshow for BBL Events (see 2007 event). This year the events took place in cinemas across the UK with audience numbers between 250 and 600. The tour took in London, Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle. Again, I had an overall responsibility for [...]
18May2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
KCM Conference – Basel Switzerland
Following on from the success of the first stage of the European conference, I’ve just come back from Basel in Switzerland which was the venue for the second stage of the KCM European Victory Campaign. The event took over most of the Congress Centre, Basel conference halls and saw a similar set up as the [...]
30Apr2008 | rob haworth | 1 comment | Continued
KCM Conference – Bournemouth
Since mid 2007 I’ve been working with Affinity Events on the planning for the two part KCM European Conferences. The first stage was attended by 2,800 delegates and was held at the Bournemouth International Centre on the south Coast.
22Apr2008 | rob haworth | 1 comment | Continued
