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  • Contract review and negotiation
  • Conference planning consultation​
  • ​Insurance, venue and health and safety liaison
  • Identification & management of any potential problem areas 

​Case study 2
​International Cool Climate Wine Symposium 2016 (ICCWS)


​26th - 28th May 2016
​Brighton Hilton Metropole

The brief

Meissa Projects joined the ICCWS ten months prior to the start of the symposium to support with:

The Results

  • Online ticketing system development & registration barcoding system 
  • Developing the website and seminar booking system
  • Planning and management of symposium production and contractors
  • Staff training and team management
  • Event management 

The Duchess of Cornwall provided the opening address for the official opening ceremony held at the Brighton museum, with Simon Leschallas, Master Vintner, of The Worshipful Company of Vintners co hosting with ICCWS Chairman, Bruce Tindale.  Minister of Farming, Food and the Marine Environment, George Eustice MP gave the welcome speech at the opening session at the Hilton Brighton Metropole.

The International Cool Climate Wine Symposium (ICCWS) is a wine industry conference fondly thought of as the Olympics of the wine industry as it takes place once every four years, in a different country each time.  Four years ago, whilst at the 2012 Tasmania symposium, England won the bid to host the ICCWS 2016.


A not for profit organisation, the ICCWS 2016 was planned & managed by roughly 100 volunteers across various committees, made up of individuals from every notable wine body in the country including UKVA, SEVA, WSTA, EWP & Plumpton college.  


Nearly 600 delegates from across the globe attended lectures and seminars from the world's leading producers & experts in cool climate viticulture, wine making, research and promotion.  The 3 day event took place across four venues, including the Brighton museum, Brighton Sea life centre, Hotel Du Vin and the Brighton Hilton Metropole, incorporated 29 seminars,  100 speakers, a gala dinner, opening ceremony and networking events, 12 wine tasting sessions, 15,000 glasses & 3 tonnes of ice.