Conventus

What Conventus does

Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH is a Jena-headquartered, German private Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) founded in 2000 by Michaela J. Görls, providing full-service congress and conference management to scientific and medical societies across Germany, Europe, and selectively internationally. Since founding it has executed more than 2,300 conferences spanning 33 hosting countries, registered more than 500,000 participants from 201 countries, and built long-term relationships with over 80 scientific societies. The company employs approximately 150 people across offices in Jena, Berlin, and Lutherstadt Eisleben.

Its core product is end-to-end congress management: project and financial management, participant/speaker/abstract management, marketing and press relations, venue and hotel sourcing, catering coordination, certification, and evaluation. The company owns a proprietary technology stack including the DigiCon digital congress platform (password-protected event sites, registration, speaker management, virtual exhibitions, on-demand video, certification, surveys), a programme planner with abstract import and upload center, an ePoster system, TYPO3-based conference websites (over 1,000 built at ~200/year), Ilias-integrated eLearning, a conference app with TED voting, and an in-house ~50 sqm 360° greenscreen studio. Additional product lines include Origin Congress (co-developed branded congresses such as the Nuremberg Wound Congress) and ongoing office/secretariat management for non-profit societies.

Revenue is generated through individually quoted professional-services fees for each congress, supplemented by recurring managed-services contracts for society secretariats, technology and studio services, and strategic Origin Congress partnerships. The GTM motion is sales-led enterprise field sales with dedicated sales and business development staff and direct engagement with society boards and conference bid committees. Conventus is bootstrapped, founder-controlled, and has no external institutional investors or acquisitions disclosed in the available source material.

Name

Conventus

Legal name

Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH

Website

https://conventus.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Conventus is a German Professional Congress Organizer founded in 2000 that provides full-service congress management, digital/hybrid event platforms, and society secretariat services to medical and scientific associations across Europe and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Congress Management Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (813920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Virtual/Hybrid Conference Production & Platform Management (THAHACAM), Speaker, Program & Abstract Management Services (THAHACAI), Registration, Housing & Travel Desk Services (Delegate Logistics) (THAHACAJ), Sponsorship, Exhibitor & Partnership Management Services (THAHACAK)

Keywords

• Professional congress organizer
• Congress management services
• Medical conference planning
• Hybrid event management
• Association secretariat services

Headquarters

HQ city

Jena

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Congress Management Services: Full-service Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) providing comprehensive congress management for scientific societies and medical associations. Revenue generated through service fees for organizing conferences, including project management, participant management, speaker management, abstract management, venue sourcing, hotel management, catering coordination, and on-site support.
2. Digital and Hybrid Event Services: Digital congress platform services including virtual venue setup, livestream production, on-demand content hosting, virtual exhibitions, and hybrid event solutions.
3. Office/Secretariat Management: Complete office management solutions for societies including membership administration, financial accounting, correspondence, and strategic advice for non-profit organizations.
4. Origin Congress Development: Strategic partnership model where Conventus builds and operates 'Origin Congress' events for partners. Example: Nuremberg Wound Congress (WUKO) developed and managed by Conventus.
5. IT and Technology Services: Website creation, app development, eLearning solutions, and technology services for congresses.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Conventus is a Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) that delivers full-service management of medical and scientific congresses for associations, societies, and companies. Core services cover project and financial management, participant/speaker/abstract management, venue and hotel sourcing, marketing, press relations, certification, and on-site execution, complemented by proprietary digital tools (DigiCon platform, programme planner, ePoster technology) and an in-house greenscreen studio for hybrid and digital events. The company also provides ongoing association secretariat (office management) services including membership administration and financial accounting for non-profit organizations.

Product overview

Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH is a full-service congress agency headquartered in Jena, Germany, with additional offices in Berlin and Lutherstadt Eisleben. Founded in 2000, the company employs approximately 150 people and has organized over 2,300 conferences across 33 countries. The core offering is Congress Management — a comprehensive suite of event organization services including project management, financial management, participant and speaker management, abstract handling, marketing, press relations, hotel management, catering, certification, and evaluation. Supporting this are digital and hybrid event capabilities delivered through the proprietary DigiCon platform, providing virtual event websites, livestreaming, on-demand video, virtual exhibitions, and real-time interaction tools. Additional modules include IT Services (programme management software, eLearning via Ilias, TYPO3-based websites, and app development), Conference Technology (audio/video, ePoster, film/transmission), the in-house Greenscreen Studio for video production, Office Management for association administration, and Origin Congress — a branded event product where Conventus co-creates new congress brands with clients. A public Congress Calendar portal aggregates all managed events. The company primarily serves medical, scientific, and professional societies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Origin Congress: Strategic partnership program where Conventus builds a congress from initial idea to implementation for partners, either live, virtual or hybrid. The Nuremberg Wound Congress (Nürnberger Wundkongress) is an example of their Origin Congress.
• DigiCon
• Conventus 360°Studio
• Barry's Cantine

Products and services

• Congress Management Full-service congress and conference management for medical and scientific societies, covering project management, financial management, participant and speaker management, abstract management, marketing, press relations, hotel and venue management, catering coordination, certification, and evaluation.
• DigiCon Digital Congress Platform Proprietary digital congress platform providing password-protected event websites, registration handling, speaker management, on-demand video, virtual industry exhibitions, certification handling, chat, surveys, and statistical analytics. Sold as a standalone digital venue solution.
• Origin Congress

Quantifiable outcome

• More than half a million participants registered since founding in 2000
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Various cooperating societies for Origin Congress (Nuremberg Wound Congress)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFor the Nuremberg Wound Congress (WUKO), Conventus works with over 25 cooperating societies and associations including German Society for Wound Healing (Wund-D.A.CH), German Society for Plastic Surgery (DGCH), ICW (International Wound Certification), and others. These are co-development partners for the scientific programme.
• Deutsche BahnminorOthersCooperation with Deutsche Bahn as preferred travel partner for congress attendees. CO2-free train tickets offered as part of green meeting guidelines.
• IHK Thüringen (Thuringian Chamber of Industry and Commerce)minorOthersTraining partnership for vocational education. Conventus is an approved training company offering apprenticeships in IT systems management and other roles.
• Weltoffenes Thüringen InitiativeminorOthersConventus has joined the 'Weltoffenes Thüringen' (Open Thuringia) initiative supporting tolerance, diversity, and respectful coexistence.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• MCI Group: Swiss-headquartered global events and association management group offering full-service PCO services for medical, scientific, and association clients — overlapping nearly the entire Conventus value proposition at a larger international scale.
• K.I.T. Group: Berlin-based PCO focused on medical, scientific, and association conferences — the most direct German peer, overlapping on society clients, association management, and congress technology.
• Congrex Switzerland: Swiss PCO providing association management and conference organization for European scientific and medical societies — overlapping client base and service portfolio with Conventus.
• Kenes Group: International PCO specializing in medical and scientific associations; competes head-to-head with Conventus on bids for European medical congresses and offers similar in-house digital and hybrid event services.
• Mondial Congress & Events: Austrian PCO serving the German-speaking medical and scientific congress market with comparable association management and event technology offerings.
• Interplan Congress: Munich-based PCO serving medical and scientific associations with full-service congress organization, digital platforms, and association management — a close German competitor on similar client profiles.
• wikonect: German PCO focused on medical-scientific events and continuing-education conferences; competes directly for German medical society clients and offers hybrid event production.

Broad incumbents

• BCD Meetings & Events: Global corporate meetings and events agency owned by BCD Travel; covers congress and event services as part of a much broader portfolio and competes for larger pharma/MedTech-sponsored events.
• American Express Global Business Travel (Meetings & Events): Large global meetings and events division serving enterprise pharma and MedTech clients; competes on enterprise event programmes but does not focus on medical society PCO work.

Emerging players

• EventMobi / Hubb (event technology vendors): Event technology platforms providing registration, app, and hybrid event tools to associations and PCOs; potential substitute at the technology layer if Conventus' DigiCon platform lags in feature velocity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookde-de.facebook.com/Conventus
• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/conventus-congressmanagement-&-marketing-gmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/conventus_jena
• Xx.com/conventus_jena

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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