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Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Occupation · SOC 13-1121.00

Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.

Also called: Conference Planning Manager · Conference Services Manager · Convention Services Manager (CSM) · Events Manager · Catering Director · Conference Planner · Conference Services Director · Convention Services Director · Event Coordinator · Special Events Coordinator · Catering Coordinator · Catering and Convention Services Manager

Job family: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

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AI work map

A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.

Often handed to AI

Task areas most often handled directively in observed AI conversations — candidates to delegate with light review.

  • Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements. · 0.4%
See how AI is used here →

Use as a copilot

Task areas where people work with AI — iterating, learning, or checking — staying in the loop rather than handing the task off.

  • Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise. · 1.6%
  • Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events such as meetings, conferences, and conventions. · 0.7%
  • Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security. · 0.7%
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Keep a human in the loop

Task areas where a human was still judged necessary in a large share of observed conversations — not a safety ruling, an observed-need signal.

  • Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events such as meetings, conferences, and conventions. · 100.0% need a human
  • Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements. · 100.0% need a human
  • Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security. · 98.6% need a human
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59th-percentile task overlap — yet about 15,500 openings a year (+4.8% projected, BLS), and observed AI use leans 4536% copilot, not hand-off (AEI) . What exposure means →

AI & job outlook

What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.

Exposure to current AI

Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.

Measure Rank vs all occupations Percentile Score
Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) Moderate 58th 0.4
LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) High 73rd 0.9
AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) Moderate 50th 0.1

OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.1), with simple added tooling (β 0.5), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.9). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.

This job mostly cannot be done remotely (Dingel–Neiman) — its hands-on tasks sit outside what software-based AI reaches.

Historical automation estimate (2013)

A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.

Frey–Osborne probability 0.0 · 21st percentile among occupations · Low

How AI is actually used in this job

Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.

Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise. 3.1%
Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements. 0.7%
Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements. 0.3%
Evaluate and select providers of services according to customer requirements. 0.3%

Job outlook

Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.

Outlook About average · +4.8% by 2034
Projected annual openings 15,500
Employment 2024 → 2034 155,800 → 163,300

“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.

Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient

The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international occupation below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.

48% mean task exposure (2025)
86th percentile of 427 placed occupations
−3 pts shift 2023 → 2025
International occupation (ISCO-08) Task exposure (2025) Most tasks fall in
Conference and Event Planners · 3332 48% Gradient 2

Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.

Working with AI in this job

How people actually apply AI to this occupation's tasks, from Claude.ai (Free and Pro) conversations in the Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15. This is one AI assistant's consumer sample — not all AI, not the whole workforce. Autonomy and the collaboration mix are model-rated estimates; figures below the sample floor are hidden.

Augmentation vs. automation 45.4% working with AI · 31.3% handed to AI
Most common way people use AI here Iteration · you and AI go back and forth
Typical AI autonomy 4.0 / 5 · higher = AI acts more independently
Used for work (vs. personal / coursework) 47.5%

What people delegate to AI

The role's most common tasks in AI conversations, each tagged with how people work with the AI on it. “Usage” is the share of observed conversations, not of the job.

Task How Usage
Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise. Iteration 1.6%
Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events such as meetings, conferences, and conventions. Iteration 0.7%
Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security. Iteration 0.7%
Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements. Directive 0.4%
Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements. Iteration 0.3%

Where a human is still needed

Tasks where the model most often judged that a person remained necessary — a useful read on the current boundary, not a guarantee.

Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events such as meetings, conferences, and conventions. 100.0%
Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements. 100.0%
Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security. 98.6%
Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements. 97.6%
Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise. 96.2%

What people most often hand AI here

Example prompts phrased from the tasks people most often delegate to AI in this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index). Each shows the underlying measured task and its share of observed AI use. They are suggested phrasings of real tasks — starting points, not endorsed instructions.

  • Help me monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise.

    From: Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise. · 1.6% of measured AI use · task iteration

  • Help me consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.

    From: Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events such as meetings, conferences, and conventions. · 0.7% of measured AI use · task iteration

  • Help me coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.

    From: Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security. · 0.7% of measured AI use · task iteration

  • Help me inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements.

    From: Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements. · 0.4% of measured AI use · directive

Tasks

All 21 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.

Emerging tasks

Newer responsibilities O*NET has flagged as growing for this occupation.

  • Contact potential clients, meet with professional and trade associations, and produce brochures and other publications to promote conference, convention, and trade show services.
  • Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, menus, and services according to customer requirements.

Work activities

Knowledge, skills & abilities

O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service 4.3
English Language 4.2
Communications and Media 3.7
Administrative 3.5
Administration and Management 3.4
Computers and Electronics 3.3
Public Safety and Security 3.1

Essential skills

Reading Comprehension 4.0
Active Listening 4.0
Speaking 4.0
Critical Thinking 3.9
Writing 3.5
Monitoring 3.5
Active Learning 3.4

Abilities

Oral Comprehension 4.0
Written Comprehension 4.0
Oral Expression 4.0
Written Expression 4.0
Speech Recognition 4.0
Problem Sensitivity 3.9
Deductive Reasoning 3.9
Fluency of Ideas 3.8
Speech Clarity 3.8
Originality 3.6
Inductive Reasoning 3.6
Near Vision 3.6
Information Ordering 3.5
Category Flexibility 3.1
Selective Attention 3.1

Transferable skills

Social Perceptiveness 3.9
Coordination 3.9
Service Orientation 3.9
Time Management 3.8
Complex Problem Solving 3.6
Judgment and Decision Making 3.6
Persuasion 3.5
Negotiation 3.4
Systems Analysis 3.3
Management of Personnel Resources 3.3
Systems Evaluation 3.1

Skills in demand

Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.

Showing the top 40 of 49.

Tools & technology

Example Category
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet software Hot technology In demand
Microsoft Office software Office suite software Hot technology In demand
Microsoft Outlook Electronic mail software Hot technology In demand
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation software Hot technology In demand
Adobe Creative Cloud software Graphics or photo imaging software Hot technology
Adobe InDesign Desktop publishing software Hot technology
Adobe Photoshop Graphics or photo imaging software Hot technology
ESRI ArcGIS software Geographic information system Hot technology
Facebook Web page creation and editing software Hot technology
Google Docs Word processing software Hot technology
Hypertext markup language HTML Web platform development software Hot technology
Marketo Marketing Automation Sales and marketing software Hot technology
Microsoft Access Data base user interface and query software Hot technology
Microsoft Project Project management software Hot technology
Microsoft Word Word processing software Hot technology
Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Project management software Hot technology
Trimble SketchUp Pro Graphics or photo imaging software Hot technology
Active Network EventRegister Project management software
Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge Customer relationship management CRM software
Convention Industry Council CIC APEX Toolbox Project management software
Dean Evans & Associates EMS Professional Data base user interface and query software
Delphi Discovery Financial analysis software
Delphi Technology Financial analysis software
Event Management Software Project management software
Events Operations Software Project management software
FileMaker Pro Data base user interface and query software
Geographic information system GIS software Geographic information system
Google Drive Cloud-based data access and sharing software
GruupMeet Customer relationship management CRM software
IBM Lotus Notes Electronic mail software
Lenos marketing automation software Data base user interface and query software
LinkedIn Web page creation and editing software
LogMeIn GoToMeeting Video conferencing software
LogMeIn GoToWebinar Network conferencing software
MeetingMatrix International Facilities management software
MemberClicks COMPLETE Data base user interface and query software
Mentimeter Presentation software
Microsoft Dynamics Customer relationship management CRM software
Microsoft Publisher Desktop publishing software
NSF Hospitality Rendezvous Events Data base user interface and query software

Showing the top 40 of 46.

Work context

How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.

Telephone Conversations 4.9
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.9
Contact With Others 4.9
E-Mail 4.9
Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team 4.8
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals 4.7
Deal With External Customers or the Public in General 4.7
Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities 4.6
Time Pressure 4.6
Freedom to Make Decisions 4.5
Frequency of Decision Making 4.5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled 4.4
Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results 4.3
Written Letters and Memos 4.0
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate 4.0
Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers 3.9
Level of Competition 3.9
Physical Proximity 3.9
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions 3.8
Spend Time Sitting 3.7
Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable 3.6
Conflict Situations 3.5
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks 3.2
Health and Safety of Other Workers 3.2
Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People 3.1
Spend Time Standing 3.1
In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment 3.0
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls 2.7
Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body 2.7
Spend Time Walking or Running 2.6
Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions 2.5
Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets 2.4
Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions 2.3
Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures 2.1
Outdoors, Under Cover 1.9
Consequence of Error 1.9
Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings 1.8
Public Speaking 1.8
Degree of Automation 1.7
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling 1.6

How to get in

Job zone
Zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Typical entry-level education
Bachelor's degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
Related experience
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Preparation level
SVP (7.0 to < 8.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.

What to study: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services , Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.

Education of current workers

Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.

Bachelor's Degree 40.8%
High School Diploma 7.8%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) 7.5%
Post-Secondary Certificate 6.6%

Interests & work styles

The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.

Work styles

Dependability 8.0
Attention to Detail 7.0
Cooperation 6.0
Achievement Orientation 5.0
Social Orientation 4.0
Self-Control 3.0

Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)

Enterprising 7.0
Conventional 5.0
Social 4.6

Interest areas

Management/Administration 5.8
Personal Service 5.6
Office Work 3.4
Public Speaking 3.1
Sales 3.0
Business Initiatives 2.8
Accounting 2.7

Wages & employment

U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)

$36k10th$46k25th$59kMedian$77k75th$101k90th
Annual wages by percentile — U.S. (BLS OEWS). The light band spans the 10th–90th percentile; the darker band is the middle half (25th–75th); the line is the median.
156k2024163k2034 (proj.)+4.8% · About average
Projected U.S. employment, 2024–2034 (BLS Employment Projections). A labor-market forecast for the occupation, not an AI-impact forecast.
10th percentile $35,990
25th percentile $45,610
Median (50th) $59,440
75th percentile $77,150
90th percentile $101,310
People employed 134,670

Industries that employ this occupation

Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.

Industry Workers National median pay
Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector 20,800 $60,350
Accommodation and Food Services · Sector 19,610 $57,200
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Sector 18,220 $49,780
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector 15,870 $60,510
Educational Services · Sector 13,140 $59,880
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector 13,050 $68,530
Information · Sector 5,340 $71,740
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing · Sector 4,440 $53,370
Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector 4,030 $53,590
Full-Service Restaurants · National industry 3,410 $58,770
Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector 3,330 $77,210
Finance and Insurance · Sector 3,310 $82,890

Where this work is most concentrated

Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).

Industry Concentration Workers
Radio Broadcasting Stations · National industry 12.16× 550
Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters · National industry 8.38× 530
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Sector 7.89× 18,220
Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector 5.38× 20,800
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities · National industry 4.33× 230
Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations · National industry 4.11× 380
Newspaper Publishers · National industry 3.54× 280
Casino Hotels · National industry 2.79× 820

Part of the Hospitality, Events, & Tourism career cluster.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners sits at the 59th percentile of AI task-overlap and the 45th percentile of median pay, placed here against 12 adjacent occupations on the same two axes. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners Recreation Workers Social and Community Service Managers First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services Media Programming Directors Fundraisers Fundraising Managers Project Management Specialists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
AI task-overlap percentile (horizontal) vs. median-pay percentile (vertical), across all scored occupations. This occupation is highlighted; related occupations are plotted alongside it. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation.

Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.

What you can do with this

Options the data surfaces for Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.

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Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners show 59th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 15,500 annual U.S. openings

  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners rank in the 59th percentile (Moderate band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
  • The occupation is projected to see about 15,500 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
  • BLS projects employment to be about average (+4.8%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
  • Median annual pay is $59,440, across about 134,670 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
  • Of the AI use actually observed for this work, 45% looks like augmentation (drafting, iterating, checking) rather than hands-off automation — from a Claude.ai usage sample, not a census.2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2
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Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners show 59th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 15,500 annual U.S. openings

• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners rank in the 59th percentile (Moderate band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE)
• The occupation is projected to see about 15,500 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34)
• BLS projects employment to be about average (+4.8%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34)
• Median annual pay is $59,440, across about 134,670 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024))
• Of the AI use actually observed for this work, 45% looks like augmentation (drafting, iterating, checking) rather than hands-off automation — from a Claude.ai usage sample, not a census. (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2)

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Singulariki. "Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1121-00

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@misc{singulariki-role-13-1121-00,
  title  = {Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1121-00}
}

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