Event Management

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Event Management

The Events Team offers the GU-Q community with a comprehensive service to assist with both the planning and execution of your event at GU-Q. Once you place the event request, we will coordinate with IT, Building Operations, AV, Procurement, Communications, Transportation, and Qatar Foundation on your behalf to ensure hassle-free event planning process.

What is an event?


An event is a meeting of 10+ guaranteed guests, taking place at GU-Q in a public space and requires any of the following:

CateringAV/IT Support
Special Room Set UpsRoom Booking
Vendor Management Directional Signage
Event MarketingDecorations

Make a request



EVENTS NOTICE

Minimum notice the Events Team needs to accept a request. The more notice we have, the better your event will be.

Regular event
10
Business days

A standard in-person event with catering, AV and a room setup.

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Complex event
30
Calendar days

Significant coordination, 100+ guests, external guests, multiple vendors, or more extensive AV and setup requirements..

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Choosing a time and date

Consult the Events Calendar or contact the Events Team to look for a suitable date. The planning calendar is found on the Georgetown Google Calendar as ‘Qatar-Plan-Events Schedule’. The events team is in charge of scheduling and will work to find the best time for different events taking place that day.

We can only accept a maximum of three lunchtime events in one day, one evening event in one day and a maximum of five events in a full day.

Lunchtime events 3
Evening events 1
Full day 1
Daily maximum
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Event marketing

GU-Q events can be marketed in the following ways by the Events Team, if requested by the event owners:

Digital signage

Posters can be displayed on the digital signage screens around the GU-Q building. Please provide the poster in portrait and landscape format using the following dimensions:

Portrait (vertical) 1080 × 1920 px
Landscape (horizontal) 1385 × 1080 px
or 1920 × 1080 px
Width × height
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Weekly newsletter

Event added to the weekly newsletter – please note that events will have the opportunity to appear in the newsletter twice, once in the ‘next week’s events’ section a week before the event and once in the ‘this week’s events’ section during the week of the event, offering the GU-Q audience to see it twice.

Public events only

For public events, the Events Team can support with the following additional marketing:

Event added to the GU-Q website
Event shared through public mailing lists
Printed posters

The event owner is responsible for printing and posting event posters on notice boards around the GU-Q building. Posters created by students must be approved by Student Affairs, while posters from all other departments must be stamped by the Communications Office before being displayed.

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Event planning resources


Commonly Used Spaces and Room Layouts

Outdoor Events Spaces

Event Inventory

Preferred Catering Hotels

Takeaway & Delivery Vendors

Event Catering Tiers

Cultural Activities

Event Backdrop Information

Sustainability Charter

Talk to the Events Team

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