Verrano Summit 2026, November 12 and 13, 480 attendees
Choose the keynote format by Oct 7 to hold the stage price.
Five items need an answer or a date before Oct 15: the format, two priced changes, acceptance of the Sep 10 sales kickoff, the run of show release and $46,500 in supplier deposits. Records are as of Monday, Sep 28.
Decision sheet
Decision pathWhat is being decided, by whom, by when, and what waiting costs. Three are Nathaniel's to decide; two are dates Sablewood holds.
- Choose the keynote formatBrindlemoor Staging cannot hold its price until the stage dimensions are known.
- Decides
- Nathaniel Obuya
- By
- Oct 7
Cost of waitingThe staging quote that expired on Sep 25 can rise by $3,200, and the Oct 9 staging deposit cannot be approved at the quoted price.
- Decide the two open changesKeynote stage layout and Customer panel session. Kofi Adjei prices both by Oct 5, before any supplier call.
- Decides
- Nathaniel Obuya
- By
- Oct 8
Cost of waitingThe Customer panel session stays out of the released agenda and no supplier work is booked.
- Accept the Sep 10 sales kickoffNine of 12 deliverables are accepted. Sablewood delivers the highlight video and the photo library by Oct 7.
- Decides
- Nathaniel Obuya
- By
- Oct 9
Cost of waitingThe $86,400 final invoice stays unreleased and the $450 badge credit is not yet applied.
- Release run of show version 8Simone Vrabec releases it once the approved agenda changes are entered on Oct 9.
- Releases
- Simone Vrabec
- By
- Oct 12
Cost of waitingThe keynote lighting cues stay out of the audio-visual plan until version 8 is out.
- Meet five supplier deposits$46,500 in total between Oct 9 and Oct 15. Kofi Adjei approved the schedule and the Sablewood controller releases each payment.
- Approved
- Kofi Adjei
- By
- Oct 15
Cost of waitingFour of the five wait on a Verrano input or a new quote: the format, a headcount, a late arrival count and speaker permissions.
Sablewood recommends
Answer in date order: the format, then the changes, then acceptance.
The format comes first because the staging quote waits on it. Deciding it by Oct 7 lets Simone Vrabec reconfirm the quote before the Oct 9 deposit.
- Reprice risk avoided
- $3,200
- Final invoice
- $86,400
- Deposits by Oct 15
- $46,500
Where the production stands
Supplier statusRecords as of Sep 28. Block dates move forward each week with the demo data.
Who decides what
- Nathaniel ObuyaHead of marketing events at Verrano. Approves changes, the run of show and final acceptance.Decides
- Kofi AdjeiManaging director and account owner. Decides whether a change is included, priced, absorbed or declined.
- Simone VrabecExecutive producer. Decides feasibility, the authoritative run of show and supplier commitments.
Recent activity
Questions and files- SVSimone named version 7 the authoritative run of showFive exceptions were resolved before it went to any supplier.
- KAKofi approved the $450 badge creditIt shows as its own line against the $86,400 final invoice.
- SVSimone asked for the keynote format as a Verrano decisionDue Oct 7, with the staging quote waiting on it.
- KAKofi approved the deposit scheduleFive deposits, $46,500 in total, due by Oct 15.
- SVBrindlemoor's staging quote expiredA $3,200 reprice risk until the format is chosen.