Conference Manager DMG Events

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

Job Context:

Relationships

Internal: br> Conference Director & senior managementbr> All internal functions Commercial, Data & Digital, Marketing & PR, HR, Finance and Operations br> Other Content Directors withing the business to share ideas, contacts and best practise

External:br> Event Partner (DM)br> Government and NGOsbr> Entire Energy Value Chainbr> Senior individuals/C-suite professionals br> Associations- Industry and Sector specificbr> Steering Committeesbr> International government representatives