ELC Signature Meetup
One night in your office. ELC runs all of it.
Topic, speakers, audience, host, recap and report. Your engineering team is in front of a room of senior engineering leaders, and nobody on your side builds an event from zero.
€8,900, ex VAT. Signature Exclusive €11,900. Every euro credited against a company membership signed within 90 days.
Five things the ELC runner does that a venue night does not
The same launch and close ELC runs for its own meetups, step for step. Nothing below is a promise written for this page; it is what happens when the runner is started.
01
Members first, then the public. A launch timed to fill the room.
The launch runner has 23 steps from D-30 to D-21, each with a day and an owner role. The event goes up private on Luma with a registration cap set at twice the venue capacity. Members get it first; the public switch waits at least four days, and only opens on a Tuesday to Thursday between 12:00 and 13:00. The code refuses to send outside that window. Two manual approvals sit in the flow, one on the design, one on the invites, and nothing is ever auto-sent.
Every launch step has a close counterpart, so the same runner that opened the night closes it.
02
Your speaker is coached, approved and on every channel.
One joint intro email to all speakers, one shared call at least two weeks out. Every speaker gets ten written coaching rules: open with a story, two or three decision polls, show the receipts, one takeaway, a call to action per role, no bio slides, slides locked 48 hours before. Each speaker edits and approves their own talk description on Luma before any member reads it; the members send is blocked until every approval is in. Face, first name and company logo go on Luma, Meetup.com, the web card and the event page. A missing face stops the run.
80 people have spoken at ELC; after the night each one gets a speaker pack and the alumni welcome.
03
The night is three acts, and strangers meet in the first ten minutes.
Content is capped at 75 minutes; networking gets at least 75. Doors open an hour early with the host in the crowd, first-timers get a sticker and a 15-minute huddle where each one is walked over to a regular. ELC Mate pulls the checked-in guests and pairs every person twice with someone from a different company; the phones pulse in matching colours so the pair finds each other. Two talks with a break, Q&A opened by pre-submitted questions with the asker named, a five-question quiz, the next-topic vote, then music up and lights up. A Hot Takes Table at T+90, the first-timer bingo draw at T+130, room cleared at T+180.
The rule the team runs by: every minute makes someone smarter, makes two strangers talk, or provokes a reaction. Polite is the failure mode.
04
A 22-step close from D+1 to D+90, with your report on D+3.
Attendance is counted from the QR scans at the door on D+1, never from the registration list. A photos gate on D+2: fewer than 20 photos and the run stops. The web recap goes up the same day with the photo that holds the most people, then one email per attendee with photos, slides and a LinkedIn kit, a separate missed-you email, the speaker pack, the venue thanks and the public recap. Your report lands on D+3. Video on D+14, a retro that ties every lesson to the step it changes, the team channel archived on D+90.
Each step refuses to run before its day. The runner does not let the close drift.
05
Measured, not assumed.
Every link in every kit carries its own UTM, and a scorecard on D+7 shows registrations by source, mentions and posts published against posts asked for. Registrations, check-ins, no-shows and the show rate go into the ELC Data Points registry before anyone quotes them. Your D+3 report carries registrations, check-ins, and the titles and companies of who came. Titles and companies only, no contact export, because members never opted in to vendor email.
Registrations are what ELC promises. Check-ins are a floor: walk-ins are not scanned.
Our experience, in data
Measured in Luma across the 13 public ELC meetups #30 to #43, September 2025 to October 2026, counted on 30 September 2026. Registrations, never a head count: check-ins come from the QR scan at the door and are lower.
178
applications per meetup, median
Applied = approved, declined, waitlist and pending, per Luma. 13 public meetups #30 to #43.
125
confirmed registrations per meetup, median
Approved seats. Range 86 to 237; the room, not demand, was the limit.
12 of 13
meetups with 100+ applications
The one miss was Brno, at 98 applications.
11 of 13
rooms at 90%+ of venue capacity
Meetup #30 had 132 people on the waitlist on top of a full room.
Behind those: 40+ meetups since 2019, 3,300+ members across Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Kraków, 80 speakers who have stood on an ELC stage. How the numbers are counted, and the full per-meetup method, is public on the Meetup OS.
The guarantee: fewer than 100 registrations for your Signature Meetup, and the next one runs at delivery cost.
What the night includes
Every item is priced on its own, the same figures the configurator shows. The sum is €8,900.
Turn your office into a magnet for senior engineering leaders: {elc_community.meetup_attendees} attendees, your speaker on stage
€4,000
100+ attendees. Your engineer tells a real story on stage, with pro video and photos. At your office, or at a venue ELC secures.
The topic picked with the community, not guessed
€500
The theme comes out of the community vote and the ELC topic guide, so the room signs up for the subject, not only for your address.
Up to 2 curated ELC speakers next to yours, all of them coached
€1,500
ELC brings up to two speakers from its own pipeline to stand next to your engineer. Every speaker, yours included, passes the ELC talk filter and gets the pre-talk coaching every ELC speaker gets.
The full ELC audience launch, members first
€1,000
The launch ELC runs for its own meetups: members first, public four days later, the invites, the reminders, the People to Meet email. You promote to your own network; the ELC audience is ours to bring.
The three-act night, run by an ELC host
€900
The week before, the three-hour night and the artifact after, designed as three acts. ELC Mate matching and human bingo get strangers from different companies talking in the first ten minutes. An ELC host runs the stage, so your people talk to guests instead of running a clock.
A recap page, the talk on YouTube, banners for your speakers
€600
A recap page on engineeringleaders.io with real photos, your speaker's talk cut and published on the ELC YouTube channel, and LinkedIn banners for every speaker to post.
The D+3 report and the hand-over checklist
€400
Three days after the night: registrations, check-ins, titles and companies of who came. Titles and companies only, no contact export. Plus the checklist ELC ran the night from, so your team sees how it was done.
Optional, off by default
Lock your category in your city for 6 months
+€3,000
No company from your category gets a Signature Meetup in your city for six months after yours. One per category, per city.
Before, the night, after
D-30 to D+90. Your side of it: a venue, one engineer with a real story, and a yes on two approvals.
D-30
Title, abstract and cover art. The title takes a position; the abstract opens with what you leave with.
D-28
Luma goes up private with the cap at twice the venue capacity. Meetup.com and LinkedIn events created, not announced. Joint intro email to all speakers; each speaker approves their own talk description.
D-26
Members first: the member newsletter and the member Slack. The four-day clock starts.
D-22
Public, on a Tuesday to Thursday at noon: Luma opens, the web page goes live, invites go out on Luma, Meetup.com and LinkedIn.
D-14
Speaker cards: face, title, logo, a personal post and a personal link for each speaker.
D-7 to D-1
Logistics email, pre-event poll, People to Meet email, first-timer emails, bring-the-question. Slides locked at 48 hours.
The night
Doors at T-1h, first-timer huddle at T-30, five-minute frame at T=0, two talks with a break, Q&A, quiz and topic vote by T+75, then 75 minutes of networking with ELC Mate, the Hot Takes Table and the bingo draw. Cleared at T+180.
D+1
Attendance from the door scans. Photo and video request. Fifteen-minute team debrief.
D+2
Photos gate, web recap, one email per attendee, missed-you email, speaker pack, venue thanks, public recap.
D+3
Your report: registrations, check-ins, titles and companies. Plus the hand-over checklist.
D+7 to D+14
Scorecard by source, numbers into the registry, the talk on YouTube with a 60-second clip per speaker, the retro.
D+90
Archive. The channel closes; the recap page stays up.
Pilot, Signature or Exclusive
For a Head of Employer Branding, a Talent Brand lead or a Director of Engineering hiring senior engineers in Prague or Brno. The usual signal: open senior roles, a new CEE office, or an engineering team nobody local has heard of yet.
Pilot Meetup
€4,000
Your venue, the ELC audience, your speaker on stage, pro photo and video. You own the topic, the speaker prep, the run of show, the networking part and the follow-up.
Build a Pilot MeetupMost companies take this one
Signature Meetup
€8,900
Everything in Pilot, plus ELC runs the whole night: the topic, up to two curated ELC speakers next to yours, the audience launch, the three-act room, an ELC host, the recap and the report.
Build the Signature Meetup
Signature Exclusive
€11,900
Signature, plus six months in which no company from your category gets a Signature Meetup in your city. One per category, per city.
Add exclusivity in the configuratorWhat we do not promise
A head count
We promise registrations and we measure them in Luma. Check-ins are lower and move with the weather, the week and the room, so we report them after the night rather than promise them before it.
Contact data
You get the titles and companies of who came. No email export: members never opted in to vendor email, and ELC does not sell that.
Hires
The room is senior and the format has run at 40+ meetups. Who you hire out of it is on you.
A free pass for your speaker
Your engineer passes the same talk filter every ELC speaker passes, and gets the same coaching. That is why the room trusts the stage.
Questions about the Signature Meetup
What is the difference between a Pilot Meetup and a Signature Meetup?
Pilot Meetup at €4,000 is the venue night: your office, the ELC audience, your speaker, photo and video, and your team runs the rest. Signature Meetup at €8,900 is ELC running the whole night, from the topic vote to the D+3 report, with the same 23-step launch and 22-step close ELC uses for its own meetups. If your team has run events before and wants the audience only, take Pilot. If nobody on your side has a month to give to it, take Signature.
How many people will come?
We promise registrations, not a head count. Across the last 13 public ELC meetups the median was 125 confirmed registrations, measured in Luma, and 12 of the 13 drew 100+ applications. If fewer than 100 people register for your Signature Meetup, the next one runs at delivery cost. Check-ins are lower than registrations at every meetup anywhere; we count yours at the door and report them on D+3.
Can our own engineer speak?
Yes, and that is the point. Your engineer tells a real story from your team, passes the same talk filter every ELC speaker passes, gets the ten coaching rules in writing and approves their own talk description before any member reads it. ELC puts up to two speakers from its own pipeline next to them, so the night reads as an ELC meetup at your place, not a company presentation.
How far ahead do we book?
Two months from the call to the night. The launch runner starts at D-30, so the topic and the speaker line-up need the month before that. ELC runs at most one Signature Meetup per city per month, so the calendar decides the date more than we do.
How is it credited?
Signature Meetup keeps the same mechanic as Pilot: every euro is credited in full against a company membership signed within 90 days. Two Signature Meetups within 12 months take 10% off, and the second date can be cancelled up to 8 weeks before with the first one unaffected.
Who is in the room?
3,300+ engineering leaders across Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Kraków: CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Heads and Directors of Engineering, Engineering Managers, Tech Leads and Staff Engineers. Engineering leaders lead people, technology and AI agents. The room is vendor-free and recruiters and agencies stay out, which is why it stays senior.
What do we get after the night?
A recap page on engineeringleaders.io with the real photos, the talk on the ELC YouTube channel with a 60-second clip per speaker, LinkedIn banners for every speaker, the D+3 report and the checklist ELC ran the night from. Your speaker joins the ELC speaker alumni group.
Pick a month. We fill the room.
Open the Signature Meetup in the configurator, add exclusivity if you want the category locked, and send it. The itemised offer lands in your inbox; the date gets settled on a call.