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As a student in the Conference Management and Event Planning program at the International School of Hospitality in Las Vegas, NV, I was required to put together a final project where I had to plan an educational conference that included a gala award dinner.
The conference I chose was the 10th Annual FAA IT/ISS Partnership and Training Conference. The theme I decided on for the conference was "Celebrating a Decade of Information Security Success." It consisted of 4 days of registration/information desk, general welcome and closing sessions, keynote speakers, over 20 breakout sessions, administrative meetings, and 2 days of exhibits consisting of 200 exhibitors. Food and beverage consisted of breakfast, morning and afternoon breaks, and lunch each day as well as a welcome reception the first night and a gala award dinner on the final night. In addition, I pulled together accommodations and transportation logistics for the attendees. Within the project, I included a budget that showed sources of revenue, expenses, an income statement and a profit and loss statement.
The gala awards dinner was being held in conjunction with the conference since all of the invitees for the awards dinner would be in attendance at the conference. The theme that I chose for the gala was "Celebrating Our Information Security Stars".
To help tie in this theme, the décor I chose took the direction of stars in both the celestial and Hollywood sense. The cocktail reception was in the direction of Hollywood and the gala dinner and awards ceremony will take the celestial direction. The star theme was chosen to give attendees the feeling of being celebrities or stars throughout the night.
The colors chosen were blue, black and gold because they are the closest representation of the real world; black night sky with some stars being a bluish color and some stars being a gold color.
You may download the presentation I gave to my "client" regarding the event, which gives an overview of the project. The slideshow below includes additional elements of the conference I planned for my final project including the budget, meeting room set-ups, and marketing materials.
The conference I chose was the 10th Annual FAA IT/ISS Partnership and Training Conference. The theme I decided on for the conference was "Celebrating a Decade of Information Security Success." It consisted of 4 days of registration/information desk, general welcome and closing sessions, keynote speakers, over 20 breakout sessions, administrative meetings, and 2 days of exhibits consisting of 200 exhibitors. Food and beverage consisted of breakfast, morning and afternoon breaks, and lunch each day as well as a welcome reception the first night and a gala award dinner on the final night. In addition, I pulled together accommodations and transportation logistics for the attendees. Within the project, I included a budget that showed sources of revenue, expenses, an income statement and a profit and loss statement.
The gala awards dinner was being held in conjunction with the conference since all of the invitees for the awards dinner would be in attendance at the conference. The theme that I chose for the gala was "Celebrating Our Information Security Stars".
To help tie in this theme, the décor I chose took the direction of stars in both the celestial and Hollywood sense. The cocktail reception was in the direction of Hollywood and the gala dinner and awards ceremony will take the celestial direction. The star theme was chosen to give attendees the feeling of being celebrities or stars throughout the night.
The colors chosen were blue, black and gold because they are the closest representation of the real world; black night sky with some stars being a bluish color and some stars being a gold color.
You may download the presentation I gave to my "client" regarding the event, which gives an overview of the project. The slideshow below includes additional elements of the conference I planned for my final project including the budget, meeting room set-ups, and marketing materials.
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