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RVA provides professional and creative event management services. We manage conferences and produced special events of varying size and scope, from forums for a dozen people to regional conferences attracting nearly 2,000 participants.

RVA’s experience translates into added value for conference planners. We help with program concept and development, speaker identification and target audience outreach. We manage the time-consuming logistics of an event, so our clients can focus on strategic issues. RVA staff provides all support services, including:

Conferences: Since 1996, RVA has managed the Heinz Family Philanthropies’ annual Conference on Women’s Health and the Environment, with an average yearly attendance of more than 1,500 participants. Click here to read the Heinz case study. Other annual conferences have included the Breast Cancer Research Symposium, Prostate Cancer Symposium and the Teen Challenge Fund conferences of the MA Department of Public Health. RVA managed the MA Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Best Practices Conference, the Cambridge Public Health Department’s conference Combining Forces against Bioterrorism and the Children’s Trust Fund’s two-day 10th Annual Family Support Institute. Click here to read a case study of the MRC conference.

RVA has established a reputation for providing quality services on time and within budget. In 2005, in less than two months, RVA organized a series of 16 informational sessions around Massachusetts about upcoming changes to the Medicare Part D Program for the UMass Medical School Center for Health Policy & Research. In 2006, the firm organized five Regional Conferences on Pandemic Preparedness for the MA Department of Public Health.

Special Programs: RVA has provided event planning and management services for several programs with the MA Department of Public Health, including the Offices of Cancer Research and Emergency Preparedness. RVA organized the 20th Anniversary of the MA Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at the State House, and produced a captioned video and traveling display materials. RVA also manages groundbreaking ceremonies, dedications and other special events. RVA staff members worked with the Boston Water and Sewer Commission on floats for the annual Dorchester Day Parade for several years.