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Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.

142,860 people do this job in the US. $61,160 a year.

now
15%

of the working time. Estimate.

Kinds of work
  • 49%
  • 29%
  • 21%
10%

Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.

Half the desk work within reach
February 2027

On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.

Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030

0%25%50%75%100%2027202820292030NowDesk work: 49% of the time
Chosen to Ceiling: the share
DateNow
NowEnd of 2030

What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .

At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.

How far this has come

With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 10%. Today's estimate: 15%.

0%5%10%15%20%2023202420252026GPT-4, March 2023: 0% within reachGPT-4 Turbo (Nov 2023), November 2023: 0% within reachGPT-4o, May 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.5 Sonnet (June 2024), June 2024: 0% within reacho1-preview, September 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct 2024), October 2024: 0% within reacho1, December 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.7 Sonnet, February 2025: 0% within reacho3, April 2025: 0% within reachGPT-5, August 2025: 1% within reachGemini 3 Pro, November 2025: 1% within reachClaude Opus 4.5, November 2025: 1% within reachGPT-5.2, December 2025: 2% within reachClaude Opus 4.6, February 2026: 2% within reachClaude Mythos Preview (early), April 2026: 10% within reachToday (estimate), September 2026: 15% within reach
Each step is a new best model measured by METR, four in five; the dashed end is today's estimate. Point at a dot for the model.

A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.

The tasks

Sorted by . 21 tasks from .

TaskKind
Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security.Done daily by most who do it. 19%5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days15%Half by Jun 2027
Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task.11%3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work daysStays with people
Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events, such as meetings, conferences, and conventions.Done hourly or more by most who do it. 10%1.3 h25 min to 3.3 hStays with people
Direct administrative details, such as financial operations, dissemination of promotional materials, and responses to inquiries.Done daily by most who do it. 10%3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work daysStays with people
Evaluate and select providers of services according to customer requirements.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task.7%2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h46%Half by Oct 2026
Plan and develop programs, agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements.Done daily by most who do it. 6%5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days15%Half by Jun 2027
Hire, train, and supervise volunteers and support staff required for events.Done daily by most who do it. 6%4.2 h1.3 h to 1.7 work daysStays with people
Confer with staff at a chosen event site to coordinate details.Done daily by most who do it. 5%1.3 h38 min to 3.3 hStays with people
Negotiate contracts with such service providers and suppliers as hotels, convention centers, and speakers.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 4%2.5 h50 min to 1 work dayStays with people
Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 4%1.7 h50 min to 3.3 hStays with people
Maintain records of event aspects, including financial details.Done daily by most who do it. 3%1.3 h25 min to 4.2 h69%Half by now
Organize registration of event participants.Done more than monthly by most who do it.3%3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days25%Half by Mar 2027

Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.

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