Also called: Conference Planner, Meeting Manager
Plans meetings and conventions: venues, hotel room blocks, speakers, food, and budgets.
You negotiate with three convention hotels for a 2,000-person medical conference, plan the schedule of sessions, and order coffee for 6,000 cups a day. On-site you run the show from a back office. The CMP certification is the industry credential.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's degree typical; CMP certification after experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Hospitality Management, Event Management, Business, Communications.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). About 15,000 openings per year.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI handles venue searches, room blocks and attendee emails, so teams shrink; on-site problem-solving stays human.
Classes: Business, Hospitality CTE class, Math.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1121.
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