Conference management and event planning cmep certificate learn how to design plan and execute every kind of event from small meetings to large conferences develop the practical skills and abilities you need to enter the industry by planning and executing a conference project. Conference planning and management refers to the planning and execution of these four subcategories of events and is a highly complicated and detail oriented process that can take anywhere from two weeks to a year or more depending on the skill set of the organizer and volume content of the conference. Event managers and event planners work together defining these two functions is challenging because not only are they closely related the responsibilities often overlap individual event planners may offer event management services and event managers may also offer event planning it all depends on the individual planner or corporate event management team the venue and the event itself. Step 1 craft a vision of your conference every event begins with a vision but youll need to transform your vision into words and numbers in order to measure costs and make informed planning decisions first you need to start with the event planning basics like who what when where and why