In April 2005, we held the first COINS Conference for Contractors and Specialists. This was followed in June 2005 by the third COINS House Builders Conference.

In total, the conferences were attended by well over a hundred client staff from about fifty client companies. This included clients from Australia and Eire as well as the UK. Feedback from clients was very positive, with most delegates who completed the feedback form indicating that they would be very likely to attend a similar event in the future.

“Having been to all three House Builder’s conferences, this one has outdone all the previous in terms of content and delivery. The ability to see
live sessions gave us a much better impression of the product. It was also great to be able to meet the COINS team and interact with them.”
Alan Tredgold, Crest Nicholson.

The conferences included a number of presentations on COINS Open Architecture and other topics together with Special Interest Group Meetings on many COINS modules. This provided clients not only with the opportunity to learn from COINS about recent developments and future plans, but also to influence those plans through the interactive sessions.

There was also time for informal discussions between clients and with COINS staff. Each conference included different evening entertainment – either an after dinner comedian or a Thames cruise with a jazz band, so that we could all relax after a hard day of conferencing!