Program Manager, Meetings And Conferences
Washington, District Of Columbia, Us
ASM is the world's largest scientific society of individuals advancing microbiological sciences in order to understand life processes and apply and communicate this knowledge for the improvement of health, environmental, and economic well-being worldwide. Responsibilities Included:• Managed the International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents, the Biodefense Research and Emerging Diseases Meeting, and the Clinical Virology Symposium programs; averaging a total of 8,000 attendees.• Tracked, managed, and organized programming budgets, expenses, invoices, grants, and corresponding finances; responsible for a total budget of approximately $1.3 million.• Collaborated with the Marketing team to design promotional meeting material and represent ASM at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Barcelona, Spain.• Organized and managed logistics for the three-day ICAAC Program Planning Committee Meeting in Madrid, Spain for forty attendees, consisting of initial RFP’s, hotel contract negotiations, food and beverage, flights and travel reimbursement, and development of a seventy-page planning manual. • Managed six Committee Chairs and sixty Program Committee members’ itineraries and schedules.• Produced scripts, documents, presentations, and reports for speakers, Committee Chairs, and association staff.• Managed the online speaker database vendor with over 1,000 speakers and the Abstract review process with over 3,000 abstracts.• Lead a team consisting of a Program Coordinator and Program Assistant.