Conference Manager
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Job Purpose
- The Conference Manager’s responsibility is to support the Conference Director in delivering all aspects of the conference, including agenda, speaker management and relationships within the industry.
- Manage relationships with industry leaders, partner organisations, vendors, and media
- Programme research and development
- Speaker acquisition
- On-site delivery that strengthens speaker, attendee and sponsor relationships
- Market intelligence to identify new content opportunities
- Manage the call for papers process and session selection for the technical conference
Support Conference Director in
- 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 to the marketing and sales functions, including:
- + detailed information on the target market both in terms of sector and geographic markets
- + relevant industry associations and publications
- + competitive events
- Attending conferences to promote the conference, gather market intelligence, and to network with potential speakers and delegates to establish and maintain relationships pre- and post- conference
- Manage the call for papers process and session selection
Internal
- Conference Director & senior management
- All internal functions Commercial, Data & Digital, Marketing & PR, HR, Finance and Operations
- Other Content Directors withing the business to share ideas, contacts and best practise
• Event Partner (DM)
- Government and NGOs
• Entire Energy Value Chain
- Senior individuals/C-suite professionals
- Associations- Industry and Sector specific
- Steering Committees
- International government representatives
Qualifications, Experience, & Skills
- Minimum 4 years producing senior-level conferences in energy, finance or policy
- Ability to work with sales, marketing and operations teams
- Demonstrable track record securing C-suite, ministerial and regulator-level speakers
- Experience delivering multi-stage or multi-format programmes, including closed-door senior rooms
- Strong stakeholder management with government bodies and industry associations
- Editorial judgment to hold programme integrity under commercial pressure
- dmg events is an equal opportunity employer.
- If you have not had feedback from us within 14 days, please consider your application as unsuccessful for this round.
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