37th Businet Annual Conference
Businet holds it’s Annual Conference in November of each year. The 2024 event took place in the captivating and cultural City of Istanbul. This was Businet’s first return to the City since the conference was held there in 2011 and we were delighted to host the event there again.
There were approximately 230 people attended the event from around 95 institutions.
If you register before the end of Sunday 30 June then there is a discounted registration fee, which we refer to as being the “Early-bird rate”.
The event included:
- 4 keynote speakers on general issue of interest to a higher education audience. (Keynote Day 1 Info, Keynote Day 2 Info)
- 25 “Good Practice” workshops. These are workshops where member share their good practices with conference delegates – Delegates choose up to 3 workshops from those on offer.
- One of the major USP’s of the network is our “Curriculum specific” working groups and “Special Interest Groups. These took place on afternoons at the conference. There are 16 groups. More information can be found about the groups at https://www.businet.org.uk/working-group-information
- All meals were included in the conference package.
- Delegates tend to stay at the conference hotel and then there is the opportunity to network from early in the morning to late at night.
- The conference started at 6pm on Wednesday 13th November. There are however pre-conference meetings on Wednesday and a session for “newcomers” at 1pm on Wednesday to introduce new delegates to the network.
- There was a social tour on Saturday 16th November – to get a feel of the area and allow for more social networking.
The Conference was held at the Hilton Istanbul Bakirkoy from 13th – 16th November 2024.
Registration for the event is now Closed
More details for our 2025 Event to be held at Hilton Sofia in Bulgaria will follow soon, please check back for further details. Regitsration will open in May 2026.