1. Event Management College Program Opens Doors to Ever-
Expanding Field
When you choose to attend an Event Management college program, you are seeking to enter a
field in which, in 2006, 380,000 people were employed. By 2015, it is projected to produce
121,000 new jobs. With the expansion of this area, students must be prepared to have: a high
degree of energy, flexibility, good communication skills, strong networking and leadership
qualities, an eye for detail, strong organizational skills, and creativity. Centennial College’s two-
semester Event Management – Festival and Conference program teaches students to hone in on
these abilities while supplying them with the skills needed for longevity in the field.
Geared at mature students, this Event Management college program is designed for those who
have a college diploma or university degree in hospitality, tourism or related discipline. As such,
when applying, they must submit an official transcript, demonstrating proof of successful
completion of a post-secondary diploma or degree program. Centennial College’s event
management program will also consider applicants presenting a combination of partial post-
secondary education and relevant work experience, open to all disciplines. Non-academic
perquisites include proof of transcript and a resume review.
Accredited by UNWTO TedQual — whose main objective is to improve the quality of the tourism
education, training and research programs — the Events Management college offering prides itself
on balancing a combination of practical and theoretical knowledge. As such, students attend
lectures, train in labs and have access to their campus facilities, which allow for hands-on
application of what is learned in the Event Management college courses (including Greening Your
Festival, Event & Conference; Site Logistics and Operations Management, Event Budgeting,
Communications and Media Planning, Risk and Security Management, Networking and Industry
Relations and more).
For example, Centennial College’s Progress Campus houses a conference centre that comprises of
meeting rooms, including two large ballrooms and a variety of mid-sized meeting or breakout
rooms, which come complete with high-speed Internet access, in-house audio/visual equipment
and multimedia capabilities. Students run the centre and all of its events, and even dress in
uniforms similar to those they may be required to wear upon graduation.
Additionally, thanks to a final-semester Festival, Event and Conference Production Practicum,
students gain practical experience in the coordination of a festival, event or conference from
preparing the needs analysis to the execution and evaluation of the final production.
Event Management college program graduates will find employment opportunities with: hotels,
convention and conference centers, corporations, tourism and non-profit organizations, sports and
recreational organizations, festival, arts and cultural organizations and event marketing
management. At these places they may: develop and implement financial initiatives based on

2. event objectives through methods such as sponsorship programs and fundraising initiatives; apply
principles of marketing to the event and the planning process; be part of the team that plans,
designs and coordinates effective site and facility operations, while applying strategies for effective
human resource management; create, plan and implement effective programming for the events
while applying accounting, financial and business administration skills to the operation of events.