Once the machinery has been set in motion, you should be able to reduce your tasks to:

• smiling, always and whatever may happen
• receiving speakers, chairs and all other participants
• being present whenever possible at all lectures and events
• indicating who to turn to for assistance

if possible leaving to assistants (postgraduate students, friends who offered their help) the duty of

• registering participants
• distributing conference packs
• collecting conference fees
• collecting receipts for all payments to be refunded
• receiving people during all conference sessions
• giving general information
• checking daily that direction signs are on/in place
• solving minor inconveniences
• reporting to you (and to all other organizers) any major inconveniences.