It's increasingly common for corporate events to include social sessions, sit-down meals and so on - but this puts new and specific demands on your conference furniture, so how do you prepare for your event to go without a hitch?
First of all, recognise the different seating layouts you will need - conference furniture is generally designed to be positioned in compact rows for audiences, but it can also work well spaced out around a long rectangular banquet table or around individual circular tables too.
Many of its main features help it to do both jobs well - conference chairs tend to be stackable, or at least very easy to move around, so you can re-dress the room quickly once the formal part of the day is over, and lay the tables ready for the food to be served.
There are several options when it comes to food - you might want a complete three-course meal if your event is quite upscale, but a buffet is a great informal alternative, and long rectangular banquet tables at one side of the room provide a place to serve the snacks, with no need for enough tables or even enough chairs for everyone to sit down while they eat.
Only you can decide exactly what tone or atmosphere you want to strike, but the versatility of conference furniture means you have a good level of control over how the room looks and feels once everything is in place.
Stacking chairs are the best option if you need to change the amount of seating in the room - extra chairs can be rolled out, or you can stack some away in a side room - while folding tables offer the easiest way to provide some serving space, or to lay out complete dining tables for a sit-down meal.
Together, the best conference furniture lets you carry out your full itinerary for the day without any lengthy interruptions or unnecessary heavy lifting, so you can focus on the main events of your conference, whether that means selling products and services, raising money for a worthy cause, or just providing your delegates with networking opportunities.