"Agus mé ag eagrú Comhdhála den chéad uair san Ollscoil, mí Feabhra 2010, bhí bearnaí mór a i mo chuid eolais. Chuir an Oifig na gComhdhálacha ar mo shuaimhneas mé láithreach. Thug siad eolas dom faoi chúrsaí airgeadais, faoi chuntais bainc, d’eagraigh siad an cuntas dom, agus bhí clárú don chomhdháil go hiomlán faoina gcúram, rud a rinne an riaracháin an-éasca ar fad. Bhí smacht agam féin ar an suíomh don chomhdháil, agus bhí cúnamh cneasta ar fáil aon uair a ghlaoigh mé ar an oifig. D’eagraigh siad na seomraí, an bhia, bhí siad i dteagmháil le lucht na bhfoirgneamh, bhí treoracha agus nodanna le tabhairt acu dom uair ar bith a bhí cabhair uaim, agus iad uilig chomh cáirdiúil, cneasta, éifeachtúil i gcónaí. Bheadh míle uair níos mó oibre i gceist dá n-uireasa.
Mholfainn an oifig seo do aon duine atá ag smaoineamh ar ócáid a eagrú san ollscoil. Tá ard-mholadh ag dul dóibh, agus míle buíochas uaimse"!

Ms. Sinéad Ní Ghuidhir, School of Education

"We organized the 10th Annual Conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory (PET09) that was held at NUI Galway between June 17th and June 20th in 2009. The conference was a tremendous success with over 330 delegates attending, the vast majority of these from overseas. We have received many messages from delegates praising the organization of the conference. The support and advice from the conference office at NUI Galway from the time we bid for the conference to when the last delegate left Galway was outstanding. In particular we benefitted greatly from their project management skills in advising us as to what would work best for both the academic and social programmes of the conference. We would strongly recommend that anybody thinking of hosting a conference at NUI Galway should begin by contacting the conference office. Their expertise is second to none, and it was delightful to work with them."

Brendan Kennelly and Ashley Piggins, School of Economics, NUI Galway
Local Organizing Committee, PET09

The Centre for Innovation and Structural Change ran a very successful national innovation conference ‘Innovation in a Smart Economy: Challenges and Opportunities’ with InterTradeIreland on 9th and 10th June 2009 where up to 200 delegates attended.  The feedback from conference delegates was very positive and highly complimentary of content, facilities/location and efficiency in which it was organised and delivered.  This event was organised with the help of our conference office here at NUI Galway whom we have used for other conferences in the past.  We have always found the service from the conference office to be professional, efficient and friendly. Given our experience, using the conference office at NUI, Galway provides the necessary support to meet the needs of delegates and our needs as conference organisers. We look forward to continuing working in partnership with the conference office.

Dr. James Cunningham, Director,
Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, NUI Galway

"In June 2008 NUI Galway hosted a meeting of the European Society of Musculokeletal Radiology, British Society of Skeletal Radiologists and the Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland with over four hundred delegates  attending. Two years of planning with the Conference office staff resulted in an event which exceeded all our expectations in terms of ease of booking, registration and abstract submission on the website provided by the office. The social and business events ran seamlessly with up to 4 simultaneous academic sessions using intranet presentation/distribution, the conference staff know their business and their planning and project management skills are superb." 
 

The academic and business events ran seamlessly with up to six simultaneous academic sessions. A huge contributor to the success were the conference staff who anticipated most challenges and for those which did occur knew what to do ! The meeting was so successful that we have been asked to host again.

Even the odd Galway shower added to the atmosphere !”

Andrew W Murphy
Professor of General Practice
NUI, Galway

"The local organizing committee of ICCOC-GTL12 The 12th International Conference on the Chemistry of Germanium Tin and Lead which took place in NUI, Galway from the 9th to the 13th of July 2007 are very grateful to the NUI, Galway conference office for all their help. The efficient nature of the conference office can be judged from the very positive comments of many of the delegates who said that the Galway meeting was perhaps the best in the series."
Professor Patrick McArdle
Chair, ICCOC-GTL 12 July 2007

“…the conference was a massive success.  This was due to the excellent and efficient operations behind the scene ran by the Conference Office” 
Dr. Colin O’Dowd,
Co-Chair ICNAA Conference

“ … found the service extended to us by NUIG conference office to be of a very high standard”
Jacqueline Daly,
AO, SDPI

“We have used the conference office to organise our annual international conference on Teaching and Learning in higher Education which takes place every June and attracts speakers and participants from all over Ireland, Europe, the US and often beyond. The conference office takes much of the stress of organising such events off our shoulders and handles everything from catering to online registration. The Conference Office staff are always friendly, supportive and quietly professional”
Dr. Iain MacLabhrainn,
CELT Director

“The Conference Office worked quietly and effectively with the organisers to ensure impressive facilities and smooth processes.  I am still being congratulated by people who were there” .
Professor Jim Gosling,
Director of Quality

"We found the Conference Office very professional, efficient and helpful at all times in the lead up to our Conferences and during the events. Even though we did not avail of their full conference facility package, we nevertheless received advice, support and help throughout the process."
Emer Mc Hugh
Applied Optics Group