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This 2-day residential enquiry was given to ZiaBia in November 2014, part way through the venue finding process.
The Warsaw Marriott was the chosen venue for this event, due to its excellent location in the centre of Warsaw. The hotel were able to accommodate all of bedrooms for the group and the conference space flowed well for the various activities and breakout sessions required over the 3 days.
The event started with a day’s set up while delegates arrived and in the evening there was a working dinner and introduction to the event. The next two days included Dragon’s Den style challenges, an intensive breakout schedule, Gala dinner and finished with a high octane Drum Café workshop.
The event space within the hotel was conveniently located over two floors with the main ballroom on the same floor as most of the breakout rooms. This was an important part in ensuring smooth logistics and running of the day sessions where there were up to 9 break out rooms being used each day. Each breakout room varied in setup, was used by different groups throughout the day with very short turn around times and each breakout changed from one session to the next.
A highlight of the event was the Gala Dinner on the second evening. The main plenary room was turned around to host the company award ceremony. The timings for the evening had to be closely managed with 18 awards and a bespoke Operatic performance.
Aleksander Kwasniewski, Poland’s President from 1995 - 2005, joined the conference on the second day to share his experiences and visions for the future with the group, as a guest speaker.
A drum café session concluded the conference leaving guests on a high. Teams were spit into breakout sessions to learn their part after a briefing in the Ballroom. After they had perfected their section, everyone was brought back together to perform in their group and then together, as a whole group for the finale.