ILGA World Conference

"I cannot speak highly enough about Avenues and its wonderful staff. They came on board to help us run a true international conference. We had delegates from every corner of the planet - our head organisation was based in Geneva. The logistics/visa complexity was a nightmare. We also had to deal with complex funding issues and the nightmare of our event coinciding with New Zealand’s worst ever shooting massacre. (Resulting in the cancelation of all our planned outside activities) The events team, never panicked, was always solution focused and creative. They drew on their extensive professional networks and helped us pull off a conference that, illuminated our magnificent diverse country, truly showed the best of humanity. Many of the attendees described this conference as the best in the 40-year history of the organisation."

"As an International Human Rights conference, it posed multiple challenges including visas, language barriers, time difference, budget constraints and a complex Security and Health and Safety Plan. We worked through these challenges and mitigated any potential risks for two years leading up to the event. Our clients were representatives from ILGA World and two associated host organisations which were the (ITANZ) Intersex Trust Aotearoa NZ and the Tiwhanawhana Trust. Avenues was contracted to manage all aspects of the event management including all attendee's liaison, visa applications, sponsorship acquisition vendor and stakeholder management, speakers, entertainment, ticketing, health and safety, council permits, all venue and logistics management as well as advise on event concepts and strategy."