I think you are vastly overestimating the access one gains from organizing events. You don’t need to organize anything to get access to people. You just have to have something interesting to talk about. I’ve had access to VIPs in my field since I was 16 because I was working on interesting projects, and my experience within the EA community has been similar—the VIPs are easy to reach as long as you have a reason. And if you are managing someone else who is organizing an event, this should be easy to do, e.g. you can check up on your subordinates’ performance.
I think you are vastly overestimating the access one gains from organizing events. You don’t need to organize anything to get access to people. You just have to have something interesting to talk about. I’ve had access to VIPs in my field since I was 16 because I was working on interesting projects, and my experience within the EA community has been similar—the VIPs are easy to reach as long as you have a reason. And if you are managing someone else who is organizing an event, this should be easy to do, e.g. you can check up on your subordinates’ performance.