Since 2009 our development team have built and deployed in excess of 500 Event Apps globally; supporting association conferences to trade shows with in excess of 150,000 attendees and over 2 million app users annually.

While the figures may be impressive and our 20 year history in the event industry exciting it is only through using our apps that you gain a true understanding of their features and benefits.

We have provided details below of some of our more technical apps that we thought would be of interest to you.

Event: OSSANZ 2012
Client: 24th Annual Scientific Conference of the Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand
Event Manager: Think Business Events

Event: 2012 Engineering Leadership Conference
Client: Engineers Australia
Event Manager: ICMS Pty Ltd

Event: APPEA 2012 Conference and Exhibition
Client: APPEA Pty Ltd
Event Manager: APPEA Pty Ltd

Event: ASM 2012
Client: The Australian Society for Microbiology
Event Manager: ICMS Pty Ltd

Event: RANZCO 2011
Client: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists’ (RANZCO)
Event Manager: Think Business Events

Event: ANZICS 2011
Client: ANZICS/ACCCN Intensive Care ASM 2011
Event Manager: Event Edge

Event: National Franchise Convention 2011
Client: National Franchise Council
Event Manager: Diversified Exhibitions

Event: Medicines Management 2011
Client: The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA)
Event Manager: Conference Logistics

Check out our article in micenet Australia Magazine http://ping.fm/zhWJy

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