About Odette

The 5^th of May 2014 was an important day. On this Dutch Liberation Day Odette Jansen founded her own conference bureau: Odette Organises.

For over 25 years Odette has organised national and international conferences and events. These are single and multi-day events and by now there have been hundreds. She focuses on managing the project and on-site activities.

Clients compliment her on the pleasant cooperation, the eye for details and thinking in creative solutions.

Who is Odette?

Odette combines a worldly attitude with a down-to-earth temperament. She has organised conferences in many major cities, is curious, and visits exhibitions to stay up-to-date. On what? The world of events, of course!

She loves living in the green surroundings of the city of Arnhem, the starting point of her many walks and bike rides. She likes to play and watch tennis and has been to Roland Garros three times, though only as a spectator. When visiting friends in New York, she had to go and see the Arthur Ashe court of the US Open. Just to get the feel of it.

How it all began…

Having secured a bachelor’s degree in marketing, she began her career at the Foreign Payment Department of the ING Bank. This formed the basis of her international career. She soon discovered that what suited her best was organising. She switched to an marketing office and started to organise international conferences in Europe, the Middle-East and Asia for an American association.

In 1996 she began working as a PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) . Since then she has utilised her talents for, among others:

• The conference office of Utrecht University
• Dutch Institute for Healthcare and Welfare
• Europoint B.V.
• International Association of Drilling Contractors