Designing Engaging Academic Events: From Idea to Impact

Designing Engaging Academic Events: From Idea to Impact

Take your conference organization skills to the next level! With practical methods for successful and content-rich conferences!

By Hochschulimpulse

Date and time

Tue, 4 Nov 2025 08:00 - 15:30 UTC

Location

Online

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 8 days before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 7 hours 30 minutes

Do you want to create events that exceed the expectations of your participants?

Take your conference organization skills to the next level!
This training is especially suitable for those who never thought that organizing conferences would become such a time-intensive part of their professional life.

Target Group:
This training is aimed at science managers, graduates and postdocs who organize events in the higher education context or plan to do so soon. It has been designed for curious and ambitious individuals who not only want to have one card up their sleeve but an entire deck of methods and strategies.

Together, we will ensure that your events become successful and efficient!

In this training, you will explore a cutting-edge event design method, developed by an innovation researcher after a three-year study, and discover how to create events that leave lasting impressions. Through hands-on teamwork, you’ll craft event designs tailored to your audience, all while gaining practical tools and strategies to apply in your future endeavors. This interactive training empowers you to combine creativity and structure, ensuring that each team member’s ideas contribute to your success.

Your Added Value and Key Focuses of the Training:

  • Designing Engaging Events:
    Create Impactful events that resonate with your audience and deliver lasting value
  • Creating Tailored Concepts:
    Gain the skills to design event concepts specifically tailored to each target group.
  • Successful Implementation:
    Practice presenting your concepts persuasively and efficiently bringing them to life.
  • Practical Tools and Materials:
    Utilize resources, online templates in Mural, and valuable practical tips for your event planning.
  • Building Strong Overall Concepts:
    Develop event strategies that focus clearly on achieving key objectives.
  • Practical Approach and Collaboration:
    Work on real-life examples and benefit from peer-to-peer exchange of experiences.

Methods:

  • Virtual training via Zoom & Mural – for maximum flexibility.
  • Intensive group work and interactive exercises
  • Peer experiences exchange that offers new perspectives.

Organised by

Hochschulimpulse is a specialized training and consulting company based in Germany, focusing on the design and implementation of conferences as well as innovative event design in the higher education sector. Founded in 2018, the company offers practical training and tailored support for academic managers, PhD candidates, postdocs, and decision-makers who want to organize their events efficiently and successfully. By applying scientifically-based event design methods, even international events can be tailored to their target audiences.

Hochschulimpulse's training sessions take place at over three dozen universities and graduate schools in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Through Eventbrite, it is possible for individuals to attend these training sessions if no training is currently offered at their own university.

Early bird discount
€400 – €460