How to win: Event Management System

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Background Innovate UK Business Connect brings together businesses, researchers, investors and partners to accelerate innovation across the UK. As part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and a strategic delivery partner to Innovate UK, we connect organisations to funding opportunities, partnerships and expertise to help ideas move from concept to scale. One of the key tools for making these connections is events. We deliver a diverse portfolio of in-person, virtual and hybrid events, ranging from webinars and workshops to large-scale conferences and exhibitions. To support the effective planning, delivery and evaluation of these events, we are seeking proposals from suppliers who can provide a modern event management system that streamlines event operations, enhances the participant experience and supports data-driven decision-making. Description of work Innovate UK Business Connect is seeking tenders from providers who can supply a single event management system that supports the end-to-end event lifecycle, including event creation, registration management, attendee communications, speaker and exhibitor management, networking, reporting and post-event evaluation. The system

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• ✓Start early: it closes 10 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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