Ontario College Graduate Certificate Event Management
Conestoga College’s Event Management program is a one-year, full-time graduate certificate program that is specifically designed to meet the needs of a growing industry in the planning and management of virtual and live in-person events.
The program provides graduate students with specialized training and practical hands-on learning opportunities. Students will develop a portfolio of event experience while collaborating with community partners designing, developing, promoting, and executing events in the public, non-profit, and corporate sectors.
Students will utilize project management systems and technological applications; they will apply traditional, virtual, and social marketing tools. Students will create budgets, cost the food and beverage elements of catering, select venues, manage staffing, and customer stakeholder relations. The faculty team are event industry professionals who have over 100 combined years of experience managing, owning, and operating hospitality businesses and event companies.
Conestoga College’s Event Management program is a one-year, full-time graduate certificate program that is specifically designed to meet the needs of a growing industry in the planning and management of virtual and live in-person events.
The program provides graduate students with specialized training and practical hands-on learning opportunities. Students will develop a portfolio of event experience while collaborating with community partners designing, developing, promoting, and executing events in the public, non-profit, and corporate sectors.
Students will utilize project management systems and technological applications; they will apply traditional, virtual, and social marketing tools. Students will create budgets, cost the food and beverage elements of catering, select venues, manage staffing, and customer stakeholder relations. The faculty team are event industry professionals who have over 100 combined years of experience managing, owning, and operating hospitality businesses and event companies.
