Offer a varied programme of plenary sessions, workshops, side events and site visits. The Brussels Urban Summit was to be a forum for exchange and debate. It had to offer a unique opportunity to engage in a global strategic dialogue in order to help shape a shared urban future.
Brussels International
Event management and communication for the Brussels Urban Summit
CLIENT
Brussels International
CONTEXT
The Brussels Urban Summit brings together three international conferences on cities: the 14th Metropolis World Congress, the Eurocities Annual Conference and the sixth OECD Champion Mayors for Inclusive Growth summit. It gathers more than 300 cities from around the world and more than 1000 politicians, experts and civil society representatives to exchange ideas and set priorities for sustainable, affordable and liveable cities of the future. Brussels International is responsible for organising the Brussels Urban Summit, in collaboration with its partners Metropolis - Eurocities - OECD Champion Mayors. The themes of the summit are: climate change - migration - urban growth and inequality. In this context, Brussels International entrusted THE FRIENDS with the event management and all communication.
Inform future participants in advance (1.200, a large proportion of them abroad), as well as everyone following the event remotely, about the programme awaiting them. Organise all the events: the plenary sessions, workshops, thematic exhibitions and the gala dinner. In a word, all the programming and logistics.
Creation of a website with content management. Social media management, generic and specific clips, filming of the event with content produced throughout. Interpreting and broadcasting of the event. Logistics: stewards, catering, technical installations, badging, security, space layout, hotel bookings, transport.
