Swap ideas, forge relationships and drive innovation with the support of our Academic Event Service

Academic events provide the perfect environment for you to swap ideas, forge relationships and drive innovation – a chance for professionals to drive better businesses, for thinkers to develop stronger ideas and for colleagues to discover better ways of working.

The Academic Events Service makes all the above easy to organise, bringing academics and professionals to Lancaster University, where we can showcase the best of the best and encourage engagement on a regional, national and international level.

How can we help you? We can provide you with pre-event advice and expertiseadd value to your event and be on hand during the event ensuring organiser peace of mind and enhancing delegate experience.

From your initial contact through the event planning process, and during and after the event itself, you and your event will be treated with a complete professional service. You will be provided with a Dedicated Event Manager to provide advice and expertise to understand your needs and deliver a brilliant event ready to supply the end-to-end support that is critical to exceeding your event goals.

We will take care of all the facility and process to make the event happen such as help with the preparation of bid submissions, booking of meeting space, budget assistance, catering & accommodation according to conference brief, liaison with other Facilities teams to ensure all spaces are ready for the conference – we’ll ensure the rooms are clean, safe and secure as well as sourcing and securing quotes from third party suppliers and services such as poster boards, coaches, photography, event agents where required due to funding criteria plus lots more.

At Lancaster University Conferences and Events+ we take pride in adding value to your Academic Event we can provide you with Bespoke digital and physical signage and collateral such as campus maps and welcome banners to ensure all of your guests get the warmest of welcomes. We can also offer support on dining themes and styling whilst managing exhibitor deliveries and logistics.

During the event, our aim is to ensure event organisers have peace of mind so the event can be fully enjoyed by all. We can guarantee you that you will have one point of contact throughout the event to solve individual delegate requests, manage last minute changes and lots more.

We understand that events can seem daunting and we know that every detail matters. But whatever your needs, we’re here to help. Take a look at the news links below to read about some of the award-winning conferences and events we have hosted at Lancaster University in recent years.

https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/conferences/conferences-and-meetings/academic-events-service/

https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/conferences/news/how-lancaster-mastered-the-aude-annual-conference-2019-2

https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/conferences/news/double-award-win-for-lancaster-university-conferences-events