Staff profiles
Chiara Orefice
Senior lecturer MSc, PGCE
Phone 0114 225 4098
E-mail c.orefice@shu.ac.uk
Main subject area
Events management
Profile
Chiara joined Sheffield Hallam University in September 2008 and is senior lecturer in event-related subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She has a wide ranging international experience in meetings, conferences and incentives acquired working for private and international organisations in Europe and South-East Asia in the past 12 years.
Chiara holds a first degree in statistics and a MSc in International Conference Management. She is the events management team's business development officer, liaising with the industry to develop work opportunities for students and graduates.
Research interests
- international conference operations
- knowledge discovery and data management in the conference industry
- corporate social responsibility in events
- return on investment (ROI) and the value of meetings and conferences
Teaching interests
- meetings, conferences and exhibitions management
- events project management
- work-based learning
- dissertation supervision
