Speaker Manual
Your guide to speaking at London Packaging Week
Frequently Asked Questions
Travelling by Overground?
There are multiple ways of travelling to our venue:
- Elizabeth line (Custom House station)
- DLR (ExCeL can be accessed via two DLR stations: Custom House and Prince Regent)
London is well-connected to major cities in Great Britain with frequent services to all corners of the country.
We recommend using citymapper or google maps to plan your journey across the capital.
Parking is available on a first come, first served basis at ExCeL London Orange Car Park with 1500 spaces using a pay and display system.
If you are travelling to ExCeL London by road please use postcode E16 1FR to find us.
ExCeL London is located near the cycle superhighway (Route CS3) with ample cycle racks available at the East and West Entrances.
Finding your stage, speaker VIP lounge, and getting set up for your talk.
- When you arrive to the hall, please collect your speaker badge from one of the hostesses (they will be able to search by name if you haven’t received your confirmation email).
- Once inside the hall please head to the VIP & Speaker lounge (see floorplan here)
- All 3 stages are at the rear of the hall, please locate where you need to go ahead of your session start time (see floorplan here).
- To get set up with your microphone for your session please arrive at your stage at least 15 minutes prior to the start time.
Marketing tips and tricks, to ensure you have a busy audience.
As a speaker, there are a few things that we provide to help you promote your talk specifically. (We handle this for the most part, but direct communications with your network can create much more buzz around your session!)
Firstly, we create unique artwork for you to share on socials, websites and in email signatures which will be emailed over to you.
Secondly, we provide a social media event registration tool called Gleanin. This tool creates personalised banners with your name, headshot and your session title so that you can invite your network – via email, WhatsApp, LinkedIn & other social media platforms.
How to use Gleanin:
- Open your personalised Gleanin link (sent via email by Parisa Maleki or the marketing team)
- Click the ‘start posting here’ button.
- Select with platform/s you’d like to share on.
- Press the ‘copy post’ button
- Press the ‘open XXX’ (dependent on the platform selected) button – paste the text and edit as you would like.
- Post as normal.
