Senior Conference Producer; Climate Action

Meetings Professionals International seeks a Senior Conference Producer for Climate Action in Chicago, IL. The role involves managing the production of high-impact hybrid and digital events focused on climate change, engaging global audiences and stakeholders. Responsibilities include planning event lifecycles, creating compelling agendas, conducting market research, and ensuring timely delivery of events. The position requires experience in high-profile events and collaboration with various partners.
Position: Senior Conference Producer (Climate Action)

About the Company:

Climate Action was founded in 2007 and has been working at the intersection of climate change policy, innovation, and finance.

We do this by creating complex, high-impact hybrid and digital events, engaging with our 140,000 members globally. We partner with an incredible ecosystem of 1,000 impact partners, UN Agencies, and private sector companies.

We are a commercial business with a clear mission: to drive meaningful climate progress through the work we convene. Joining us means contributing to that impact.
Our Events:

The Climate Action portfolio of projects and events include:
The Sustainable Investment Forum in both Europe and North America, during Climate Week NYC, The Climate Innovation Forum during London Climate Action Week. In addition, during COP our activities include the Climate Action Innovation Zone which hosts our flagship forums,
The Sustainable Finance Forum
, The Agri‑Food System Summit
, The Hydrogen Transition Summit and the Sustainable Innovation Forum
.
Role

Purpose:

The Conference Producer shapes our sponsorship‑driven events portfolio, delivering a commercially viable programme with a clear value proposition and tier‑1, high‑impact speakers that engage and attract global audiences.
About the Role:

You will own the creation and delivery of high‑impact events, shaping content, agendas, and programmes that align with the climate agenda. These events aim to bring together decision‑makers and policy experts.

You’ll manage the end‑to‑end production process, from research and topic curation to speaker engagement, event execution, and post‑event analysis.

Working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders, you’ll ensure every event delivers value for audiences, sponsors, and partners, while continuously exploring new themes and opportunities to maximise environmental and social impact.

This is a unique opportunity for someone with experience in high‑profile events, attended by senior representatives from regional governments, UN agencies, international and regional NGOs, investors, donors, research institutes, and solution providers.
Key Responsibilities:

Include but not limited to:
• Plan and manage the full production lifecycle of events aligned with the climate agenda
• Create a compelling event value proposition to attract high‑level speakers, sponsors, key partners and the target audience, to be delivered through sponsorship and marketing briefs
• Conduct in‑depth research on market trends, competitor landscapes, and industry challenges, and translate this research into commercially attractive agendas. This includes session content, interviewers, speaker scripts and production briefs
• Ensure a timely delivery of events, with accurate milestone tracking, that achieve set KPIs/goals. This will include the management of onsite event execution and post‑event analysis and reporting
• Support the Commercial team by coordinating sponsorship participation, and establishing content and speaker inventories to support revenue targets
• Design and implement strategies for audience acquisition and engagement

Work with marketing to keep event websites up to date with speakers, partners, sessions, and key information
• Write promotional copy for marketing campaigns and editorial content
• Keep your finger on the pulse by research and validation of new topics throughout the year to identify new timely launches
Requirements Essential
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience in creating, managing and delivering international B2B conferences funded by sponsorship and delegate or membership revenue streams; ideally in sustainability, climate change, energy or agriculture
• Events, by nature, are fast‑paced, high‑pressure environments, so you are someone who can adapt quickly and manage multiple priorities with ease.
• Proactive, detail‑oriented and organised; able to work independently to deliver tasks and achieve project objectives
• Experience in a single market sector, including evidence of strong relationships with key players across the industry, such as sustainable innovation, energy transition, investment, hydrogen, supply chains and climate policy
Desirable
• Extensive knowledge about climate change, environmental…