A community manager at a laptop showing the Cothena management panel, with a colour-coded schedule of sessions laid out side by side across six tracks.

Your Event Operations Center

For flawless onsite execution

Input data once, keep all schedules and teams synced.

Coordination Center

Easy Syncing

Sync your entire event operations from one place.

Easy Syncing

Sync your entire event operations from one place.

Change a time, location or detail once. Every connected view updates with it.

Share any combination of these views with staff, service providers, guests and other stakeholders, so everyone sees the information relevant to them without creating and maintaining separate versions.

  • Runsheets
  • Schedules
  • Staff tasks and instructions
  • Location aware
  • Time-zone aware
  • Resource agendas

Runsheets

Create role-specific runsheets for stage managers, caterers, crew, and other teams — all kept in sync automatically.

A day 1 running order for MergeCon 2026: start date, start and end time, duration, schedule type and display name for each item, from the convention-centre load-in to the welcome reception.

Staff schedules

Give every staff member and volunteer a clear personal schedule and tasks.

A staff member's schedule for 18 November in the app: the day's activities in order, from meeting the bus driver to dinner, with one flagged as needing attention.
One activity opened in the same schedule: its map and address, the next stop, and its tasks marked completed, blocked with a note to call ahead, and ongoing.

Location aware

Every activity is associated with a space, with clear coordinates.

Time-zone aware

Assign time zones to venues, schedules, and sessions so everyone sees the right time wherever they are.

Resource agendas

See all your resources, such as rooms and equipment, as agendas side by side with your operations.

A resource timeline for 10 November 2025 in the London time zone: tracks, catering, a meeting point and the main stage as rows, each with its sessions, setup and speaker-support bars.

Fast Migration

Quickly get your plans execution-ready.

Fast Migration

Quickly get your plans execution-ready

Let Cothena Assist handle the setup, then review and refine.

Turn plans from spreadsheets, documents and other tools into connected, mobile-friendly views for staff, volunteers, speakers, suppliers, guests and other stakeholders.

  • Let Assist do the groundwork
  • Build visually
  • Reuse what already works

Let Assist do the groundwork

Ask Assist to build and update schedules, tasks, runsheets, notes and other event assets for you. You stay in control: every change can be reviewed, approved and edited manually.

Build visually

Use drag-and-drop planning across day, space, role and multi-track views to quickly shape and adjust your programme.

A multi-track day view with a column per guest group, each carrying its own airport arrivals, breakfasts, excursions and workshops through the morning.

Reuse what already works

Clone individual activities, parts of a schedule or entire programmes instead of rebuilding from scratch.

The clone schedule set dialog: a display name, task stage, time zone, participant and operational dates, and venue and space mappings for the new edition.

Stay in Control

Stay in control as the event moves.

Stay in Control

See what needs attention. Give the right people the right context.

Cothena brings live progress, responsibilities, locations and communication into one operational view, so you can see what is happening and act without chasing updates.

  • Dashboard
  • Staff Roles
  • Venues & Spaces
  • Communication
  • Conflict Analysis

Dashboard

See readiness, task progress, blockers, registrations and performance from one live view.

An event dashboard showing an incomplete-setup alert, earnings broken down by booking status, and each ticket group's published, sellable and assets-published state.

Staff Roles

Give staff, volunteers, suppliers and partners access to exactly what they need, with role-based views and permissions.

A sub-roles list — Administrator, Reception-Crew, Setup-crew and Speakers — each mapped to a system role such as Staff Member or Activity Host.

Venues & Spaces

Connect activities to the places they happen, with structured spaces, capacities, points of interest and maps.

A day timeline for ExCeL London on 28 July 2026 with a row per space — training labs, exhibition hall, boardroom, suites and auditorium — carrying equipment setup, expo and speaker bars, beside a map of the surrounding docks.

Communication

Keep emails, notifications and conversations tied to the event context they belong to, so updates reach the right people without getting lost.

A localised waitlist-offer email composed from booking fields, a scheduled event start reminder, an alert being added for the guest app, and a message sent to an operations conversation.

Conflict Analysis

Spot schedule, resource and capacity conflicts before they become operational problems.

A conflict report grouped by staff member: for each person, the sub-role, the two activities they are booked on at once, and the window where the two overlap.

Rapid Decisions

Stay informed on-site without chasing updates.

Rapid Decisions

Keep the team connected on the go, without drowning everyone in information.

During a live event, two things matter: people need an easy way to report progress and issues, and organisers need a clear view of what actually needs attention.

  • Progress Chart
  • Keep everyone in sync
  • Consequence tracking
  • Push notifications and alerts
  • Contextual conversations
  • Native iOS and Android apps

Progress Chart

Cothena gives each person a tailored mobile view of the activities and tasks relevant to them. Staff can update progress, flag blockers and add context directly from their phones.

A staff member's schedule for 18 November in the app: the day's activities in order, from meeting the bus driver to dinner, with one flagged as needing attention.
One activity opened in the same schedule: its map and address, the next stop, and its tasks marked completed, blocked with a note to call ahead, and ongoing.

See where attention is needed

Organisers can then see the status of each activity, understand where attention is needed and respond without chasing updates across different channels.

Registration and attendee-services activities across four days, each carrying its time, task count and state — blocked, in progress or not started.

Keep everyone in sync

When something changes, update schedules and runsheets from one place, start contextual conversations with the relevant people, or send push notifications, alerts and emails to the audiences affected.

You can make these on your own, or ask Cothena Assist to do it for you directly from your mobile.

The conversations list in the staff app: three conversations between event staff, a tour leader, a guide and a manager, the first marked unread.
One conversation opened: a staff member asks where guests can buy Japanese tea, and a colleague replies with two shops and their links.

Consequence tracking

Visualise dependencies between activities so you can instantly see how severe a blocked activity is and make decisions accordingly.

A dependency graph: setup briefing feeds room and location prep, which feeds camera setup, microphone setup and a panel session, each link labelled with its lag.

Especially powerful for
events with moving parts

Conferences

Keep stages, workshops, speakers and staff in sync.

Conferences

One connected workspace

Cothena brings schedules, runsheets, tasks, staff and guest information into one connected operational view.

When you have multiple stages, shared resources and different teams working in parallel, changes can quickly ripple across the event. Cothena keeps those relationships connected so everyone stays current without maintaining separate versions by hand.

  • Live schedule updates
  • Shared operational view
  • Progress and blockers
  • Tailored views

Live schedule updates

Change the programme once and keep runsheets, staff views and guest schedules in sync.

Shared operational view

See activities, tasks, notes and conversations together in context.

Progress and blockers

Track task progress across activities and spot problems before you have to chase for updates.

Tailored views

Give staff, speakers and guests only the information relevant to them.

Roadshows

Reuse your event across locations, dates, time zones and local teams.

Roadshows

One reusable operational system

Cothena turns a roadshow or recurring event series into a repeatable operational playbook.

Geo-cloning lets you create a new edition from an existing event in seconds, carrying over the structure while adapting the details that need to change.

  • Clone the full operation
  • Shift location and time
  • Reset and rerun
  • Adapt with Assist
  • Swap teams without rebuilding

Clone the full operation

Reuse schedules, tasks, workflows, content and operational structure without rebuilding from scratch.

Shift location and time

Update venues, spaces, dates, times and time zones for the new edition.

Reset and rerun

Return tasks to their starting status so each edition can be run from the same proven playbook.

Adapt with Assist

Ask Assist to adjust schedules, content or operational details for the next location.

Swap teams without rebuilding

Assign new people to existing roles while keeping the underlying schedules and responsibilities intact.

In minutes, a previous event can become the working foundation for the next one.

Delegation Events

Coordinate every group's journey from one connected programme.

Delegation Events

One event. Many tailored journeys.

Cothena turns one complex event programme into clear, personalised experiences for every guest group.

Organisers, group leaders and local partners work from the same underlying structure, while each guest receives the itinerary, practical information and updates relevant to them.

  • Live itineraries
  • Multilingual content
  • Group briefs
  • Built-in maps
  • Localised notifications
  • Offline guest app

Live itineraries

Update the programme once and keep every relevant group and partner view in sync.

Multilingual content

Deliver schedules, supporting information and notifications in each guest's preferred language.

Group briefs

Keep group-specific instructions, hotel information, transport details and practical notes alongside the relevant activities.

Built-in maps

Create tailored maps and points of interest for different groups, roles or individual pages.

Localised notifications

Send scheduled or live push notifications and alerts to the right audience in their preferred language.

Offline guest app

Give guests access to their itinerary and event information without requiring an account, even when connectivity is poor.

Every event makes
the next one easier

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Event Brain

Cothena remembers how everything is related.

Two schedules linked to three task lists, each task list linked to the conversations, notifications, locations and timelines that belong to it.

Review

Surface patterns and issues that are holding your events back.

A chain of events rising left to right, with one highlighted and labelled Key Insight.

Reuse

Start the next event with what already works.

Event 1 to Event 4 as a rising staircase, each step carried forward into the next.

Cothena Assist

Do it yourself or let AI do the grunt work.

Discover Cothena Assist

Your stack stays.
Production gets simpler.

Connect Cothena to your tools with our APIs

Add-ons

Guest App

Deliver a polished, professional experience.

Guest App

Give every person their own event experience

Deliver personalised schedules, practical information and updates directly to each guest or staff member through native iOS and Android apps.

No account setup. No hunting through emails. Just the information they need, wherever they are.

  • Personalised to the individual
  • No account, no password
  • Works offline
  • Personal event booklets
  • Localised throughout
  • Targeted push notifications
  • One communication channel
  • Native on iOS and Android

Personalised to the individual

Control exactly what each person sees, from schedules and activities to hotel details, travel information, maps and practical guidance.

No account, no password

Guests can open their personal event experience from a QR code or secure link, without creating an account or remembering login details.

Works offline

Keep schedules and event information available even with poor or no connectivity, so guests can still access what they need on site.

Personal event booklets

Combine the agenda with practical information such as hotel details, transport, maps, emergency contacts, speaker information and local guidance.

Localised throughout

Present schedules, supporting content and notifications in each guest's preferred language.

Targeted push notifications

Send timely alerts to the exact groups, schedules or individuals affected, in the right language.

One communication channel

Bring staff and international teams into one event-specific communication space, even when they normally use different messaging apps.

Native on iOS and Android

Give guests and staff a polished native app experience connected directly to the same live event information managed in Cothena.

Registrations

Event registration with affiliate tracking.

Registrations

One event. Infinite ways to sell.

Create tailored booking experiences for different audiences, regions and partners while keeping every sale connected to the same live event structure.

Cothena lets you vary the storefront, pricing, language, currency and booking rules without splitting the event into separate systems.

  • Infinite storefronts
  • Booking and schedules stay connected
  • Affiliates and partners
  • Ratio control and smart waitlists
  • Pay now, fill the form later
  • Invoicing and payments
  • End-to-end branded booking
  • Built for international audiences
  • Payments go directly to you

Infinite storefronts

Create as many booking pages as you need for different audiences, regions or partners.

Give VIPs, exhibitors, students, international delegations or any other group their own messaging, pricing, language, currency and booking flow while every storefront stays connected to the same underlying event.

A products menu of collections, catalogues, libraries, affiliates and pages, a ticket list for participants, staff, talent and affiliate partners in two locales, a branded storefront, and a ratio table showing one type triggered.

Booking and schedules stay connected

Connect products directly to the schedules and programmes they unlock.

Volunteers can receive their shifts. VIPs can receive their programme. Participants can be assigned to the activities included in their booking.

Affiliates and partners

Give sponsors, partners or affiliates their own branded booking pages and track sales through dedicated links.

Each partner can have different copy, pricing and even payment routing, while every sale stays connected to the same event.

Ratio control and smart waitlists

Keep the right balance between groups with rules you define.

Whether you are balancing leaders and followers, guides and participants, students and alumni, or another pairing, Cothena can automatically move new bookings to a waitlist when the configured ratio is reached.

Pay now, fill the form later

Reduce booking drop-off by letting customers secure their place before completing longer attendee forms.

Place payment before or after the form step. After paying, customers receive a secure link to complete the remaining information later or forward it to the person attending.

Invoicing and payments

Generate itemised invoices in the customer's currency and match them to incoming payments.

Different product lines can also route revenue to separate connected payment accounts where needed.

End-to-end branded booking

Keep the entire journey under your brand.

Embed booking experiences into your own website, style ticket and checkout experiences to match your identity, send confirmation emails from your own domain and connect the payment accounts relevant to each product or partner.

From booking page to confirmation email and payment receipt, the attendee sees one consistent experience.

Built for international audiences

Create region-specific storefronts with their own copy, language, currency and pricing.

Sell the same event differently across markets without creating separate inventories or operational structures behind the scenes.

Payments go directly to you

Connect one of the supported payment gateways to an account you control. Payments from attendees settle with your payment provider rather than passing through Cothena first.

Cothena can work with payment providers including Stripe, Adyen, Mollie, Revolut, Square and SumUp.

Need another one? Talk to us. If the provider offers the interfaces we need, we can look at adding the integration.

Payment-provider fees and commercial terms remain between you and the provider you choose.

Different ways to sell. One connected operation.

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