As we move quickly through a busy summer of sports, festivals, and much-needed holidays, conversations shift towards delivering the live content at International Confex, returning on 26-27 February 2025.
A huge 83% of our attendees visited at least one content theatre, highlighting the growing demand for actionable insights and knowledge sharing within the industry. Our content sessions are industry-led, meaning topics and speakers are decided by the industry and the conversations we have with partners and our wider community.
So, what are the key themes we are expected to see in 2025?
- Corporate Event Experiences: Conferences are now expected to be immersive, festival-like experiences with personalised content and networking opportunities. How do you balance this with being a functional business with stakeholders to answer to?
- CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility): We work hard to make our events impactful for delegates, and now we want our events to also benefit surrounding communities. The rise in charity partnerships and increasing industry expectations require a space to share these initiatives.
- Data: Focussing on smart engagement tracking, expressing value to stakeholders, and using data to formulate winning strategies and make informed changes in event structure and delivery.
- Sustainability: Now in its second year, the Sustainability Theatre sponsored by emc3 will bring topics like sustainable travel, the role of B-Corp in our industry, and building purpose-led business models to the forefront.
- Actionable Inclusion: After years of conversation, organisers put their words to action in creating safer, more inclusive spaces within the event environment to cater to all. Is there more we could do or new practices we are seeing emerge that could help us as organisers serve our communities better?
- Exhibition Pavilion: The pavilion and content stream introduced in 2024 will see an expansion with more space for expo suppliers to showcase products and services alongside targeted content for exhibition industry-specific roles and topics. With Exhibition News as a key content partner, we anticipate significant engagement and innovation.
More content themes can be found on the official website page. Outside of the regular content sessions Confex will again also be host to the Conference News and Exhibition News 30underThirty ceremonies with all the winners live at the Keynote Theatre on both days of the event.
We call for industry experts, innovators, and thought leaders from all sectors to submit their papers and share their insights on these and other pertinent topics. Selected papers will be featured live on one of the stages of International Confex 2025, offering diverse panels the chance to share their knowledge with a global audience of event professionals. If you or your team are interested in speaking you can apply via the official call for papers here.
