How to become a conference and event planner

Official title: Conference and event planners

Also called: Conference and event organizer, Conference planner, Wedding planner

Conference and event planners organize and coordinate services for conferences, events, functions, banquets and seminars.

Main tasks

• Promoting conferences, conventions and trade shows to potential customers
• Responding to inquiries concerning services provided and costs for room and equipment hire, catering and related services
• Meeting with clients to discuss their needs and outlining package options to meet these needs
• Arranging and coordinating services such as conference facilities, catering, signage, displays, audiovisual and computer equipment, accommodation, transport and social events for participants, and logistical arrangements for presenters
• Organizing registration of participants
• Negotiating the type and costs of services to be provided within budget
• Overseeing work by contractors and reporting on variations to work orders

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$27,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

Do you need a degree to become a conference and event planner?

Not always. 50% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a conference and event planner?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026