Looking for conference entertainment ideas that give delegates something interactive to do between sessions, during networking or at the evening reception?
Boutique Party Hire provides arcade machines and interactive games for conferences, corporate events, exhibitions, networking events and brand activations throughout London and across the UK.
Conference entertainment can help turn otherwise quiet periods into opportunities for:
Networking
Competition
Delegate Interaction
Sponsor Engagement
Team Socialising
Informal Conversation
Evening Entertainment
Browse our wider Arcade Machine Hire London & UK Nationwide range for suitable arcade and amusement games.
Conferences can involve long periods of:
Presentations
Panel Discussions
Workshops
Meetings
Networking
Exhibition Visits
Interactive entertainment gives delegates something completely different to do between formal sessions.
It can work particularly well during:
Registration
Coffee Breaks
Lunch
Networking Sessions
Drinks Receptions
Post-Conference Entertainment
Evening Parties
The aim is not to distract from the conference programme.
The entertainment should complement it.
Reaction games are one of the strongest conference entertainment ideas because they can provide quick participation without requiring a large time commitment.
Our Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire can create a simple high-score challenge.
Delegates can:
Approach
Play
Receive a Score
Compare With Colleagues
Try Again Later
A conference leaderboard can potentially operate throughout the day.
Conference traffic often arrives in bursts.
Hundreds of delegates might leave sessions simultaneously for a 20-minute coffee break.
That means entertainment needs to be:
Easy to Understand
Quick to Play
Competitive
Visible
Easy to Join
Reaction games can potentially fit this format particularly well.
Our Batak Lite Game Hire can provide a competitive speed and reaction challenge.
The concept is straightforward:
Delegates compete against each other throughout the day.
Batak can work particularly well inside:
Networking Areas
Exhibition Areas
Breakout Spaces
Sponsor Zones
Drinks Receptions
Corporate Hospitality Areas
A simple leaderboard can add another layer to the activity.
Possible categories include:
Highest Score Today
Fastest Delegate
Company vs Company
Department vs Department
Sponsor vs Delegate
Speaker vs Delegate
The organiser can determine the competition format and any prizes.
Our 2-Player Basketball Arcade Game Hire can provide direct head-to-head competition.
Two delegates can compete simultaneously, creating visible activity around the game.
Basketball can work particularly well for:
Large Conferences
Corporate Conferences
Sports Conferences
Employee Conferences
Sales Conferences
Networking Events
Evening Receptions
Simple competition ideas include:
This type of informal competition can help guests interact outside the formal conference programme.
Racing simulators can provide a premium entertainment feature.
Linked simulators allow two people to race directly against one another.
They can work particularly well for:
Automotive Conferences
Technology Events
Engineering Conferences
Corporate Events
Sales Conferences
Sponsor Activations
Evening Entertainment
A fastest-lap competition can run throughout the conference.
One easy format is:
Delegates attempt to set the best lap time.
The organiser could display:
Top 10 Drivers
Fastest Delegate
Fastest Company
Fastest Speaker
Daily Winner
This can encourage delegates to return later and see whether their score is still leading.
Our Prize Crane Grabber Hire can potentially combine interactive entertainment with suitable promotional products.
Depending on the machine and item dimensions, possible contents could include:
Branded Merchandise
Conference Merchandise
Sponsor Items
Promotional Products
Small Gifts
Suitable Product Samples
Vouchers
This can be particularly useful inside sponsor and exhibition areas.
Conference sponsors often want delegates to interact with their activation rather than simply walk past a logo.
A prize crane can potentially create an interactive feature within the sponsor space.
Visitors participate in the activity while sponsor branding and campaign messaging remain visible.
Our Gashapon Dispenser Hire provides another way to incorporate suitable promotional items into a conference activation.
Capsules can potentially form part of:
Sponsor Giveaways
Conference Merchandise
Promotional Campaigns
Product Launches
Delegate Gifts
Brand Activations
This can provide an alternative to simply handing items out from a table.
Our Retro Arcade Game Machine Hire can create a relaxed gaming area where delegates can unwind between sessions.
Retro arcade machines can work particularly well for:
Technology Conferences
Marketing Conferences
Media Events
Creative Industry Conferences
Corporate Events
Employee Conferences
Networking Areas
Several cabinets can potentially create a temporary arcade lounge.
Not every conference activity needs to be competitive.
A retro arcade area can give delegates somewhere to:
Relax
Play
Talk
Network
Challenge Colleagues
This can create a different atmosphere from the main conference rooms.
Networking is one of the most important parts of many conferences.
However, walking into a room full of strangers and starting conversations isn’t always easy.
Interactive games can create a shared activity.
Two delegates can:
Race Each Other
Compete at Basketball
Try a Reaction Challenge
Play Retro Arcade
without needing a formal introduction.
The game gives them something immediate to talk about.
Arcade games can act as informal icebreakers.
For example:
“Have you tried the reaction game yet?”
or:
“Think you can beat that score?”
These are easy conversation starters.
This can be particularly useful where delegates come from multiple companies or offices.
Coffee breaks often produce concentrated footfall.
Delegates leave sessions and enter networking or exhibition spaces at the same time.
Quick-play entertainment can work particularly well here.
Suitable options include:
Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire
These types of games can potentially allow delegates to participate without spending the entire break on one activity.
Lunch breaks tend to be longer.
This may allow for a wider range of entertainment.
Potential options include:
Basketball
Racing Simulators
Retro Arcade
Reaction Games
Batak
Prize Cranes
Delegates can move between food, networking and games.
A drinks reception can be one of the strongest periods for interactive entertainment.
The formal sessions have finished.
Delegates are more relaxed.
Arcade games can provide another activity alongside:
Drinks
Networking
Food
Music
Sponsor Areas
Other Entertainment
A dedicated games area can potentially operate throughout the reception.
Once the final presentation finishes, the event can transition into a more social environment.
A larger arcade setup might include:
Racing Simulators
Basketball
Batak
Reaction Games
Retro Arcade Machines
Prize Crane
This can create a complete post-conference entertainment area.
Browse our full Arcade Machine Hire London & UK Nationwide range when planning a larger games package.
For conferences with an evening party, arcade equipment can complement:
DJs
Live Music
Bars
Food
Photo Booths
Networking
Dancing
Games provide another option for guests who want something interactive rather than spending the entire evening on the dance floor.
Conference sponsors often need ways to attract delegates into their area.
Interactive games can potentially provide:
Competition
Visible Activity
Brand Interaction
Giveaways
Leaderboards
Conversation Opportunities
Suitable options could include:
Reaction Challenge
Basketball Competition
Prize Crane
Gashapon Dispenser
Racing Simulator
Selected arcade machines can potentially incorporate:
Sponsor Logos
Campaign Artwork
Conference Branding
Product Graphics
Event Messaging
This can make the entertainment feel part of the sponsor activation.
Many conferences include an exhibition alongside the speaking programme.
Interactive games can help exhibitors create activity around their stands.
Suitable options include:
Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire
Breakout spaces can be ideal locations for interactive games.
Instead of positioning machines inside the main presentation room, games can be installed in areas where delegates already gather between sessions.
This helps separate:
Formal Conference Content
from:
Networking & Entertainment
Businesses holding internal conferences can use arcade games to create interaction between employees.
This can be particularly useful when staff are attending from different:
Departments
Branches
Offices
Regions
Countries
Games can create informal company-wide competition.
A business with multiple offices could create:
London vs Manchester
North vs South
Sales vs Operations
Marketing vs Finance
Management vs Employees
Suitable games can produce scores that the organiser records throughout the conference.
Sales conferences often involve competitive personalities.
Arcade games can fit naturally into this environment.
Potential challenges include:
Basketball High Score
Reaction Champion
Fastest Racing Lap
Team Leaderboard
This can add another competitive element to the event.
Leadership and executive conferences may benefit from a smaller number of premium attractions.
For example:
Linked Racing Simulators
Reaction Challenge
Retro Arcade Area
The entertainment can provide a relaxed environment for delegates to interact outside the formal programme.
Technology conferences can potentially use:
Reaction Games
Racing Simulators
Retro Arcade Machines
Competitive Challenges
Branded Interactive Games
These can complement digital displays, sponsor activations and technology exhibitions.
Marketing and creative-industry conferences can potentially use visually distinctive entertainment.
Suitable options include:
These can become part of a sponsor or brand experience.
Automotive conferences are naturally suited to racing entertainment.
Potential ideas include:
Racing Simulators
Fastest-Lap Competition
Reaction Games
Batak
Branded Arcade Challenges
The entertainment can reinforce the wider automotive theme.
Sports-related conferences can use:
Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire
alongside football and other competitive arcade equipment.
Recruitment, HR and employer events can potentially use interactive games to create informal engagement between attendees.
Reaction games and retro arcade machines can provide an easy activity around networking areas.
For conferences running for several days, entertainment can potentially remain installed throughout the event.
This creates opportunities for:
Ongoing Leaderboards
Daily Competitions
Repeat Participation
Sponsor Engagement
Evening Entertainment
A delegate may play on day one and return later to improve their score.
Suitable leaderboard categories include:
Highest Basketball Score
Fastest Reaction Score
Top Batak Score
Fastest Racing Lap
Best Department
Best Company
Daily Champion
This can create an ongoing competition across the event.
Arcade games can create direct competition between attendees.
Our 2-Player Basketball Arcade Game Hire is one example.
Potential matchups include:
Delegate vs Delegate
Client vs Supplier
Colleague vs Colleague
Speaker vs Delegate
Sponsor vs Guest
A fun conference format could involve selected speakers or hosts competing against attendees.
For example:
Speaker Reaction Score
Speaker Racing Lap
Speaker Basketball Score
Delegates can then attempt to beat them throughout the day.
Sponsors and exhibitors may use interactive games as part of a wider lead-generation process.
For example:
Delegate Approaches
→
Participates
→
Receives Score
→
Checks Leaderboard
→
Talks With Sponsor Team
The game provides the interaction.
Any collection and processing of attendee information should be handled appropriately by the organiser.
Suitable promotional products can potentially be incorporated into:
or:
This can turn the distribution of conference merchandise into another interactive experience.
Selected arcade equipment can potentially incorporate:
Conference Branding
Company Logos
Sponsor Logos
Campaign Artwork
Product Graphics
Event Messaging
This can be particularly valuable for sponsor-led entertainment.
Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire
2-Player Basketball Arcade Game Hire
Retro Arcade Game Machine Hire
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A smaller conference may only need one or two games.
For example:
Reaction Game
or:
Batak + Retro Arcade
or:
Linked Racing Simulators
One good interactive attraction can provide plenty of entertainment for smaller delegate numbers.
A major conference can potentially use several entertainment zones.
For example:
Batak + Catch It.
Basketball + other competitive games.
Linked racing simulators.
Several arcade cabinets.
Prize Crane + Gashapon Dispenser.
This can provide variety for larger delegate numbers.
One interactive attraction.
2–3 games.
4–6 games.
7–10+ suitable machines.
Selected equipment incorporating suitable campaign or sponsor branding.
The package can be built around delegate numbers, venue space and event schedule.
The correct number depends on:
Delegate Numbers
Available Space
Break Length
Event Duration
Number of Entertainment Areas
Conference Format
A conference with 100 delegates has very different requirements from one with 2,000 attendees.
Good locations can include:
Networking Areas
Exhibition Halls
Breakout Spaces
Drinks Reception Areas
Sponsor Zones
Evening Entertainment Areas
Games should generally not be positioned where noise or activity interferes with presentations.
Boutique Party Hire can discuss suitable interactive game hire for conferences throughout London.
This can include conferences inside:
Hotels
Conference Centres
Exhibition Venues
Corporate Offices
Event Venues
Universities
Hospitality Venues
When enquiring, provide venue loading and access information for larger equipment.
Suitable conference bookings can be discussed throughout the UK, including:
London
Birmingham
Manchester
Leeds
Liverpool
Bristol
Cardiff
Nottingham
Leicester
Coventry
Sheffield
and other locations.
Browse the wider Arcade Machine Hire London & UK Nationwide range when planning your conference entertainment.
Suitable machines can potentially remain installed throughout a multi-day conference.
When requesting a quote, send:
Reaction games, Batak, racing simulators, basketball, retro arcade machines, prize cranes and leaderboard competitions can all work depending on the conference.
Quick-play reaction games can be particularly useful during coffee breaks and session changes.
Head-to-head games, racing simulators, reaction challenges and retro arcade machines can provide informal shared activities.
Yes. Suitable conferences can hire multiple arcade and interactive games for drinks receptions and evening events.
Selected machines may offer branding opportunities depending on the equipment, artwork requirements and lead time.
Potentially, depending on the machine, item dimensions and project requirements. See our Prize Crane Grabber Hire.
Suitable campaigns can consider our Gashapon Dispenser Hire.
Yes. Suitable games can be used for high-score and head-to-head competitions.
Yes. Larger conferences can potentially combine multiple machines into a dedicated networking or entertainment area.
Suitable conference bookings can be discussed throughout the UK.
Whether you need entertainment for conference networking, coffee breaks, exhibition areas, sponsor activations, drinks receptions or an evening after-party, arcade machines can provide delegates with something interactive to do throughout the event.
Explore:
Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire
Retro Arcade Game Machine Hire
Or browse the complete Arcade Machine Hire London & UK Nationwide range.
Send us your conference date, venue, postcode, delegate numbers, required games, available space and branding requirements for a quote.
