what we
do
Supporting our customers to deliver
engaging event experiences
that truly connect communities.
We help small and large companies, communities and institutions to bring people together. By taking away the effort of doing all the necessary but annoying tasks, we allow them to focus on what’s important. Bringing in our experience as organizers of successful events in the Open Source and Free Software space, we aim to make your event shine and stand out.
Experience
Being the organizers of internationally renowened and long-running conferences like Berlin Buzzwords and FOSS Backstage we have a deep understanding of what communities are looking for in events, and also extensive knowledge of the world of events in general and conferences specifically.
Eye for detail
At plainschwarz we proud ourselves of truly listening to our customers and making sure to deliver services that meet and exceed not only your, but also your communities’ expectations. With an eye for detail we bring full committment to the table and care about your project as if it was our own.
our services
Full Service Event Management
Getting your community together, connecting people and helping create memorable experiences is our passion. We’re here for you every step of the way: From the early conception process, to the setup of your ticket shop and the final details of the lunch menu, we guide you through the whole event management process.
We support both businesses and non-profits in the organisation of events of all shapes and sizes. While conferences in the Open Source and Free Software space are our specialty, we are always happy to explore new avenues.
Tickets & Registration
As your event registration is one of the first points of contact for your customers, a clear, smooth and comfortable registration process is vitally important – both online and during the event itself.
As pretix Solution Partner, we help you set up your event registration and guide you through the whole process: Whether it is setting the ticket pricing, navigating taxes & invoice creating, designing tickets or name badges, sending information to attendees or analysing the registration data after the event – we bring our expertise and experience to the table to make your registration a success.
Online Events & Hybrid Experiences
Avoiding unnecessary travel, improving accessibilty or simply saving money – what ever your reason for bringing your event online, we are happy to support you with both, full-online experience to hybrid extensions of your on-site conference.
Over the years we’ve organised countless events online and are ready to help you bring your community together using Open Source solutions like Venueless.
Contact us
We are happy to hear from you! To get more information on how we can work together, please just send an email to info@plainschwarz.com
our partners
An important part of our work are longstanding relationships to our partners, with whom we like to work together to tackle challenges big and small.
x10 Event IT
We have been working with the team behind x10 Event IT for years now. They are not only our trusted hosting provider, together with x10 we are also developing Open Source event software.
WECAP
Our partners at WECAP provide high-class recording and livestreaming setups for events of all sizes. Being one of our longest partnerships, we have worked together on numerous occassions.
pretix
We are proud of our good relationship and close collaboration with rami.io, the company behind the Open Source ticketing software pretix, working with them since the establishment of Plain Schwarz in 2019.
As pretix Solution Partner we help customers small and big implementing the software for their use cases.
pretalx
For collaboratively building conference programmes and curating sessions using a Call for Papers, the Open Source software pretalx is our first choice since 2022.
Building on our experience and expertise, we support our customers creating, curating and managing event programmes using pretalx.
Karoline Große Design
We work with Karoline Große since 2019 and together have worked on the redesign of Berlin Buzzwords in 2020, the complete design overhaul of FOSS Backstage in 2023 and the fresh CI of Plain Schwarz.