Rt. Hon. Nick Brown MP at the Summit 2010
Monday’s here again and the FMA Event Team is glad to have had a weekend to recover from a very long but successful day on Friday.
We were out of the office to deliver The Summit 2010, just over the River Tyne at The Sage Gateshead.
Despite the weather, road closures, flight cancellations and train disruptions, 350 North East officials, councillors and politicians gathered for the first ever Association of North East Councils (ANEC) Summit.
The smooth running of the event was ensured by an 4.30am start for us and, fuelled by bacon sandwiches, coffee and adrenalin, FMA delivered a stress free, high impact and engaging event.
Communicating with, registering and directing the delegates, organising an exhibition and exhibitors, briefing speakers, facilitating panel debates, checking AV requirements, organising workshops and feeding this number of people required expert communication, attention to detail, bucket loads of negotiation and liaising, stamina and supreme coordination and budget management by Event Manager Andy. All in a very long day’s work.
And before the day, FMA planned the schedule, managed the venue, created the brand, manned a dedicated help line for delegate enquiries and filmed a showcase DVD on location with all 12 Council Leaders in 12 locations throughout the region including HMS Trincomalee to The Custom’s House. This was shown at the start of The Summit 2010 and can be viewed here:
12 North East Council Leaders at the Summit 2010.
If you weren’t there you can visit the website our Studio and Digital Team created at www.thesummit2010.co.uk to find out more and if you were there, do let us know what you thought
