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Event Networking

Match attendees to the people they
actually came to network with.

Connect attendees with the right people before the doors open, give them frictionless ways to connect during the event, and let them follow up the week after, all on one networking app for events that supports in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats.

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Match before, connect during,
follow up after

Smart matchmaking ranks the right people for each attendee using role, interests, and goals, then a connected stack of meetings, chat, round tables, and a social feed turns those matches into real conversations attendees can keep going long after the event ends.

Registration

Create custom registration forms that makes matchmaking actually work.

Ask attendees about role, interests, goals, and the kinds of people they want to meet in the registration form, so the matchmaking algorithm has real signal to rank against.
Let attendees publish a short bio with their photo, title, company, and what they want from the event so peers know who they are talking to before the first hello.
Spin up branded sign-up pages for delegate, sponsor, and speaker tracks, with each track captured against the right matchmaking fields.
Sync registrations into Salesforce, HubSpot, or Marketo so the profile data attendees give you is the same profile your follow-up campaigns target.

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AI-Powered Matchmaking

Enable attendees to walk in knowing exactly who to meet.

Rank the right people for each attendee using their registration profile, interests, role, and goals, with smart matchmaking that runs before doors open and updates as the event progresses.
Surface matches inside the event app with accept, decline, and request-new-match controls so attendees stay in charge of their own schedule.
Pair attendees who both opted in with a one-tap path into chat or a scheduled meeting, so an interest in meeting turns into a meeting on the calendar.
Run matchmaking the same way for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events, so attendees on a venue floor and attendees in a browser get the same ranked list.

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Meetings & Appointments

Let attendees and exhibitors book meetings without the email back-and-forth.

Let attendees and exhibitors search the attendee listing, filter by role or interest, and send a meeting invite in two taps from the event app.
Hand exhibitors and sponsors a portal where they can invite attendees to 1:1 meetings, see who accepted or declined, and manage their full meeting lineup for the event.
Drop accepted meetings into the attendee's calendar with a calendar invite that lands in Outlook or Google so nobody forgets the slot.
Show each attendee a daily lineup of their accepted meetings so they walk into the venue knowing who they are seeing and when.

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Contact Exchange

Let attendees swap details with a badge scan, not a business-card pile.

Let attendees scan each other's smart badges or QR codes inside the event app and the other person's profile lands in their contact list in two seconds.
Tag each saved contact with notes and interest categories so attendees remember why they talked, not just that they did.
Give your exhibitors a lead-capture app that scans attendee badges in one tap and pulls in extra fields like industry, company URL, and company size from a third-party data source for richer leads.
Let exhibitors push their captured lead list into Salesforce, HubSpot, or Marketo so their team can follow up the morning after the event.

Round Tables & Sponsored Table Talks

Run round tables and sponsored table talks that pull people into real discussion.

Run topic-based round tables in-person at the venue or as video tables online, with first-come-first-served seats so the most relevant topics fill up first.
Sell sponsored table talks where a sponsor hosts a topic and attendees opt in from the app, so sponsors get a captive audience instead of waiting for booth foot traffic.
Show sponsors the list of attendees who registered for their table so the rep walks in already knowing names, titles, and roles.
Let a host or peer lead each table so the conversation has a thread, not awkward small talk.

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Live Chat & Private Messages

Keep the conversation going in chat through every stage of the event.

Let onsite attendees DM each other 1:1 inside the event app, whether they are on the venue floor or logging in from a browser, so a meeting request can start as a quick hello.
Open chat rooms per booth on the virtual platform so attendees can directly chat with booth reps.
Let remote attendes hop on group video calls on the virtual platform when a chat thread needs faces and voices.

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Social Feed

Give the event its own social feed so attendees find content and people they would otherwise miss.

Run a social feed inside the event app where attendees and exhibitors post photos, takeaways, and shout-outs from sessions, available on both in-person and virtual events.
Let attendees like, comment, and reshare posts so the best content from the day rises to the top of the feed.
Surface attendee photos and names alongside their posts so peers can tap through, read the bio, and start a chat with someone they would otherwise never have crossed paths with.
Use global push notifications to call out a hot post or a networking session so attendees see what is happening across the venue, not just what is in front of them.

Gamification

Turn networking into a leaderboard that attendees want to compete for.

Run an event-wide leaderboard that awards points for badge scans, completed meetings, session attendance, and social-feed posts, so attendees compete to network more.
Set up a scavenger hunt that sends attendees to booths, sessions, and round tables to scan QR codes or answer questions, working the same way on in-person and virtual events.
Award sponsored prizes from the top spots on the leaderboard so sponsors get logo time tied to a behavior you actually want attendees doing.
Show the live leaderboard inside the event app so attendees see their rank update through the event, not after it ends.

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Webinars

Enable attendees to participate in sessions & webinars through live polls and Q&A.

Run live Q&A where attendees submit questions, upvote each other's, and the moderator surfaces the best ones to the speaker.
Open a group chat inside every webinar so attendees discuss the speaker's point in real time and find others who care about the same thread.
Let attendees tap through a chat participant's avatar straight into their bio, then send a meeting request or DM without leaving the webinar.

Reporting & Analytics

Report on the networking outcome leadership actually asks about.

Pull total matches made, meetings booked, badge scans, and chat conversations into one report you send leadership the morning after the event.
Track booth scans, meetings booked, and lead counts per sponsor so renewal conversations open with quantified results.
See which round tables, sponsored table talks, and webinars drove the most follow-up activity, so next year's agenda is built on what actually worked.
Let your exhibitors port their captured leads to their CRM after the event so their team can follow up at scale.

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What Sets vFairs Apart?

Deeper matchmaking signal, every connection moment, and a named project manager on the build.

Matchmaking that runs on real signal, not a checkbox.

vFairs ranks every attendee’s matches using the role, interests, goals, and bios collected at registration, with the algorithm refining itself as attendees accept, decline, and book meetings through the event.

The same networking arc for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.

vFairs runs matchmaking, meetings, chat, social feed, and gamification across all three event formats so you stop buying separate networking tools for the venue floor and the browser.

A project manager who tunes the networking build for your event.

Your vFairs project manager configures the matchmaking questions, briefs sponsors on the lead-capture app, sets the round-table topics, and stays in the event-day channel, so the networking layer is tuned to your audience, not a generic template.

What Our Customers Are Saying

Hear from teams running conferences using vFairs.

“We loved that there were so many different networking options and that each user could tailor the platform to their needs, that was something that was a big draw for us.“

Clare Maddocks

PR Officer at British Association for Music Therapy

I think that best thing about the platform for our members and the ways that they engaged during the career fair and placement were the networking opportunities that happened in the breakout rooms and the gamification.

Denaja Thomas
Director of the Placement Exchange

vFairs made networking easy with interactive chat and virtual booths, helping us create meaningful attendee connections and a more engaging supplier diversity conference.

Martha Dinardin
Event Organizer at E-Tour Corporation

I could not have done it without your support, your patience with me and just trying to understand all of the technology that went into to making this event so special and so wonderful and so impactful.

Rebecca Seagrove
CEO at Pelvic Heath Network

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an event networking platform?

An event networking platform is the software layer that helps attendees find and connect with the right people at an event. It typically runs matchmaking against attendee profiles, surfaces those matches inside an event app, supports 1:1 meetings, chat, and round tables during the event, and pulls match and meeting data into reporting after the event ends.

How does a networking app for events help attendees actually meet?

A networking app for events ranks suggested matches for each attendee based on their registration profile, lets them accept or decline a match in one tap, and gives them a calendar slot for the meeting. The same app holds the chat, social feed, and round-table sign-ups so the attendee never has to leave it to keep networking.

How does smart matchmaking pair the right attendees before the event starts?

Smart matchmaking on vFairs runs the moment a registration form is submitted. It scores every other registered attendee against the new attendee's role, declared interests, goals, and meeting targets, then ranks the top matches and surfaces them inside the event app, so attendees walk into the event already knowing who they should meet.

How does in-person networking differ from virtual event networking?

In-person networking on vFairs runs through smart badges, QR scanning, on-site meetings, round tables in the venue, and 1:1 DMs in the mobile app. Virtual event networking adds chat rooms per session and per booth, group video calls, and video-based round tables. Matchmaking, the social feed, gamification, and reporting work the same way across both formats.

Does vFairs offer an event networking app?

Yes. The vFairs event app holds attendee profiles, the matchmaking match list, 1:1 meeting scheduler, DMs, the social feed, gamification leaderboard, scavenger hunt, round tables, and webinars in one place. Attendees use the same app on the venue floor and in their browser for virtual sessions.

What is speed networking?

Speed networking is a session format where attendees rotate through a series of short timed conversations with different peers, designed to maximize the number of new connections in a short window. vFairs supports speed networking through the matchmaking and meeting scheduler, with timed video rooms for virtual events and timed table rotations for in-person events.

What does AI matchmaking cost on an event networking platform?

AI matchmaking is a module on the vFairs platform and the cost scales with event size and the modules you select. Most customers bundle matchmaking with the event app, meetings scheduler, and reporting. Book a demo to scope a quote against your event calendar.

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