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Event Matchmaking
13 articles in Event Matchmaking.
Why Is Matchmaking Important for Tourism Trade Shows? The Business Case in Numbers
Buyers choose events by the diary they arrive with, structured meetings convert into contracts, and counted meetings are the number funders accept. The business case for matchmaking at tourism trade shows, with benchmarks from ITB Berlin, WTM London, IMEX and peer-reviewed research.
Multilingual Buyer-Seller Meetings: Best Practices for Trade Show Organisers
At international trade shows, English-only planning quietly kills meetings that looked perfect on paper. This guide shows organisers how to treat language as a matching criterion: capture language data at registration, match for compatibility, tier meetings to decide between human interpreters and AI translation, and measure results by language pair.
What Is Investor Matchmaking? A Guide for Startup Conference Organisers
Investor matchmaking pairs founders with relevant investors through pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings. This guide explains the three layers behind it, why research on VC deal flow makes it necessary, how it differs from demo days and pitch competitions, and the four KPIs that show whether it worked.
How to Plan a Demo Day Step by Step: The 12-Week Playbook
A twelve-week operational playbook for accelerator organisers: investor curation, venue and AV, pre-scheduled meetings, the day-of run-sheet, budget benchmarks, and the four KPIs that decide whether the cohort raises.
How to Maximise Investor Meetings at a 2-Day Startup Conference: An Organiser's Playbook
A six-layer organiser's playbook for 2-day startup conferences: pre-event curation, platform configuration, the 1:1 meeting engine, the multi-format layer, real-time operations, and follow-up architecture. With 2026 benchmarks from Slush, Bits & Pretzels and IMEX, the six-number KPI framework, and an honest critique of when the playbook is the wrong tool.
Event Matchmaking FAQ: 15 Questions Organisers Ask Us Most in 2026
Only 15 per cent of organisers rate their networking as very effective. This FAQ hub answers the 15 operational questions we hear most about matchmaking, from cost and KPIs to GDPR and Hosted Buyer fit, with 2026 data and links to the deeper Converve pillars.
Matchmaking Software for Startup Pitch Events: A Cost-vs-Outcomes Buyer's Guide
Six matchmaking platforms compared on cost per qualified founder-investor meeting, with a hidden-cost checklist and a decision tree for pitch events under 500 attendees.
Hosted Buyer Programme vs. Open Registration: Which Format Delivers More Qualified Meetings?
Hosted, open or hybrid? Compare the three trade-show formats on cost, meeting guarantee and ROI predictability, with a 6-row decision matrix for tourism trade shows in 2026.
Do virtual events need randomness? A deeper look at chance encounters
Encounters by chance are an important part of events and we can use the pricipals of serendipity to re-create them in a virtual setting. Here's how
"Personalisation offers added value for event participants" - Interview with Dominik Deubner, MICE Club
MICE Club founder Dominik Deubner talks about current EventTech trends such as personalisation and matchmaking, and looks ahead to the first hands-on TechXperience conference.
Survey: User Experience Decisive factor of Software-based Business Matchmaking
A Converve survey of more than 60 trade fair, congress and event planners reveals what matters most in business matchmaking: ease of use, responsive design and a strong user experience.
Matchmaking at Career Fairs: TALENT DAY Case Study
How TALENT DAY Media + IT in Hamburg uses matchmaking technology to connect over 850 school pupils with 50 companies. A behind-the-scenes look at a successful career fair.
Case Study GDC 2016: How Do You Attract More Than 26,000 Game Developers to San Francisco?
For 30 years the Game Developers Conference has been the meeting point of the gaming industry. A look at how UBM gathers 26,000 experts in San Francisco and how Converve powers the B2B matchmaking behind it.