Kenes Group operates a full-service conference management business for medical and scientific associations, with 18 offices across four continents serving 220,000+ participants annually. The tech stack is lightweight (WordPress, Salesforce, HubSpot, Adobe Creative Suite) and reflects the industry: marketing and operations teams dominate hiring velocity, signaling aggressive growth in client acquisition and event delivery rather than platform innovation. Current friction points—workflow inefficiencies, stakeholder profit optimization, and scientific program complexity—align with the active project focus on digital platform integration and exhibition planning workflows.
Kenes Group is a professional congress organizer (PCO) specializing in medical and scientific conferences. Founded in Tel Aviv in 1965 and now headquartered in Geneva, the company has delivered over 4,300 conferences across more than 100 cities, serving over 100 long-standing client relationships. The business model centers on end-to-end event management: conference planning, destination and on-site logistics, sponsorship sales, exhibition coordination, association management, and financial operations. With over 350 employees in 18 locations across four continents, the company serves associations and medical organizations seeking multi-city, recurring conference programs.
Nine countries: Spain, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, India, Philippines, and Kenya. Distributed hiring reflects their 18-office footprint.
Marketing and client management: WordPress, Salesforce, HubSpot, MailChimp, Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud. Collaboration and productivity: Microsoft Office, LinkedIn, Meta. No major adoptions or replacements underway.
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