Converia

Overview

Converia is a German conference-management software company based in Weimar. Its platform is designed for universities, professional societies, associations, professional conference organizers, and business conferences, bringing submissions, peer review, programs, registrations, invoicing, and check-in into one system.

The company occupies a specialized position in the event-platform market, focusing on content-driven professional and academic congresses rather than general-purpose event ticketing. It is notable for its long-running focus on conference workflows, European hosting, and pricing models offered per event or through annual multi-event licenses.

History

Christian Burger founded the company in Weimar around 2000, initially as a web agency. A conference project led to the development of its first conference software, and the custom-project business later evolved into the Converia product. Converia has focused on conference-management software since 2009, while the agency division was subsequently sold.

Product Lines

Manufacturing

Converia is a software company rather than a physical-product manufacturer. Its cloud-based conference-management software is developed and operated by its team in Weimar and hosted on servers in Europe.

Notable Products

• Converia Conference Management Software - Core platform connecting abstract submission, peer review, speaker management, program planning, registration, ticketing, invoicing, and check-in.
• Converia Starter, Plus and Pro - Subscription package for individual conferences, with tiered participant and presentation limits.
• Converia Flex - Annual multi-event subscription for organizations managing several conferences each year.
• Converia Event Website - Optional event websites and custom-domain functionality integrated with conference management.
• Converia Mobile App - Optional mobile experience for conference schedules and attendee information.

Reputation

Converia is positioned as an established specialist among conference organizers, particularly universities, associations, and professional congress teams that need integrated submission, program, registration, and finance workflows. Its perceived strengths include a focused feature set for content-heavy events, a single-database approach, and support for European hosting and invoicing requirements. Pricing is less directly comparable with basic event-registration tools because it combines subscriptions with ticket-revenue fees and optional services. Publicly available company information indicates a team of around 30 people, so its support and development capacity is smaller than that of large horizontal event-technology vendors.