Every department in a company is compiled of a variety of staff, all with their own individual skills and strengths that compliment each other. A Departmental Conference, be it for a small or a large department allows for all the staff to come together to hear where their department is heading. By getting the message over at one event, it reduces the potentially damaging side affects of company 'Chinese Whispers'. It gives everyone a forum from which they can listen to the senior management on how their work will expand and develop over the coming months and year and also allows the staff to question the management on their performance in a well controlled and constructive environment.