Conference Manager
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About the Role
Support conference planning by liaising with partners, organizing meetings, recruiting speakers, and managing agendas for commercial viability and stakeholder engagement.
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Responsibilities
- Liaise with event partners, Ministry and committee members
- Organise and run committee meetings to determine conference themes, topics, session chairs, and speakers
- Conduct telephone and in person research with stakeholders to develop programme agendas
- Join sponsorship and exhibition sales calls and meetings with existing and potential clients
- Build an agenda that is commercially viable for both sponsorship and delegate sales
- Recruit C suite, regulator and government speakers to the programme faculty
- Research and provide strategic information required to market and sell conferences
- Attend conferences to promote, gather market intelligence, and network
- Manage the call for papers process and session selection
Requirements
- Experience in conference or event management
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Ability to build commercially viable agendas
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Key Responsibilities
- Liaising with event partners, Ministry and committee members
- Organising and running committee meetings to determine conference themes, topics, session chairs, and speakers
- Conducting telephone and in person research with stakeholders to develop programme agendas
- Joining sponsorship and exhibition sales calls and meetings with existing and potential clients
- Building an agenda that is commercially viable for both sponsorship and delegate sales
- Recruiting C suite, regulator and government speakers to the programme faculty
- Researching and providing strategic information required to market and sell conferences
- Attending conferences to promote, gather market intelligence, and network
- Managing the call for papers process and session selection
Job Context
- Internal relationships: Conference Director & senior management, all internal functions (Commercial, Data & Digital, Marketing & PR, HR, Finance and Operations), other Content Directors.
- External relationships: Event Partner (DM), Government and NGOs, Entire Energy Value Chain, Senior individuals/C suite professionals, Associations, Steering Committees, International government representatives.
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