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Your task: organize a conference. Your tool of choice: Microsoft Excel. Say what? You’re neither a formula wizard nor a master of spreadsheet gymnastics? How many days would you survive in that jungle of tabs?! Better idea: stop worrying about formula errors and broken cell references! Use this well-thought-out Excel template for your conference planning. Available for free download. How can you successfully manage attendee data, payments, and abstracts with it? And where does your conference face the risk of an Excel meltdown? That’s what this post is all about.

New year, new rules: This time, it’s about tax rates for services provided during a conference. In practice, this new regulation affects how you issue invoices. How can your event team implement this correctly?

They come unexpectedly, often far too late, and involve significant effort and long discussions. Cancellations are, without a doubt, one of the less pleasant aspects of hosting a conference. We’ve outlined nine steps to help you reduce the number of conference cancellations. First things first: it’s not as difficult as you might think.

Payment service provider PayPal is withdrawing from the Russian market due to the war of aggression against Ukraine. Conference organizers must therefore prepare for potential issues if attendees from Russia are able to register. What should you keep in mind now? And how should you handle registrations from Ukraine?

As practical as virtual conferences may be for overcoming travel restrictions and event cancellations, organizers are just as concerned about new costs coupled with a lower willingness to pay among participants. After expenses are deducted, what is actually left in the virtual space?

As part of its package of measures to address the coronavirus pandemic, the German government has decided to temporarily reduce value-added tax (VAT). From July until the end of the year, there will be a reduced VAT rate of 16% and 5%, respectively. What does this mean for conferences, and how should organizers implement these regulations?