Q: What does the Conventa Crossover conference mean to you?

Something that I look forward to that enriches my knowledge.

Q: Why would you recommend registering for the Crossover event?

To participate in an event that is warmly embraced by attendees as fresh and out of the box. To experience the blend of professions all active in meetings industry.

Q: What makes, in your opinion, for a successful and effective event?

To have an objective clear to everyone, to preform within scheduled frame with the smoothest logistic and have a noticeable impact.

Q: What do you love about your job the most?

Challenge and the fact that it not a job…it’s lifestyle.

Q: In your opinion, what is live marketing’s best advantage?

Being able to partly or solely organise your event for yourself.

Q: How have the best events you have attended so far made you feel?

It made me wanting to make my own events better in every aspect.

Looking at your bucket list, what is the one thing that you really wish to cross off by the end of 2018?

I wish Winter Days of Metal festival to double its visitors.

If you could have dinner with anyone (alive or dead), who would you have dinner with and why?

Nikola Tesla.

Q: What does the Conventa Crossover conference mean to you?

For me, Conventa Crossover is “the must event” of the year with its innovative creative format and a wide range of regional and international speakers with essential experience in the field of event & content marketing, event innovations and technology etc. As participants, we have a chance to get some great ideas for our work, hear about future trends, good practices in the region, network and share common ideas and challenges with the colleagues from the industry. The format of the event gives us the possibility to be more interactive and engaged with the speakers and each time leaves an emotional legacy on all of us.

Q: Why would you recommend registering for the Crossover event?

Participants have a chance to increase their network in fields of their work and get expertise and skills, new ideas from the best practices in the region. The event is prepared with passion and is the experience by itself. An impressive program, authentic venue, a format of the event, and relaxing break activities give them possibilities to chat with the industry colleagues.

Q: What makes, in your opinion, for a successful and effective event?

A successful event is definitely the one that meets the need of target audience, makes an impact and leaves a legacy in their hearts … that’s possible if it is, beside well-chosen content and variety of speakers, prepared with passion and it creates emotional moments. As being in the industry for some years, I can definitely confirm I remember the ones that met and exceeded my expectations and left a key message …

Q: What does the Conventa Crossover conference mean to you?

Conventa Crossover is for me the Nr 1 event in the meetings industry. It is a perfect match of education, networking and motivation. I am really looking forward to the event to gain new knowledge and meet interesting people.

Q: Why would you recommend registering for the Crossover event?

Meeting knowledgable professionals from buyers’ and suppliers’ side in a relaxed environment.

Q: What makes, in your opinion, for a successful and effective event?

In the first place, if the organiser has participants, and then if the organiser carefully plans all the participants’ journey.

Q: What does the Conventa Crossover conference mean to you?

Conventa Crossover always comes at the end of summer, when you are fresh and back from holidays and you are happy to meet colleagues from the industry again. I also expect to learn about new ideas, meet new interesting people from the entire region and share the views about what we can do even better for our clients.

Q: Why would you recommend registering for the Crossover event?

In fact, my recommendation equals my expectations – learn new things about the industry (mostly fresh, out-of-the-box ideas), open horizons and meet interesting people.

Q: What makes, in your opinion, for a successful and effective event?

First thing is to know your client’s expectations and wishes; this is the base to work on. Then it is definitely your own creativity, research and open mind during the phase of preparation and realisation. There is so much to do and show, you just need to think out-of-the-box (if the client and the project allows you to ).

Q: What does the Conventa Crossover conference mean to you?

I see the Conventa Crossover Conference as a cornerstone of the Meetings’ Industry of the region of Southeast Europe. Slovenia boldly took the leading role in the Region by the Conventa Fair which has been every year of the last decade taking place in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana. For me, the Crossover Conference is a cosy spot for networking, meeting good practices of the industry in person, and, above all, for getting some fresh and innovative knowledge and ideas for my work.

Q: Why would you recommend registering for the Crossover event?

In my opinion, the region of Southeast Europe has a great potential in the Meetings’ Industry and as such, the Conventa Crossover Conference provides an open window into the region in terms of new locations, new ideas, and innovative practices either already existing or being developed just around the corner.

Q: What makes, in your opinion, for a successful and effective event?

A successful event is an event that leaves a trace in the heart of the participants as well as in the society, be it environment – in terms of Green Meetings, taking care of the Zero Waste, Carbon Neutrality, etc, or the ones bringing development in the society with their Corporate Social Responsibility input. It goes without saying that professionalism and innovation are still a sine qua non of our business.

Q: What do you love about your job the most?

That every day is different 🙂

Q: In your opinion, what is live marketing‘s best advantage?

Definitely that it is happening now, you never know what is going to happen and that’s what is most exciting about it.

Q: How have the best live marketing events you have attended so far made you feel

There are so many events I go to and every event is different but if I had to choose one, I would choose a concert in Arena Pula a few years back. It was magical 🙂

Looking at your bucket list, what is the one thing that you really wish to cross off by the end of 2018?

I really don’t have a bucket list. I try to live every day to the fullest. We’ll see what the rest of 2018 will bring 😉

If you could have dinner with anyone (alive or dead), who would you have dinner with and why?

David Gilmour. Because he is a genius.

We’ve gathered the votes from our expert jury and crunched some numbers in order to determine the recipient of the Conventa Best Event Award…

…no, we take that back, as the process doesn’t stop there. The finalists still have their work cut out for them. They will present their exciting projects in front of the entire Crossover audience, who will make the final decision. After all of the events are presented, live voting will take place. The votes from the participants account for 20% of the overall score, therefore, nothing is written in stone yet. The winner will be announced on Friday, 31 August, 2018, an occasion not to be missed.

25th Anniversary Of Porsche Slovenija

The Millennial Scrapbook

Slovenian Incoming Workshop

The Crossover conference is bringing a creative and fresh approach, rich interaction and different programme formats: exciting keynotes, practical workshops, presentations in PechaKucha format, discussions, anarchy sessions and other surprises. All of it will be spiced up with a hefty dose of fun, exquisite cuisine and some good old rock-n-roll.

The show will start on Thursday, August 30, 2018 in Ljubljana’s Puppet Theatre. Warmed up by Jan-Jaap In der Maur‘s energy, the guests will get to choose between two exciting workshops; Gerrit Jessen‘s workshop on Event Design using the Event Canvas method or Barbara Krajnc‘s workshop, where participants will play with Lego’s. The workshops will be followed by Special Venue presentations in Pecha Kucha format.

Taking the centre stage will be Patrick Roubroeks from XSAGA event agency and Michael Cowan, the man behind Mont Beer. Later on, participants will be actively involved in Anarchy Sessions, where they will be split into groups, each group will choose an interesting topic and the topic which gets the most votes will be discussed. Crossover will host its very own roundtable, where Vartan Surmejan (Event Cook), Ivona Dabetić Jovović (Vision Event) and Boris Kovaček (Pepermint) will discuss event marketing in the region of South East Europe.

After a creative lunch break, lovers of the most creative and out-of-the-box events will get their fix, as award auditions for the Conventa Best Event Award will start. The finalists will get a chance to present their awesome events to the participants, who will have the final vote in selecting a winner. The winner will be announced the next day, on Friday, 31 August 2018.

The Crossover conference is bringing a creative and fresh approach, rich interaction and different programme formats: exciting keynotes, practical workshops, presentations in PechaKucha format, discussions, anarchy sessions and other surprises. All of it will be spiced up with a hefty dose of fun, exquisite cuisine and some good old rock-n-roll.

The show will start on Thursday, August 30, 2018 in Ljubljana’s Puppet Theatre. Warmed up by Jan-Jaap In der Maur‘s energy, the guests will get to choose between two exciting workshops; Gerrit Jessen‘s workshop on Event Design using the Event Canvas method or Barbara Krajnc‘s workshop, where participants will play with Lego’s. The workshops will be followed by Special Venue presentations in Pecha Kucha format.

Taking the centre stage will be Patrick Roubroeks from XSAGA event agency and Michael Cowan, the man behind Mont Beer. Later on, participants will be actively involved in Anarchy Sessions, where they will be split into groups, each group will choose an interesting topic and the topic which gets the most votes will be discussed. Crossover will host its very own roundtable, where Vartan Surmejan (Event Cook), Ivona Dabetić Jovović (Vision Event) and Boris Kovaček (Pepermint) will discuss event marketing in the region of South East Europe.

After a creative lunch break, lovers of the most creative and out-of-the-box events will get their fix, as award auditions for the Conventa Best Event Award will start. The finalists will get a chance to present their awesome events to the participants, who will have the final vote in selecting a winner. The winner will be announced the next day, on Friday, 31 August 2018.