At ten to five, the day before pay day, over 200 staff at an events and publications company were made redundant as the company entered administration. A conference organised by this company was due to be chaired by a prominent speaker the following month, so he contacted a conference producer to ask if they could possibly still run it. The short answer was no. The longer answer was maybe they could do something else.
In October Open Forum Events was registered at Companies House and we started trading. It was formed to care about it’s customers, to offer real value, integrity, new thinking and to make a difference. Our small office opened in Manchester city centre and we hired our first member of staff, Luke Boulter.
With the success of the first event, we moved straight onto other topics we felt could be further addressed, such as Dementia, Obesity and Mental Health. We welcomed the likes of Alzheimer’s Society, Care Quality Commission, NHS England and Public Health England.
We hosted our 10th event, a major milestone! NHS Productivity: Weathering the Storm included the Health Foundation, NICE, Health Education England and Monitor.
In March 2017, we held our 75th event as Open Forum Events. The event was DigiHealth UK: Enhancing the Patient’s Journey, which included leading speakers from all over the industry and sponsors such as IBM, Texthelp and iRhythm.
Each year we've been building on our successes and learning from what we can do to help improve the public services. We believe it now more than ever how important it is to bring people together.
We are dedicated to improving public services.
Our team brings together a wealth of experience in conference production and events management to deliver high quality meetings for public service providers. We are dedicated to delivering the highest standards of customer service, providing superb value and the perfect platform to network and improve your organisation.
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