PEER LEARNING FOR EVENT PROFESSIONALS
The Event Managers’ Exchange
A small group of peers who understand the decisions, pressures and practical challenges behind an event.
Peer learning for event professionals
You organise the event. Who supports you?
Bring a live challenge to a small international group of event professionals who understand the decisions, pressure and practical work behind delivery.
Why the Exchange exists
Event managers are often surrounded by partners, but short of peers.
The role brings decisions that are hard to test inside your own organisation. The Exchange gives you a trusted, no-sales space to examine the situation with people who know the work.
Work on what is happening now.
Use a current event, decision or delivery challenge rather than a generic case study.
Compare approaches across contexts.
Hear what peers in other organisations, sectors and countries have tried and what they learned.
Turn discussion into action.
Choose what to test between sessions, compare notes with a peer partner and return with evidence.
How it works
Ten conversations, shaped by the people in the group.
The programme runs over approximately six months. Sessions are usually held at lunchtime in Central Europe and are designed to stay close to members' real work.
Start with a challenge
Name something useful to work through during the programme.
Set the agenda together
Members choose the themes. Guest contributors join when their perspective will help.
Work between sessions
Test an approach, stay in contact with a peer partner and use the group network.
Review the progress
Return to the challenge at the midpoint and final session and decide what comes next.
The open programme
Fund your place directly.
The established international programme remains available at €395. Registering your interest is not a booking: we confirm the cohort and dates before you commit.
Paid place
€395
Funded by you or your organisation
Choose this route when you or your organisation will cover the full programme fee.
Register your interest in a paid placeSeparate 2027 proposals
Under review
Separate cohorts, separate criteria
Proposed supported cohorts would have their own audience, eligibility, contribution and application route. No public application is currently open for those proposals.
Details will be published only after the programme terms are approved.
The open programme is international and welcomes event professionals across sectors and locations. This broad eligibility does not describe any separate supported cohort, whose criteria would be stated on its own page.
Who it is for
A broad event community.
You do not need a particular job title, organisation type or level of experience. You do need responsibility for bringing people together and a willingness to contribute.
A related Exchange
Work in communication rather than event management?
The Communication Professionals' Exchange uses the same small-group, practical format for people responsible for communication, engagement and change.
Interested in the open programme?
Register your interest in a paid place.
Use the form below to tell us about your role and the challenge you would bring. A €395 place may be funded by you or your organisation. This is not a booking; we confirm the cohort and dates before you commit.
Event Managers are often brought together with venues or suppliers, but rarely with each other.
The Event Managers’ Exchange changes that.
We’re an international, online peer group where event professionals of all kinds can connect, share, and grow together. Whether you manage events full-time or as part of a broader role, run large conferences or small workshops, have years of experience or are just starting out, you’re welcome here.
For communication professionals
Work in communication rather than event management?
The Communication Professionals’ Exchange brings the same small-group, practical format to people responsible for communication, engagement and change.
It welcomes corporate, association and internal communicators, marketers, content and community professionals, public affairs and stakeholder specialists, independent consultants and people whose wider role includes communication.
Explore the Communication Profe ionals’ Exchange
How it works
Ten sessions over around six months
Meet online for one hour every two to three weeks, usually at lunchtime in Central Europe. Standard cohorts bring together 10–15 members. Two 2027 cohorts will each include ten part-funded places.
Your challenges shape the programme
Members choose the topics. Sessions combine peer discussion, guest contributors, practical examples and smaller conversations. Shared notes capture the ideas you want to use.
Make progress between meetings
Bring a professional challenge to the opening session, work with a peer partner and review progress at the midpoint and final meeting. Members can stay in touch through the group’s LinkedIn and WhatsApp channels.
Paid and part-funded places
The standard programme fee is €395 for ten sessions. You can fund your own place or ask your organisation to fund it.
A limited number of part-funded places are available by application for the 2027 cohorts. Participants contribute €95 and programme sponsorship covers the remaining €300.
Applications are considered according to the relevance of your role, the challenge you want to work on, what you can contribute to the group and your commitment to attend. There are no sector or geographical restrictions.
Why join?
Learn practical tips, strategies, and resources from peers
Get fresh perspectives from other industries and countries
Build a trusted network you can turn to for advice
Exchange first-hand information — from supplier recommendations to destination insights
Enjoy an equal, no-sales environment focused entirely on professional growth
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Beyond the Screen
Although our sessions are 100% online, members often arrange in-person meetups when attending the same industry events. Our network has become a go-to place for trusted advice and real-world solutions.
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Who is it for?
Full-time Event Managers
Professionals with event management as part of their role
Association event professionals
Association communications professionals, managers and leads
Any size of organisation, any sector, any location
Apply to join the Event Managers’ Exchange
Bring a real event challenge, learn from other organisers and contribute your own experience. We bring people together in small groups where everyone has something to offer.
Paid places
Choose this route if you or your organisation will pay the standard €395 programme fee. Registering your interest is not a booking; we will confirm the cohort and dates before you commit.
Part-funded places for 2027
Two 2027 cohorts will each include ten part-funded places. Selected participants contribute €95 and programme sponsorship covers the remaining €300. Use the same form and choose the part-funded option.
Selection considers the relevance of your role, the challenge you want to work on, what you can contribute and your commitment to attend. There are no sector or geographical restrictions. An application is not a booking or a guarantee of a part-funded place.
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