# Swicket

> Enterprise event infrastructure for high-demand tech and medical conferences.

Swicket provides mission-critical event registration, check-in, and badge printing infrastructure for conferences with 2,000+ attendees. Built on the alf.io open-source platform with 25+ years of event operations expertise. Based in Lugano, Switzerland.

## Key Facts

- Peak capacity: 5,000+ registration requests per minute
- Uptime SLA: 99.95%
- Check-in speed: Sub-60-second average processing
- Attendees managed: 2.5M+ across all events
- Data hosting: Swiss/EU data centers (GDPR & nFADP compliant)
- Languages supported: 13+
- Founded: 2018, based on alf.io (open-source since 2014)

## Core Services

- **Event Registration & Ticketing**: Multi-category tickets, group registrations, payment processing (credit card, PayPal, wire transfer)
- **On-Site Check-In & Badge Printing**: Real-time badge printing, offline-capable check-in apps, QR code scanning
- **Event Consulting**: Peak-load planning, registration architecture design, on-site operations support
- **Enterprise Modules**: Abstract management, Q&A & polling, live streaming, congress mobile apps
- **Compliance**: GDPR, Swiss nFADP, medical congress certification tracking
- **CRM Integrations**: HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, custom APIs

## Target Audience

- Tech conferences (2,000-15,000 attendees)
- Medical and scientific congresses
- B2B and association events
- Professional conference organizers (PCOs)

## Founders

- **Ed Mehran** - Co-Founder, Head of Growth. Event operations since 2010.
- **Celestino Bellone** - Co-Founder, Head of Technology. alf.io co-creator, Conference Organizer.
- **Lorenzo Patocchi** - Co-Founder, Head of Vision & Strategy. 25+ years in digital event operations.

## Notable Clients

- Devoxx Belgium (4,500 attendees, 2,000 tickets sold in 30 seconds)
- ICML - International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma (5,500 attendees)
- Bottiglie Aperte - Milano Wine Week (15,000 tickets)
- Spring I/O, and other major European tech conferences

## Pages

- [Home](https://swicket.io/)
- [Features](https://swicket.io/features)
- [Event Consulting](https://swicket.io/event-consulting)
- [About](https://swicket.io/about)
- [FAQ](https://swicket.io/faq)
- [Blog](https://swicket.io/blog)

## Blog & Resources

- [How to Streamline Badge Printing and Check-In at Your Next Event](https://swicket.io/blog/badge-printing-checkin-streamline)
- [Top 7 Features Every Modern Event Registration Platform Should Offer](https://swicket.io/blog/event-registration-platform-features)
- [Why All-in-One Event Management Platforms Are Replacing Patchwork Tools](https://swicket.io/blog/all-in-one-event-management-tools)
- [Why Associations and Chambers Are Upgrading Their Event Tech](https://swicket.io/blog/associations-chambers-event-tech-2025)
- [Swicket vs Eventbrite vs Cvent: Conference Platform Comparison](https://swicket.io/blog/swicket-vs-eventbrite-vs-cvent-conference-platform-comparison)

## Open-Source Foundation

Swicket is built on alf.io, the open-source event ticketing platform (https://github.com/alfio-event/alf.io). Similar to how Red Hat builds enterprise value on Linux, Swicket provides enterprise-grade managed infrastructure, consulting, and 24/7 support on top of a battle-tested open-source core.

## Contact

- Website: https://swicket.io
- Schedule a call: https://calendly.com/ed-swicket/30min
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/swicket
- X/Twitter: https://x.com/swicket_io

## Extended Information

For detailed FAQ answers, full feature descriptions, and service taxonomy, see: https://swicket.io/llms-full.txt