Sierra Leone Diaspora Investment Conference

InterContinental Park Lane, London

Venue: InterContinental Park Lane, London
Lead time: Eight weeks
Duration: Two days

The brief

MWP Collective coordinated the Sierra Leone Diaspora Investment Conference, an international investment conference hosted in London by its founder. The brief was ambitious: bring the diaspora, investors and government together in the capital with less than two months to make it happen.

MWP Collective took the conference from brief to delivery in eight weeks. Over two days at the InterContinental Park Lane, the conference welcomed the Vice President of Sierra Leone and his delegation, alongside government ministers, investors and panellists from across the globe.

The cultural challenge

The room brought together diaspora participants, government ministers, investors and panellists from across the globe, alongside the Vice President of Sierra Leone and his delegation.

We handled every detail, from venue and production to VIP protocol, exhibition, staging and guest experience, so the conference host could welcome her guests with complete confidence.

Eight weeks. Two days. One exceptional delivery.

What we did

Venue and event coordination.
Production and staging.
VIP protocol.
Exhibition and guest experience.

The conference stage and chandelier-lit ballroom set in rows before delegates arrive — The room, set and checked before the first delegate arrives.

A delegate in a tailored wax-print coat photographed on the conference blue carpet — Arrivals on the blue carpet, tailoring and wax print in equal measure.

Programme books, pens and glassware laid at a round conference table — Programme books, laid by hand, place by place.

Overhead view of a round conference table dressed with programme books and glassware — Table sixteen, from above.

Delegates served pastries at the conference hospitality station during a break — The break, where most of the business actually happens.

Delegates in conversation over a tablet at the conference — Conversations that carried on well past the panels.

Delegates networking in the conference hospitality area — Introductions made, room by room.

The conference ballroom dressed with round tables and programme books ahead of the opening session — The ballroom, dressed and lit ahead of the opening session.

The conference step and repeat backdrop, printed with partner logos, ready for arrivals — The step and repeat, ready for arrivals and photographs.

The welcome banner for the Sierra Leone Diaspora Investment Conference in the arrival corridor — The first thing guests saw on arrival.

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