From signup to handshake in four steps
1
Participants build a networking profile that fits your event
The icebreaker questions and profile fields are tuned to your event: at a job fair people share vacancies and CVs, at a mentoring event who they can help, and with what.
140.000+ requests & offers shared
2
Conversation Starter recommends who to meet
No endless scrolling through attendee lists. The AI-powered recommendation engine screens every profile and puts the most relevant people on top, for every single participant.
150.000.000+ relevancies calculated
3
Participants invite each other and plan meetings
No back-and-forth needed: the smart meeting planner automatically finds a time slot that works for both participants.
130.000+ meetings planned
4
Participants shake hands at meeting points
When it's time, a reminder text guides both attendees to their numbered meeting point. No one wanders the venue looking for their match.
150.000.000+ relevancies calculated
Why Conversation Starter
works so well
Texted, not downloaded
Every participant gets a text with a link to the web app. No app-store barrier means more people join the networking.
Icebreakers, not bios
Participants share purposeful icebreakers such as requests and offers, triggering more meetings than just bios.
Meetings that happen
The AI-driven planner picks the optimal time slot and meeting point, and texts a reminder for every meeting.
A human by your side
Your coach tailors the setup and communication to your event's purpose, with experience from hundreds of events.
The rest of your event?
Also covered.
Speakers & programme
Announce your speakers and publish the full event schedule, including multi-day and multi-track programmes.
Workshop booking
Participants sign up for sessions and workshops, with capacity limits so nothing overflows.
Exhibitors
Organisation pages with rich content such as videos and vacancies, plus meetings booked at the booth.
Sponsor visibility
Prominent sponsor placements throughout Conversation Starter make your packages easier to sell.
Ticketing sync
Connect your ticketing provider: registrations flow in automatically, no manual work.
In any language
EN, NL, FR and DE, even mixed within one event. Other languages added on request.
Why organisers love Conversation Starter
Your event, your rules
Host exactly the event you want by customising the branding and functionality of Conversation Starter.
Setup with a real person
Your personal coach configures the whole event with you, and stays one call away throughout the preparation.
Setup once, then autopilot
Invitations, reminders and SMS go out automatically at the right moment: nothing to babysit.
Measure impact
See how many people network and who meets who.
Learn what your attendees are really looking for.
Frequently asked questions
Very! You can match Conversation Starter to your event's look and feel: your logo, colours, and domain. On the functionality side, we can adapt matchmaking rules, profile fields, and more to fit your format.
Get in touch at info@conversationstarter.net and we'll work it out together.
It depends on your event. For pure matchmaking events (think buyer/seller or investor/startup), 50 participants is enough.
For more general events where 1:1 meetings are just part of the programme, we recommend 100 participants or more.
Conversation Starter scales up to 5000 participants, and works for any format: a few hours of networking, a full day, or a multi-day conference.
Yes! Conversation Starter integrates seamlessly with popular ticketing platforms, including EntryTickets, IDLoom, PassPass, Weezevent, Ticket Tailor, Eventbrite, Ti.to, and more.
That means less work for you as an organiser: no manually uploading or syncing participant data. When someone registers for your event, they can create their networking profile in the same flow: everything flows into Conversation Starter automatically.
Is your platform not on the list? Usually, we can simply add it. Get in touch at info@conversationstarter.net and we'll sort it out together.
Conversation Starter is available in English, Dutch, French and German.
Need another language? We can add it, usually within a month.
Get in touch at info@conversationstarter.net and we'll make it happen.
Sponsors love measurable results. With Conversation Starter, participants can book meetings directly with your sponsors: driving traffic to their booth and generating qualified leads.
And it works both ways: when sponsors reach out to participants, over 60% of their meeting invites get accepted. That's the power of a networking context: people actually want to talk.
Add several prominent spots for sponsor branding in the app, and your sponsorship packages become more valuable and easier to sell.
Absolutely! Alongside networking, Conversation Starter can show your full programme: speaker schedule, session sign-ups, and more. One solution for the whole event.
You control who gets in. Events can be protected with a password or restricted to a guestlist, so only invited participants can join. Your event also won't show up in search engines.
As per GDPR guidelines, Conversation Starter has been designed with a privacy-first approach. No user data is stored without consent, and participants can view, update and delete their own data at any time.
More details in our privacy policy.
And if you want to go further: after your event, we can send you a full export of your data and then permanently remove all of it from our databases. You keep everything, we keep nothing.
No! Conversation Starter works inside the web browser: nothing to download or install.
That's a deliberate choice. Many people skip the networking when they have to install an app first, especially for a one-day event.
Conversation Starter simply texts participants a link when the event starts, and they're in with one click. More participants, more meetings.
You focus on your event, we handle the questions. Participants can help themselves via the in-app chatbot, or reach us by email.
Want extra peace of mind? You can upgrade to live support: our team standing by remotely via live chat, or even on-site at the meeting point zone to help participants in person.
To join the networking for your event, go to events.conversationstarter.net and log in with the email address you registered with.
No download needed: Conversation Starter runs right in your browser, on desktop and mobile.
Happy to show you around
I’m Dries - your personal contact at Conversation Starter. Get in touch with me for a personal walkthrough and direct answers to your questions.
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