SMi events attract the top industry executives and a speaking slot offers the ideal opportunity for you to both increase your company's profile within the market and network with a highly focussed audience.

With SMi administering the whole conference - processing the delegates, preparing the conference documentation, sourcing the venue, co-ordinating the speakers - all that remains for our speakers to do is to present for 30-40 minutes and supply a master copy of documentation.

Our conferences are typically two or three days with 8-10 speakers each day and our speakers are invited to attend the entire conference. In addition, the speakers name, company and presentation synopsis appears on SMi marketing material for the conference.

Chairing an SMi conference is an ideal opportunity to raise your profile at the heart of the conference and is an ideal forum for those who have a good understanding of the overall conference topic.

You would take the Chair for one full day of the conference, welcoming the delegates and making the opening remarks in order to "set the scene". You would introduce each speaker and prompt and mediate questions at the end of each presentation, encouraging debate where possible.

At the end of the conference day it is the Chairperson's responsibility to sum-up the days proceedings in the closing remarks. While each Chairperson typically only takes the Chair for one day of the conference, they are invited to attend the entire event.

Executive Briefings are interactive one- or half-day sessions which are attached to a specific conference and are run, on average with between 5 and 10 delegates, to explore a highly-focussed and niche aspect of the overall topic. This could be anything from outsourcing to political risk, negotiating contracts to training.

Running an SMi executive briefing guarantees you one-to-one access with executives who have actively expressed a keen interest in the subject matter, giving you an excellent opportunity to promote your organisation to your target market. In addition, your company logo and promotional information appears on all SMi marketing brochures.