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Is mega-event planning right for you? What does it take to get onto and succeed in a project like the Super Bowl, Olympics, or World Cup? What happens when you're brought on to consult on a mega-event coming to your city?
Join the APA Career Center’s free Career Catalyst webinar on Wednesday, September 23, from 12–1 p.m. CT, for a peek behind the curtain of the mega-event career track. Learn how planners break into this niche, what agencies and host committees look for in team members, and why experience on a mega-event can reshape a planner's career trajectory.
Panelists will highlight the opportunities that mega-event experience has offered their careers while candidly unpacking the challenges that come with compressing complex, high-profile planning needs into fixed deadlines at massive scales.
From transportation and public safety planning to venue logistics and community engagement, the mega-event career path is open to planners with wide ranges of expertise. Come find out if it's a good fit for you.
Panelists:
- Johnathan Gates, AICP | Student Representative Council Chair
- Nick Efron | Senior Manager, Transportation, LA28
- Catherine Feerick | Director of Planning and Development, City of Newton, MA
- Moderator: Romina Marca Narvaez, M.S., B.S. Arch. | Transportation Planner, CivTech