Peggy Kilburn Conferences & Events

"Peggy Kilburn possesses a terrific talent for putting together very complicated conferences and organizing large numbers of people from all parts of the country. I find her one of the true professionals of this business." - Craig Luigart, Chief Information Officer, Veterans Health Administration

"Peggy Kilburn always goes out of her way to make each speaker feel special and that we are her first priority. Her attention to detail is extraordinary. The bottom line is that if I received two invitations to speak at two different events for the same day, I'd accept one from Peggy over any other." - Rick Smolan, CEO, Against All Odds Productions.

"As an industry executive, I work with many show and conference directors. While all of them are very good, Peggy Kilburn stands out as one of the best. Her organization skills as well as industry knowledge make her one of the top show and conference organizers I am privileged to work with." - Tim Bajarin, President, Creative Strategies International.

"I worked with Peggy Kilburn on a trade show called MacWorld, back in the '80s. In those days each person would have to wear 1,000 hats and in fact, Peggy is one of the people who taught me how to do that: How to stand up under pressure. How to deal with the myriad of craziness, stupid issues, and unions that haunts every trade show producer. Peggy Kilburn to me is THE person - who wrote the book on running conferences and trade shows. Bottom line - Peggy is the person to hire to run a conference, trade show or any other event which brings people together." - Marc Canter, CEO, Broadband Mechanics

"Over the past 25 years or so, I've spoken at several hundred conferences. Never over the years have I seen a conference director whose work was superior to that of Peggy Kilburn's. And only a few even came close. If I had the opportunity to choose a conference management firm for ANY type of project, I'd pick the firm where Peggy is involved." - Stuart Gitlow, M.D., M.P.H., Acting President, American Society of Addiction Medicine.

"Peggy is incredible. She handles high profile people with incredible egos and makes everyone feel special. She built an outstanding advisory board of very high profile, talented people and had the group eating out of her hand. She managed to get this group of people together year after year to do conference program planning and had each person wanting to leverage their rolodex to provide the best people to speak on topics. She would work most of the night pulling together the work we had done the day before and present it back to us the next day for us to continue to work, tweak, and edit. A tireless, extremely organized person, very positive and upbeat, wonderful attitude, generous with her time and effort. I would gladly work with Peggy again." - Pam Sansbury, Strategic Alliance Director, The Hackett Group.

"From an exhibitor and speaker point of view, the best conferences we've been to are the ones arranged by Peggy Kilburn. Peggy knows what she’s doing; gets things done; and is a joy to work with on top of that." - Mary and Tom Evslin, Co-Founders, ITXC Corporation.

"Peggy Kilburn is the consummate professional! She understands how to build a strong and compelling conference program. Peg never fails to dot each I and to cross each T. Her work is thorough, professional, and on time. Nothing is ever left to chance. She is funny, friendly, accessible and smart." - Barbara Gavin, Director of Conferences, Pearson Education.

"It definitely has been a very positive experience working with Peggy. She is always upbeat; has a great ability to understand the issues related to event development specially related to content structure and speaker selection." - Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events.

"Peggy Kilburn is in a class by herself, doing everything from the early contact to the final follow-through precisely, professionally, and without missing a beat. She's able to be ringmaster over the typical expo circus and make it all look easy. And if that's not enough, she treats every speaker as if they were the keynote presenter, giving a personal touch to the entire process." - Jahan Salahi, International Director, Agence Global.

"Programs and conferences just run better with Peggy's guidance. She instinctively knows what needs to get done, how to bring out the best in our conference speakers, and guide the entire process from inception through audience applause, flawlessly." - Bill Sell, Portfolio Media Group; past VP & General Manager, COMDEX Fall, and co-creator, CeBIT America.

"I have dealt with many conference organizers; Peggy stands out as one of the true gems. Peggy is not only well organized, but she anticipates the needs of vendors, conference participants, and attendees. But above all, Peggy remains calm and a pleasure to deal with." – James Burger, Esq., Dow Lohnes.

"What Peggy does is nothing short of miraculous. She gets incredibly busy people in the industry to really sit down and think about what they are going to present - often many months in the future. And she cajoles us into planning not only a great topic, but a topic with depth, some breadth, and speakers who are not only instructional, but somewhat entertaining. She has always ensured that the sessions are timely and provide worth for everyone involved. I'd recommend Peggy to run any show of any kind in any industry. She's a real professional's professional." - Dorian Cougias, Founding Partner, Network Frontiers.