"Built on Connection, Defined by Detail"

the[meeting]people takes pride in delivering exceptional meetings and events with meticulous attention to detail. Our commitment to outstanding service extends not only to our clients but also to their committee members, attendees, speakers, and sponsors.

Specialising in medical, scientific, academic, and association meetings, we offer a boutique, hands-on approach. Clients benefit from the consistent involvement of our principal consultant throughout the entire event coordination process, ensuring clarity, continuity, and care.

We encourage our clients to design events that deliver long-term value to the community and the environment, while also fostering lasting professional relationships. Sustainability is at the core of our operations in how we run events and within our own workplace practices.

Since 2020, the landscape of meetings and conferences has evolved significantly. the[meeting]people has successfully delivered a wide range of events in flexible formats including virtual, hybrid, and hybrid with satellite hubs (hub + spoke). With deep experience across multiple platforms, we tailor the right solution to suit your event goals and budget.

With decades of experience and trusted relationships across the events industry, the[meeting]people ensures your next meeting is not only professional and seamless, but also impactful and memorable.
 

The Meeting People would like to acknowledge the place in which we work, the traditional lands of the Kaurna people. We extend our respect and thanks to elders past, present and emerging.

Lara is an amazing communicator.

"I recently supported the Australia/NZ Rheumatology Conference in Auckland, I would like to congratulate Lara on the organisation of the Conference. I have attended many Conferences all over the world and have never experienced this level of support. The key to excellent results is communication. I would like to say that Lara is an amazing communicator. She has the ability to communicate and co-ordinate the ideas and values or the organising committee, the sponsors, the venue Teams, the entertainers and the delegates. Lara was present at every part of this amazing journey and listened with respect to her support crew. She obviously has amazing people skills and made the major International Conference happen with no issues whatsoever. Congratulations Lara and well done."

– Dr Joe McDermott, Auckland, New Zealand –
 

Understands the culture of our organisation.

"Our annual scientific meeting is an extremely important event for the Australian Rheumatology Association – scientifically, financially and culturally. We have been very fortunate to have worked with The Meeting People for several years, and in that time our annual meeting has gone from strength to strength. Lara always makes us feel like we are her most important client. Lara is particularly adept at seamlessly accommodating the needs of the organising committee, the scientific committee, the sponsors and the delegates, as well as providing a superb social programme, so that the meeting always feels greater than the sum of its parts. She has the unique ability to produce a world-class scientific meeting while at the same time providing personal service that totally understands the culture of our organisation."

– Prof Rachelle Buchbinder and Dr Samuel Whittle, Australian Rheumatology Association –

The meetings were pleasant and stress-free.

"This is to express our delight in writing at the way in which you organised our recent Clare Valley Bone Meeting. With you as our professional conference organiser, the planning meetings were pleasant and stress free because you were always on top of what needed to be done. Your interaction with our sponsors was highly professional and productive. Your dealings with the delegates and invited speakers were organised, friendly and timely, as were your interactions with the venue staff. Your suggestions for improving the meeting and adding innovation were always good, and your eye for aesthetics added something special to our meeting. At the meeting itself, the organisers were enabled to concentrate on the sessions because you took care of everything else so competently. Your preparation for the conference dinner was both wonderful and beyond the call of duty and greatly appreciated by the organisers and guests. In the end, we were able to run an exceptional meeting problem-free because of your careful planning, your friendly helpful manner and your great attention to detail."

– David Findlay, Tony Pohl, Gerald Atkins and Paul Anderson –
Co-Convenors, Clare Valley Bone Meeting