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Conference management relates to the executive management of a conference which may be in-house within an organization, or for a client of a
professional conference organizer (PCO). It consists of the basic management tools that involve planning, organizing, leading and control. Arranging a conference from conceptualization to execution can take from 17 days (professionals in the field of conference production) to almost 12 or 18 months. Conferences range from small-scale executive meetings to
international summit conferences, and may cater for up to 65,000 people at a time in a venue of appropriate size (e.g. a stadium). Conferences allow attendees from industry, government, scientific disciplines, etc. to meet and
network
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Science and technology
* Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics
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and to inform about recent developments. Conference management relates to the
tourism industry
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and can generate revenue and prestige for a community, town, country or region.
Time management