This webinar addresses the critical aspect of profitability, long-term sustainability and economic models, covering specifically: How to build a financial forecast or budget in this unknown environment? How much to charge for registrations and sponsorships? What expenses you should plan for? How to work with future congress centre contracts? What are the risks and future opportunities you should present to your Board?

Virtual Meetings platform has significantly evolved since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. While we are all planning our virtual and hybrid meetings for 2021, it is important to look for a Virtual Platform that facilitates interactivity, meaningful online engagements and support the online learning habits of our audience. In this webinar I am exploring: - Latest developments in platforms and what you can expect in the near future - Which are the “must have” components to look for when looking for a virtual meeting platform provider Credits: Virtual meeting Platform: www.labroots.com Alex Kipman at Ted: Futuristic vision of the age of holograms: https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_kipman_a_futuristic_vision_of_the_age_of_holograms Back to the future movie clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkyLnWm1iCs

The webinar addresses the critical aspects of providing value to delegates, speakers and poster presenters; and then looks at how the future may be and includes: - What does the audience expect from virtual meetings? - How can we translate the onsite congress programme to online medium? - How can we create ‘’live happenings’’ and real interactive discussions with speakers, poster presenters and exhibitors? - How will congresses look post-COVID-19? The webinar includes an interview with Monica Fontana, Executive Director of ERA-EDTA, who has recently delivered their online congress successfully with 10,000 participants.

Both Mounia Heddad Masson, head of science and education of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), and I have recently delivered a virtual congress to thousands of participants. In this webinar we want to share with you our insights about what it means to create knowledge & content for virtual meetings. We are discussing about how to build a virtual congress programme that supports the online learning habits of our audience. We are also reviewing the similarities between online education and virtual learning, and how they support each other.