Staff at the UK’s leading, independent policy focused business are celebrating after winning at the Conference Awards 2010. The Policy Review team won an award for their work at the 2009 Guardian Higher Education conference in a category called 'Delivering a conference in adverse circumstances." This is how we reported the story at the time................ Heavy snow and severely disrupted public transport in London on 2 February prevented many delegates from attending this year’s Guardian Higher Education Summit. However, thanks to some well-planned contingencies by Policy Review's broadcast team, delegates who were unable to attend in person still had an opportunity to participate via live coverage of the event on the Internet. Policy Review was commissioned to film this year’s HE summit and would normally record the proceedings and make them available to conference delegates and online subscribers following the live event, along with presentation slides and other conference documents. Live pictures and sound from the QE2 centre were captured and streamed live on the policyreview.tv website. Registered delegates who could not attend received email alerts from the conference producers, Neil Stewart Associates, keeping them informed of the live web TV arrangements. “The bad weather meant we had a large captive audience of delegates at home, so our live web broadcast gave all delegates the opportunity to follow the conference presentations and audience reactions,” explained Edward Gamble, Managing Director of Policy Review. “Around two-thirds of delegates outside the conference centre watched our live coverage online, so we know people are comfortable with using our technology to access conferences like this.” As well as watching online, delegates were offered audio-only access to this conference via a dedicated conference call service, which was also provided to delegates via policyreview.tv. Delegates were able to participate in key parts of the conference, by submitting questions via email and by phone. Recordings from the summit are available on policyreview.tv. More details about Policy Review: We provide broadcast quality media services and use our specialist knowledge and expertise to offer intelligence based solutions for public and private sector organisations: • Television - we broadcast live and record more policy based conferences and events than any other company in the UK and plan, design and produce videos to meet client needs • Online media - our website is the place to go for policy news and discussion with access to thousands of articles, events, videos, sound recordings and presentations • Research and consultancy - our team of experts, with experience gained over 15 years, offers clients advice and guidance on policy matters based on market research, knowledge and intelligence • Marketing and communications - we plan, manage and deliver marketing campaigns to ensure clients get the right message to the right audience