Large Scale Event of the Year

Amazon Pet Fest – DRPG

Amazon partnered with DRPG to deliver Pet Fest, a free, two-day public festival celebrating pets, their people and the communities that care for them. Designed to build on the success of the previous year, the event combined engaging experiences, educational content and strong community outreach while showcasing Amazon’s commitment to animal welfare and support for the growing pet-care sector.

DRPG transformed Weavers Fields into a vibrant, dog-friendly destination featuring interactive zones such as a high-energy Agility Park, a calming Doggie Wellness Retreat, an educational Kids Area and a bustling Vendor Village hosting more than twenty partners. Activities including scavenger hunts, competitions and live talks encouraged visitors to explore, learn and connect, while expert insights from an animal behaviourist added depth and credibility.

The project required a highly agile delivery, with DRPG securing a new venue and managing full production, logistics and welfare planning under tight timelines. Working closely with the RSPCA, on-site vets and safety partners ensured the event met rigorous animal welfare standards throughout.

Supported by a targeted marketing, PR and influencer campaign reaching more than 140,000 people, Pet Fest welcomed thousands of visitors and their dogs, strengthening Amazon’s reputation as a trusted, community-focused partner for pet parents and vendors.

CloserStill Media, Ai4 LLC, Ai4 2025

Founded in 2018 to bridge the gap between academic AI discussion and real-world enterprise implementation, Ai4 has grown into the largest AI conference in America while maintaining a highly curated, outcomes-focused experience.

Ai4 2025 welcomed 6,725 senior leaders from enterprise, government, academia, and startups, representing significant year-over-year growth while preserving audience quality. The event featured more than 600 speakers across 50+ tracks and an expanded exhibition hall hosting 224 companies, reflecting strong commercial confidence and ecosystem maturity. Innovation was embedded throughout the event design, from structured networking and curated roundtables to sector-specific summits and immersive community experiences that encouraged collaboration and meaningful connections.

Marketing combined creative storytelling with data-driven targeting to engage global audiences through partnerships, social media, PR, and educational content. Post-event feedback highlighted exceptional satisfaction among attendees, speakers, and exhibitors, with many reporting measurable business outcomes directly linked to participation.

By combining scale with thoughtful design, continual innovation, and consistent stakeholder value, Ai4 2025 exemplifies the qualities of a truly outstanding event and a strong contender for Event of the Year.

Immediate Live, MOVE IT 2025

MOVE IT 2025 celebrated the 20th anniversary of the world’s biggest dance event with its most successful edition to date. Held at ExCeL London, the event welcomed 35,000 visitors and achieved a historic milestone as both Friday and Saturday sold out completely for the first time.

Built around an audience-first strategy, the event focused on creating personalised experiences for key groups including students, families, professionals and hobbyists. This approach helped drive strong ticket sales, high class demand, and increased value per visitor, with almost all dance classes selling out across the weekend.

Programming highlights included headline appearances from Diversity and internationally renowned dance teacher Abby Lee Miller, alongside more than 240 classes, four live stages, competitions, auditions and industry talks. New initiatives such as the Discovery Stage, live podcast recordings, and the MOVE IT Dance Off Series created new opportunities for emerging talent and broadened the event experience.

Brand partnerships were embedded throughout the show floor, supporting immersive activations and career opportunities including live auditions with major entertainment companies.

With millions of social media views during show week and the introduction of MOVE IT’s first Social Host, the event continued to evolve beyond a three-day show into a year-round cultural platform celebrating dance and creativity.

Informa, Decorex

Decorex 2025 cemented its position as the leading luxury interiors exhibition, delivering an elevated experience that delighted visitors and exhibitors alike. Held at Olympia London, the event showcased an impressive array of high-end brands and innovative new exhibitors, reinforcing its reputation as a hub for creativity and design excellence. Despite challenges such as industry budget constraints and the announcement of a competing event, Decorex rose to the occasion with exceptional execution and a renewed focus on community and collaboration.

The show featured captivating highlights, including a stunning entrance display, a luxurious VIP Lounge, and the ever-popular Making Spaces, which celebrated craftsmanship and emerging talent. An expanded content program offered engaging talks, workshops, and intimate roundtable discussions, providing valuable insights into design trends and business strategies.

Decorex’s marketing and social media efforts created a buzz, drawing a high-quality audience and fostering meaningful connections. The event also supported the Furnishing Futures charity, aligning with its values by giving back to the community. Visitors praised the show as “elevated” and “inspiring,” with many eager to return. Decorex 2025 set a new benchmark for excellence, ensuring its continued success as the must-attend event for the luxury interiors industry.

Sift, The Finance, Accounting & Bookkeeping Show

The Finance, Accounting & Bookkeeping Show (FAB) has undergone a remarkable transformation between 2024 and 2026, evolving from an uncertain launch into the leading trade show for the accounting profession. In March 2024 the event recorded a loss. Two years later, under a new team and strategy, FAB has become the fastest-growing and most innovative event in its market. 

Central to the turnaround was a fundamental shift in commercial strategy. The organisation moved from transactional sales towards a lifetime customer value model supported by total addressable market research, clearer ideal customer profiles, and a restructured sales team focused on both new business acquisition and account expansion. 

The results were immediate: 40 new businesses joined the show, 70% of them tier-one customers, while tier-two exhibitors grew by 180%. One tier-one client alone increased spend by nearly 480%.

Marketing also became more targeted, prioritising senior decision-makers from mid-tier and large firms, leveraging year-round engagement through AccountingWEB and a 365 audience model. The event also introduced innovative concepts such as the connected buyer programme, boardroom debates, Leaders Network, 1-2-1 advisory sessions and AI labs. FAB has doubled in size every year since launch, and we are going to do it again in 2027.

The Assembly, HairCon 2025

HairCon is no ordinary trade show! Welcoming over 7.6k visitors, +98% on 2024, HairCon 2025 reimagined the traditional trade show model for the professional hair & barbering industry. Hosted in an O2 music venue, the stage was set for incredible Fashion week-inspired shows and a real departure from the traditional corporate exhibition spaces and events seen by the industry. 

HairCon redefined the typical schedule of a trade show, breaking boundaries to create a festival style format, inviting guests to stay all night and weekend long! 

Blending creative catwalk moments, retail opportunities and commercial success for brands on the showfloor, and networking, inviting connection among the industry, the event offered something for all attendees. 50% of guests stayed for 6 hours+, and 33% attended across multiple days with 97% of guests rated the event as amazing, very good and good, and 95% saying they would recommend to a colleague. 

Brand partners saw record sales & engagement across the weekend, and from their 12month partnership with HairCon. Testament to the success of the event, 80% of the 60 companies from 2025 have rebooked. leading us to double the event for 2026, taking over the neighboring warehouses to scale.

Wellfest 2025 – FUEL

WellFest 2025 solidified its position as Europe’s largest outdoor health and wellness festival, evolving from a 1,500-attendee grassroots event in 2015 to a sold-out weekend phenomenon attracting over 12,000 participants to Dublin’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Operating on a “Live Well and Live Long” ethos, the 2025 edition delivered a masterclass in strategic growth and community engagement.

The festival successfully exceeded three critical KPIs: growing male attendance to 24%, increasing regional participation so that Dublin residents comprised less than 40% of the crowd for the first time, and smashing family attendance targets with 410 families participating. Programming innovation reached new heights with the debut of a morning run club led by Olympians and diverse sessions featuring global experts like Joe Wicks and Jenny Keane.

Operational excellence was matched by commercial success through the WellVillage, a curated marketplace of over 100 brands providing an integrated, non-intrusive attendee experience. Supported by a robust marketing campaign reaching 80 million people, the event achieved a 99% “good” or “very good” satisfaction rating. With 2026 expansions into HYROX and a new Belfast event, WellFest 2025 has built an unrivaled foundation for long-term success.

Event of the Year (over 1000 attendees)

AstraZeneca and Emota at ASCO: Immersive, Intelligent and Sustainably Designed

At ASCO in Chicago – the world’s largest oncology congress, attended by 45,000 healthcare professionals – AstraZeneca set out to evolve what leadership looks like on the exhibition floor, not by being louder, but by being more meaningful.

In one of the most competitive global healthcare environments, the congress presence was transformed from static display to immersive participation. Grounded in original HCP research and behavioural analysis, the experience was designed around real delegate needs – skimmers, paddlers and deep-divers – creating a 360° interior environment that invited exploration at every depth.

Twenty-three LED screens, synchronised displays, dynamic lighting and directional audio delivered a fully immersive storytelling system, unified by a particle-based avatar guiding personalised journeys. Purposeful technology – including RFID interactions, transparent OLED touchscreens, Apple Vision Pro and the FOYAH content platform – enabled compliant, self-directed engagement.

The results were exceptional: 18,257 unique visitors (41% of attendees), 87% conversion from foot traffic, over seven minutes average dwell time and 2,209+ active interactions. Delivered at 12% lower cost with measurable carbon reductions and an 85% BOSS sustainability score, the experience reset expectations for innovation, audience engagement and commercial performance at a global medical event.

CloserStill Media, Ai4 LLC, Ai4 2025

Founded in 2018 to bridge the gap between academic AI discussion and real-world enterprise implementation, Ai4 has grown into the largest AI conference in America while maintaining a highly curated, outcomes-focused experience.

Ai4 2025 welcomed 6,725 senior leaders from enterprise, government, academia, and startups, representing significant year-over-year growth while preserving audience quality. The event featured more than 600 speakers across 50+ tracks and an expanded exhibition hall hosting 224 companies, reflecting strong commercial confidence and ecosystem maturity. Innovation was embedded throughout the event design, from structured networking and curated roundtables to sector-specific summits and immersive community experiences that encouraged collaboration and meaningful connections.

Marketing combined creative storytelling with data-driven targeting to engage global audiences through partnerships, social media, PR, and educational content. Post-event feedback highlighted exceptional satisfaction among attendees, speakers, and exhibitors, with many reporting measurable business outcomes directly linked to participation.

By combining scale with thoughtful design, continual innovation, and consistent stakeholder value, Ai4 2025 exemplifies the qualities of a truly outstanding event and a strong contender for Event of the Year.

Informa, Decorex

Decorex 2025 cemented its position as the leading luxury interiors exhibition, delivering an elevated experience that delighted visitors and exhibitors alike. Held at Olympia London, the event showcased an impressive array of high-end brands and innovative new exhibitors, reinforcing its reputation as a hub for creativity and design excellence. Despite challenges such as industry budget constraints and the announcement of a competing event, Decorex rose to the occasion with exceptional execution and a renewed focus on community and collaboration.

The show featured captivating highlights, including a stunning entrance display, a luxurious VIP Lounge, and the ever-popular Making Spaces, which celebrated craftsmanship and emerging talent. An expanded content program offered engaging talks, workshops, and intimate roundtable discussions, providing valuable insights into design trends and business strategies.

Decorex’s marketing and social media efforts created a buzz, drawing a high-quality audience and fostering meaningful connections. The event also supported the Furnishing Futures charity, aligning with its values by giving back to the community. Visitors praised the show as “elevated” and “inspiring,” with many eager to return. Decorex 2025 set a new benchmark for excellence, ensuring its continued success as the must-attend event for the luxury interiors industry.

LegalTechTalk 2025

LegalTechTalk 2025 has quickly become one of the most influential gatherings in the global legal innovation ecosystem. Hosted in London, the event brought together thousands of leaders from law firms, in-house legal teams, startups, investors and technology providers from more than 75 countries.

Designed to challenge the format of traditional legal industry events, LegalTechTalk prioritises interaction, collaboration and real-world outcomes. From the moment attendees arrive, the experience is intentionally high energy and welcoming, with thoughtfully designed networking spaces, hospitality throughout the event, and programming that encourages meaningful conversation.

The agenda combines senior industry leadership with practical insight, featuring influential speakers from across the legal and technology sectors. Interactive formats such as a live Hackathon and the Startup Launchpad competition bring innovation to life, allowing attendees to witness new ideas and solutions emerging in real time.

LegalTechTalk also champions global collaboration and community engagement, working with international networks and organisations across the legal ecosystem. By combining world-class event design, meaningful networking and a vibrant international community, LegalTechTalk has become the platform where the legal industry comes together to explore and shape its future.

PPC 8th Commercial Conference – DRPG

PPC partnered with DRPG to deliver its 8th Commercial Conference in Athens, bringing together 1,200 colleagues, partners and customers for a transformative experience built around the theme “One Vision.” The event marked a strategic shift, presenting PPC not as separate brands and markets but as one unified international business with a shared future. DRPG designed a narrative-led journey that replaced traditional presentations with immersive storytelling, technology and human-centred content. The experience began with the PPC World Gallery, an interactive space featuring 12 film-led zones that explored the organisation’s people, projects and innovation through visual and audio storytelling. This layered introduction allowed delegates to engage with PPC’s scale and diversity before entering the main arena. At the heart of the conference, an 86-metre, 260-degree screen environment delivered cinematic content, leadership insights and mapped motion graphics that brought strategy to life. A powerful opening film and carefully choreographed live moments created emotional connection, while a seamless transition into an evening celebration reinforced a sense of shared progress. The conference achieved its goal of strengthening unity and clarity, demonstrating the impact of combining storytelling, creativity and technology to inspire collective purpose.

Procurement Leaders, World Procurement Congress

Founded in 2004, the World Procurement Congress (WPC) set out to transform procurement from a transactional back-office function into a strategic driver of business value. Over two decades, it has grown into the world’s leading forum for procurement leadership, bringing together the profession’s most influential voices.

WPC 2025 marked a significant milestone in that journey. Designed through a year-round production cycle and shaped by industry insight, the congress tackled the defining challenges of modern procurement, including AI adoption, digital transformation, and supply chain volatility.

The event welcomed 1,231 attendees, including 152 Chief Procurement Officers, representing organisations managing approximately £8 trillion in procurement spend. Through insight-led marketing, community-powered advocacy, and strategic partner collaboration, WPC 2025 delivered £3.07M in revenue while exceeding delegate targets.

More than a conference, WPC has become a global platform for leadership, innovation, and collaboration, empowering procurement leaders to shape strategy, influence organisations, and drive meaningful impact worldwide.

Sift, Finance, Accounting & Bookkeeping Show

The Finance, Accounting & Bookkeeping Show (FAB) has undergone a remarkable transformation between 2024 and 2026, evolving from an uncertain launch into the leading trade show for the accounting profession. In March 2024 the event recorded a loss. 

Two years later, under a new team and strategy, FAB has become the fastest-growing and most innovative event in its market. Central to the turnaround was a fundamental shift in commercial strategy. The organisation moved from transactional sales towards a lifetime customer value model supported by total addressable market research, clearer ideal customer profiles, and a restructured sales team focused on both new business acquisition and account expansion. 

The results were immediate: 40 new businesses joined the show, 70% of them tier-one customers, while tier-two exhibitors grew by 180%. One tier-one client alone increased spend by nearly 480%.

Marketing also became more targeted, prioritising senior decision-makers from mid-tier and large firms, leveraging year-round engagement through AccountingWEB and a 365 audience model. The event also introduced innovative concepts such as the connected buyer programme, boardroom debates, Leaders Network, 1-2-1 advisory sessions and AI labs. FAB has doubled in size every year since launch, and we are going to do it again in 2027.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, The CIPD Festival of Work

The CIPD Festival of Work is the UK’s largest gathering dedicated to the future of work. Delivered by Wonderly in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the 2025 edition transformed Excel London into a vibrant hub of ideas, learning and connection for the people profession.

Uniquely, the Festival is entirely sponsor/exhibitor-funded, allowing it to remain free to attend and accessible to thousands of professionals. The challenge for 2025 was clear: increase attendance conversion above 50%, grow revenues, attract more senior decision-makers and maintain the Festival’s position as the profession’s annual meeting point.

Through a content-first strategy, seven themed stages, immersive feature areas and innovative sponsor partnerships, the event delivered an energising, festival-style experience that blended insight with participation.

The results were exceptional. Attendance grew 13% year-on-year, reaching nearly 13,000 visitors, while conversion exceeded target at 51%. Audience quality also increased, with three quarters of attendees involved in purchasing decisions and a clear rise in senior leaders beyond HR.

Commercial performance also reached record levels, with strong growth in sponsorship and exhibition demand and a sold-out show floor.

Festival of Work 2025 didn’t just deliver a conference – it created a dynamic, inclusive community experience.

Event of the Year (up to 1000 attendees)

Blueprint Partners, Geely EX5 Launch

In 2021 there were around 396,000 fully electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK. In 2025 this number has risen to 1.7 million (source: ZapMap), an increase of 329%. The UK EV market is becoming increasingly crowded, and any new entrant needs to become memorable in an instant.

Chinese automotive brand Geely Auto decided to launch in the UK in 2025, with the Geely EX5. The automotive manufacturer needed a brand and product launch that would not only officially mark the launch of Geely Auto UK, but share the brand’s long-term vision and business plan, positioning itself as a front runner in the UK EV market.

With almost 500 attendees, the event achieved exactly what it needed to and more, gaining more than 11.5 million live-stream views of the launch, media interview coverage in 13 publications and a reach of more than 850 million across all publications. The website achieved an impressive 1.5 billion monthly visits the month of launch, with more than 9.8 million views of total online coverage over the launch period. To that end, Blueprint Partners has been appointed to deliver the launch of the next model from Geely Auto UK.

Hennik Research Ltd. (part Of Nineteen Group), Manufacturing Leaders’ Summit

Manufacturing Leaders’ Summit (MLS) 2025, created by The Manufacturer, is a highly curated leadership forum designed for senior decision-makers shaping the future of UK manufacturing. 

In an increasingly saturated events landscape, MLS takes a deliberately different approach, prioritising audience quality, independent content, and meaningful interaction over scale. The event brings together senior leaders from across the sector to address the most pressing challenges facing manufacturing today, including AI and data adoption, supply chain resilience, sustainability, and workforce transformation. 

What sets MLS apart is its focus on peer-to-peer engagement. Through a combination of keynote sessions, structured roundtables, and live audience polling, the event creates an environment where insight is actively co-created, rather than passively consumed. This results in highly relevant, experience-led discussions grounded in real operational challenges. 

The 2025 edition delivered strong engagement and industry impact, generating valuable insights into the state of digital transformation, leadership, and innovation across the sector. 

By combining rigorous audience curation with a distinctive, interaction-led format, MLS continues to redefine what a modern conference can deliver, creating not just an event, but a platform that supports better decision-making and stronger leadership across UK manufacturing. 

Infopro Digital, Risk Live Europe

Risk Live Europe 2025 became the defining European gathering for senior financial risk leaders by delivering measurable growth in satisfaction, seniority and commercial impact.

The 2025 event illustrates the festival’s exponential growth, and welcomed 880 senior professionals up 35% YoY from 371 institutions generating over £1million revenue for the first time, growing 54% YoY. 

 

78% of the audience were head-of level or above and CRO attendance (our most senior delegate profile) increased 134% year on year. Buy-side participation rose by 22% to 39%, broadening institutional representation. .

Delegate Net Promoter Score increased from 38.7 in 2024 to 47.3 in 2025, a 22% year-on-year improvement. Sponsor NPS increased from 12.5 to 80, a 540% increase. 96% rated speakers good or excellent, 91% rated networking positively and 94% intend to return.

The programme was redesigned using structured 2024 feedback, increasing depth, improving reliability and strengthening roundtable clarity. Risk Live Europe 2025 delivered a great audience experience, practical innovation, strong client advocacy and sustained commercial strength. It was trusted, influential and commercially strong.

The event stood out because it combined board-level candour with practical takeaways. Delegates were not passive attendees. It is why Risk Live Europe is widely viewed as a fixed point in the risk calendar.

Infopro Digital, XLoD Global – London

XLoD Global – London 2025 brought together senior non-financial risk leaders across the 3lines of defence for two days of candid, practitioner-led discussion under Chatham House Rule. Hosted at Convene 133 Houndsditch, London on 11–12 November 2025, the event exceeded its core scale and conversion targets, delivering 856 registrations and 827 attendees with a 3% no-show rate and 365 paying delegates. 

 Advocacy was strong, with an attendee NPS of 44 and 40.5% renewed. Commercially, performance improved year-on-year: sponsorship revenue rose 1.5% YoY, while delegate revenue grew 21.9% YoY for financial institutions and 28% YoY for non-financial institutions. Exact revenue figures are not disclosed in public-facing materials. 

 What makes XLoD different is the combination of a high-trust room (no press), interaction-led sessions (roundtables that delegates call out as the most valuable element), and a tight feedback loop that turns survey insight into changes for the next edition. This event has established itself as an absolute must for market participants across the globe because of the senior-level takeaways, unmissable networking opportunities, and the central meeting point for the non-financial risk community. 

Law Business Research, IPBC Asia

Intellectual Property Business Congress (IPBC) Asia has emerged as a cornerstone event in the intellectual property (IP) landscape, particularly within the dynamic and rapidly evolving markets of Asia. Since its inception, IPBC Asia has consistently provided a platform for IP professionals, industry leaders, and policymakers to converge, share insights, and drive forward the IP agenda in the region. 

Make Events, Nobu Manchester Groundbreaking: Transforming a construction site into an Iconic Brand Experience

The groundbreaking of Nobu Manchester marked the beginning of one of the city’s most ambitious luxury developments – a £360m scheme bringing the UK’s first Nobu Hotel, Restaurant and Residences outside London to Manchester.

But this was bigger than a building. It was about putting Manchester firmly on the global luxury stage. As Salboy co-founder Simon Ismail said, “Manchester is a brand.” This activation needed to prove it; blending global prestige with Northern ambition.

Staged beneath the city’s historic viaducts on a live construction site with no infrastructure, it became the first physical expression of Nobu Hospitality in the city.

Founders Robert De Niro, Nobu Matsuhisa and Nobu CEO Trevor Oxhall joined 200 VIPs and international media in a transformed tunnel environment.

The result: 45+ pieces of targeted coverage, front-page national press, major broadcast exposure and a media narrative that exceeded expectations. Proving that bold creative vision can turn even a construction site into a globally resonant brand moment.

University of East London, Neighbourhood Health Hub

The University of East London (UEL) is a forward-thinking institution committed to transforming lives through inclusive education and career-focused opportunity. In October 2025, it launched the Neighbourhood Health Hub (NHH) – the UK’s first university-led centre designed to deliver hospital-quality, integrated specialist care in a community setting, reducing the need for hospital visits and championing prevention and early intervention.

The launch marked a complex national milestone: the unveiling of a pioneering prototype for community-based healthcare. The event brought together a senior Parliamentary minister, healthcare leaders, students and local residents, positioning UEL at the forefront of innovation in health and education.

Remarkably, this high-profile, multi-layered event was delivered by a core team of just six professionals. With collective accountability and disciplined coordination, the team led strategic planning, ministerial engagement, stakeholder management, programme design and full event production. They navigated governance, security and reputational considerations while ensuring the occasion remained inclusive and community-focused.

The result was a seamless, high-impact launch that strengthened cross-sector relationships, elevated UEL’s national profile and demonstrated the power of a small, agile team to deliver transformational impact at scale.

 

Best Event Agency (over 50 employees)

Emota

Emota is redefining what a modern event agency looks like, combining 45+ years of heritage with the power of a fully integrated global model. Formed through the unification of Ashfield Event Experiences and WRG within Inizio, we deliver 3,800+ experiences annually across 50 countries for 70+ clients, the majority operating in highly regulated healthcare environments. With $308m turnover, 15.4% year-on-year growth and an NPS of 8.67, our performance is measured not just in scale, but in enduring partnerships that significantly exceed industry tenure benchmarks.

What sets Emota apart is the seamless integration of creativity and control. Strategy, creative, production, film, digital, compliance and programme governance operate as one ecosystem, ensuring bold ideas are delivered with technical precision, regulatory confidence and financial discipline from day one.

From global medical congresses and 5,000+ delegate conferences to immersive exhibitions and hybrid scientific broadcasts generating hundreds of thousands of engagement minutes, we design experiences that translate complexity into clarity and measurable impact.

Our structured governance, risk management and rigorous performance frameworks enable us to deliver in the most demanding environments, as demonstrated in major global programmes for AstraZeneca.

Emota is creatively ambitious, operationally uncompromising and trusted to deliver the moments that matter most at global scale.

First Event

In 2025, First Event made a deliberate shift to strengthen the operating foundations enabling consistent delivery excellence at scale.  

Having grown significantly, from 27 to over 60 people in five years, and transitioned to an employee-owned business, we focused on ensuring the structures, behaviours and leadership behind our delivery matched our ambition. 

As employee-owners, this transformation was collective. Everyone has skin in the game. Everyone shares accountability. 

We strengthened our operating model and leadership structure through Objectives and Key Results-led governance, reinforcing commercial discipline while deepening our creative and strategic capabilities. We embedded sustainability into the core of our operations. 

At the same time, delivery did not slow. Creativity and ambition did not shrink.  

We delivered 205 events worldwide, while improving gross margin from 29% to 39%, reflecting stronger commercial discipline and improved delivery quality. 73% of revenue came from existing clients, with repeat programmes generating £8.3m and a further £2.16m in new programmes commissioned by those same clients.  

Employee Net Promoter Score increased from 9 to 35 and we retained our place on The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list for the third consecutive year.  

We delivered at scale, improved margins and strengthened culture.

Imagination

With an industry backdrop of tightening budgets, intensified competition and the over-saturation of algorithmic sameness, Imagination responds by rallying around one clear belief: originality wins. We treated originality as a commercial lever, applying it across client work, operations, and culture. 

We secured 10 major new client wins, expanded key accounts, and delivered more than 150 projects for over 20 global brands. Client NPS reached 80: a true measure of trust. Our work delivered measurable impact across brand, cultural, and commercial outcomes, from global platforms to inventive, hands-on experiences that truly lived up to our name.

Crucially, we grew without compromising what matters most – investing in our people, protecting wellbeing, and building a culture where originality can thrive.

2025 marked our evolution from being imaginative to being defined by originality. We remain strong in our knowledge that we are trusted, resilient, and more creatively powerful than ever.

Premier Events

Premier Events is a full service event agency where strategy, creative and delivery sit under one roof. Content strategists, writers, designers, producers, technical specialists and delegate management teams work together as one integrated team from the first idea through to the live show.

That structure is what makes Premier different. The people shaping the message are the same people responsible for delivering it in the room. Content is written for the stage, design supports the story and production is built around how the audience will experience the event. Nothing is handed over between disconnected teams.

Because of this, clients bring Premier in when the moment matters. Leadership conferences, business turning points and brand moments where the message needs to land and the experience needs to run flawlessly.

We start by understanding the business objective and the shift the organisation wants to create. From there we shape the narrative, design the audience journey and produce the event so every element works together.

The result is events that are clear, engaging and confidently delivered, helping organisations land important messages and move their audiences forward.

Wonderly

Wonderly is an award-winning, progressive agency and a division of Haymarket Media Group that specializes in transforming professional association events into commercially robust, high-impact experiences. Operating as a strategic partner, we function as an extension of our clients’ teams to drive audience growth, digital innovation, and social responsibility. In 2025, our commitment to excellence delivered record-breaking results across our flagship portfolio. The CIPD Festival of Work saw a historic shift, attracting over 11,000 visitors and achieving 50% year-on-year revenue growth.

Wonderly is a Certified B Corp and holds ISO 20121 accreditation, leading the industry in sustainable event management. Our ability to blend commercial grit with editorial creativity has secured long-term partnerships with prestigious bodies like the RCPCH and CIPD. In 2026, our growth trajectory continues with the acquisition of the Diabetes UK Professional Conference and the launch of the RCS England Future of Surgery Festival, reinforcing our status as the partner of choice for the UK’s leading professional societies.

Your Event Solutions

Your Event Solutions (YES) is a global meetings, incentives, conferences and events agency specialising in the design and delivery of impactful corporate experiences for international organisations. As part of the ALTOUR group, YES combines the creativity and flexibility of a specialist events agency with the global reach and operational expertise of a leading travel management company.

The agency delivers a diverse portfolio of programmes including international conferences, executive leadership meetings, incentive travel programmes and strategic corporate events. Each experience is designed to support client objectives while creating memorable and engaging moments for attendees.

Working in close partnership with its clients, YES develops tailored event strategies that combine creative design, thoughtful audience engagement and seamless operational delivery. The team manages every stage of the event lifecycle, from initial concept development through to production and post-event evaluation.

Innovation, collaboration and attention to detail underpin the agency’s approach. By integrating creative thinking, event technology and global logistics expertise, YES consistently delivers high-quality experiences for organisations and their audiences.

Through its strong client partnerships, global perspective and commitment to excellence, YES continues to demonstrate why it is a trusted partner for organisations seeking to deliver exceptional events.

Best Event Agency (up to 50 employees)

AOK Events

2025 was AOK Events’ most successful year yet, both financially and culturally and we were proud that the company transitioned from a small business into a medium sized business.

AOK Events is majority employee-owned and we grew to 40 employees.  We were the first hospitality company to win a Great Place to Work Award post pandemic and our investment in our culture and employees is high on our SLT agenda. 

We celebrated our 25th birthday last June with a magnificent 24 hour party, but also elected to celebrate by “giving back”. Our relationship with Ace of Clubs strengthened, with us not only volunteering regularly but also overseeing an event, which raised £48,000.

We are hopefully close to getting B Corp certification and our employees are proud of us being as committed to societal and environmental well-being, as we are to financial success. 9 members of staff got promotions in 2025 and we continue to offer career development opportunities to all our team. 

2025 was a landmark year, one that saw us join the upper echelons of the UK’s event management companies. Our brilliant team delivered nearly 2,500 events with nearly perfect feedback, working seamlessly to make unforgettable happen for our clients.

Lemon Lane

Lemon Lane is an independent, female-founded event agency creating experiences that resonate emotionally, intellectually and commercially. Since 2020, we’ve built a reputation for designing and delivering live, virtual and hybrid events that feel effortless in delivery and intentional in impact.  

Now a team of 20 and an £11.5m turnover business, Lemon Lane works with organisations including Mars, monday.com and Hays Specialist Recruitment, maintaining 100% client retention and growing primarily through referrals.

Our approach begins with clarity of intent. We ask what needs to change as a result of the event and design every element around that outcome. 

Responsible delivery is embedded throughout.  Guided by our full-time Sustainability Manager, we challenge sourcing, supplier selection and legacy decisions. Partnerships with platforms such as isla’s TRACE ensure accurate carbon measurement and credible reporting, while our ESG Charter underpins this work, including a clear pathway to net zero by 2050. 

Measurement is equally integral.  Our proprietary In-Site framework and Return on Resonance metric assess not just attendance and satisfaction, but genuine business, brand and behavioural impact, giving clients credible evidence of value.

We don’t simply deliver events, we embed as one team, aligning emotion with strategy, creativity with commercial reality, and excellence with responsibility.

Marketing in Partnership Ltd (part of the Arc Network)

Marketing in Partnership (MiP)

MiP works in partnership with clients across the asset management and financial services sector to deliver exceptional event experiences. 

Our team of event managers, speaker experts, designers and content specialists create and execute flawless end-to-end event solutions – always with a distinctive WOW factor. Innovative, collaborative and fully bespoke, our approach creates the unique setting that helps each event to sparkle. 

From global asset and wealth managers to specialist boutiques, many of our clients have worked with us for over a decade. They come to MiP for impeccable execution; they stay with us because we consistently deliver something different. 

Built on three core values – trust, reliability and delight – our brand is underpinned by forensic attention to detail. Our clients know they’re in safe hands, and feedback from clients and delegates confirms that we continue to exceed expectations. 

Beyond our commercial work, our pro bono events work with CASCAID harnesses our team’s skills for the greater good, helping to raise over £5.5mn for charities since 2017.

Maverick Live

Maverick Live was founded during the pandemic by a team that believed there was a better way to deliver live experiences. The agency was built around a collaborative model that brings creative design, production, digital, video and event delivery together under one roof.

Operating from a 40,000 square foot headquarters in Warrington, the growing team brings together an integrated group of creatives, producers and technical specialists who work collectively from concept through to delivery. This structure allows ideas to develop quickly, adapt creatively and ensures clients benefit from a single team responsible for every stage of the event journey.

Over the past year the agency has delivered a diverse portfolio of conferences, exhibitions, brand activations and large-scale experiences across the UK and internationally, building strong partnerships with both long-standing clients and new brands.

Alongside its expanding portfolio, Maverick Live has continued to invest in its people. Recent internal promotions have created an expanded senior leadership team, ensuring skills from across the business help shape the agency’s next phase of growth.

Driven by creativity, collaboration and a commitment to delivering beyond expectation, every time, Maverick Live continues to build a reputation as a trusted partner for ambitious live experiences.

Outsourced Events

Outsourced Events is an award-winning B2B event management agency founded in 2001 by Denise Sharpe and Alexandra Sibley. Celebrating 25 years in 2026, we deliver 240+ events annually for global technology brands and UK professional associations, with a team of 47 professionals.

We work with global technology brands across technology brands, as well as UK professional associations  = relationships built on expertise, trust, and consistent delivery. Results that speak for themselves: 100% client NPS, 100% client retention, and revenue growth from £1.4m to £4.2m between FY19 and FY25.

We are ISLA members, Women-Owned Business certified, and hold Best Companies 1-Star Accreditation –  ranked Top 5 Best Marketing & Media Agencies to Work For, Top 50 Best Small Companies in the UK, and Top 75 Best Companies to Work For in London. Our in-house training programme and £75,000+ annual investment in people means clients benefit from one of the most skilled, stable teams in the sector.

In our 25th year, we are as ambitious as ever, combining deep sector knowledge, creative event design, and a values-led culture to deliver events that create genuine impact for every client. Our work has been independently recognised with a range or award shortlist and wins.

Total Management Group

TMG is proud to be considered for Best Event Agency, reflecting our delivery of over 100 events across 20+ countries for leading global brands, including Binance, Robinhood, Duolingo, Spotify, Ramp, and Snowflake.Our integrated model combines Events, Studio, and Travel, producing seamless end-to-end experiences from strategic concepting and creative design to logistics, production, and global delegate management. Working collaboratively from our New York and London offices, our Events team brings decades of diverse experience in planning and executing large-scale conferences, summits, and activations. The Studio team delivers immersive design, audience journey mapping, and brand storytelling, while the Travel team manages complex logistics, white-glove itineraries, and incentive programs. Together, they ensure creativity, operational excellence, and audience experience are wholly considered.

Recent highlights include Robinhood’s “To Catch a Token” keynote with 21M livestream views, Ramp’s Consumer Summits, Checkr’s Sales Club incentive trip, and Binance’s luxury incentive programs, achieving 98% attendee satisfaction. Named The Times ‘Best Place to Work’ 2024 and 2025, female-led with 60% leadership representation, and highly regarded by clients, TM G combines global scale, creativity, and cultural intelligence to deliver world-class events that drive measurable impact. 

 

Best Event by an Agency

Audience, Google Impact Summit 2025

Audience delivered the Google.org Impact Summit: EMEA 2025 in London as a retreat-style gathering for over 200 senior leaders from the nonprofit and philanthropy sector, funders and partners united around a shared mission: addressing major global challenges and helping organisations accelerate real progress.

The programme treated innovation as a tool, not a talking point. Built around curated networking, workshops, speaker sessions and interactive nonprofit showcases, attendees could explore real-world applications across health, education, community resilience and public services. A bespoke event app supported personalised agendas and meeting requests, making sure the right conversations happened in the room and continued long after.

The delivery was detail-led, with bold staging, smooth registration and a sustainable, paperless approach that felt as intentional as the event itself.

What made it stand out was its practicality and ability to create a impact long after the event has ended. New connections formed between nonprofits and funders, concrete follow-up conversations were set in motion, and organisations left with real potential collaborations and funding opportunities within reach.

Clearwater Events, The Talent Exchange Programme

The Talent Exchange Programme is a programme we at Clearwater Events are immensely proud to have delivered in partnership with Busy Bees. From the outset, this was never about simply delivering an event. It was about creating a meaningful, international learning experience that reflected shared values, strengthened global alignment, and placed people firmly at the centre of delivery.

 

Busy Bees invited Clearwater Events to move beyond logistics and work alongside them as a true partner. Together, we co-designed a complex, multi-country programme that balanced strategic learning objectives with care, inclusion, and cultural awareness. Over three immersive weeks, educators from across the global organisation travelled through the UK and Ireland, engaging in collaborative learning, practical project work, and rich cultural exchange.

 

Clearwater Events led the end-to-end design and delivery, including international travel, accommodation, transport, communications, and on-site support. Innovation was embedded throughout, from digital onboarding and streamlined processes to shared residential accommodation that fostered connection while delivering strong value for money.

 

What makes TEP special is not only how smoothly it ran, but how deeply it resonated with all of us. Delegates returned home with renewed confidence, practical tools, and lasting professional connections.

First Event, Midnight Summit 2025

Brief to event in six weeks. A Grade I listed building with a last-minute art installation that couldn’t be moved, due to a London wide art festival. Incredible demands for tech and, especially, internet bandwidth to facilitate not just 400+ attendees using the web, but hackers collaborating on live projects to showcase the client’s platform in a building designed before electricity. Oh, and a former chancellor, Financial Times journalist and former head of MI5 were speaking. 

This was the challenge handed to the FE team by new blockchain services platform ‘Midnight’ in October 2025. It was only going to be possible because all of the required skills were in-house, with teams willing and able to pivot on a sixpence when requirements changed outside of the clients or agency’s control . Being employee-owned, First Event-ers have skin in the game, making them always eager to go the extra mile.  

And boy did they deliver. 95% of attendees rated the event excellent/good; 94% would attend again or recommend; 89% of partners initiated collaborations or created opportunities in the room, demonstrating the true sense of community and trust at the event. 

Frontify, Paradigms 2025 – AOK Events

Paradigms 2025 incorporated bucket list activities, inspiring venues, thoughtful touch points and engaging networking opportunities for an audience of 200 pre-selected global experts, creatives and brand leaders.

AOK Events delivered a seamless experience from finding the right venues and engaging entertainment in Marrakech through to bespoke production, creative event branding and full event management. 

The brand marketing summit took place over three days at Beldi Country Club, Le Bedouin Desert camp and Dar Soukkhar with guests enjoying two days of content from creative leaders from Meta, Spotify, Condé Nast and more as well as unforgettable activities including a hot air balloon ride at sunrise, quad biking in the desert and yoga in a beautiful greenhouse. Social connections were formed during lantern lit drinks receptions, by the pool and at the after party set in an exclusively hired desert camp. Guests experienced high hospitality throughout with transfers from the moment they landed, premium accommodation options, luggage management and a large team of event managers that made each step of the itinerary run smoothly. Guests flew in from 21 different countries and represented 23 different industries and left feeling inspired and giving the event both a 100 NSAT and 100 NPS score.

Maverick Live, Sysco GB Supplier Conference

As one of Maverick Live’s flagship projects, the Sysco GB Supplier Conference brings together the agency’s full range of services across pre-event development and live delivery, spanning creative concept design, video and content production, digital innovation and technical production. The conference is a highly anticipated event in the UK foodservice industry calendar, bringing together key suppliers, partners and senior leadership.

Following consecutive sell-out events, the 2025 conference needed to grow significantly while maintaining the high level of engagement that had become central to its success. Maverick Live developed a multi-venue conference format across Brighton’s seafront, enabling the event to increase delegate numbers by over 60% while introducing new environments designed to increase interaction.

The programme combined immersive breakout sessions, an expanded supplier exhibition and a new Food Engagement Hall, creating opportunities for networking, product discovery and connection. The delegate experience was supported by bespoke video and content creation, creative staging and a digital platform that connected every stage of the event journey from pre-event engagement, in event interactivity to post event feedback.

The event achieved an overall satisfaction score of 4.7 out of 5, reinforcing its reputation as one of the UK foodservice industry’s most anticipated supplier events.

Rapiergroup, Sibos 2025

Sibos 2025, delivered by Rapiergroup in partnership with and on behalf of Swift, set a new benchmark for global financial services events. Our objective was to create an immersive, seamless delegate experience for over 12,000 visitors from 168 countries, blending human-first design with cutting-edge innovation. The event featured intuitive wayfinding, vibrant networking spaces, and the show-stopping Swift stand—an environment that embodied the synergy between technology and humanity. The Discover area showcased future-focused ideas, while the food hall brought the outdoors inside, offering relaxation and surprise. Sibos 2025 broke records for attendance and engagement, with 700+ speakers, 290+ exhibitors, and strong digital participation. We delivered measurable impact across reach, insight, and sustainability, achieving just 7% food waste and prioritising low-impact materials. Our collaborative approach, creative excellence, and commitment to continuous improvement made Sibos 2025 a truly standout global event.

Team Tactics, Feed the 500

Delivered on 17th September 2025 at Borough Market, Feed the 500 was a bold, collaborative response to London’s escalating food poverty crisis.

With 6.6% of households experiencing food insecurity (Trust for London) and more than 183,000 Londoners homeless or in temporary accommodation (London Councils), Team Tactics supersized its charitable cooking model to deliver immediate, measurable impact.

In just three hours, 100 participants from nine businesses created 500 nutritious meals for vulnerable communities. Partnering with Plan Zheroes, a charity that redistributes surplus food, the meals were distributed to eight local frontline charities the same day. The event also raised £6,500 to support ongoing food redistribution efforts.

Designed as a pro-bono, multi-stakeholder initiative, Feed the 500 united corporate teams, charity partners and community organisations in one shared space. More than a team-building event, Feed the 500 demonstrated how corporate gatherings can generate tangible social impact while strengthening community connections and business purpose.

Total Managment Group, Robinhood: To Catch a Token

Robinhood Presents: To Catch a Token was a bold hybrid crypto launch designed and delivered by Total Management Group (TM G) to reinforce Robinhood’s European presence, announce new crypto products, and spotlight its Bitstamp acquisition, redefining what a crypto launch could be.

The event achieved 21 million+ livestream views in its first week, secured 218+ global media placements, and earned broadcast coverage on Bloomberg and CNBC, with features in The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Fortune, and MarketWatch.

TM G created a multi-layered experience in Cannes centered around a private Château keynote, transformed through refined, venue-sensitive design that respected the historic setting while creating an unmistakably Robinhood atmosphere. Significant challenges included strict build limitations, outdoor weather risks, and complex technical requirements, all overcome through a custom floating stage, robust power infrastructure, and a broadcast-quality livestream.

A cinematic teaser film and multi-camera production delivered a compelling virtual experience for global audiences, while a custom-programmed drone show became the event’s signature moment, using the night sky to tell Robinhood’s product and brand story in an unexpected and emotionally resonant way.

To Catch a Token set a new benchmark for Web3 launches, demonstrating the power of integrated storytelling, bold creativity, and flawless execution at scale. 

Best Conference/Events Team

Alternative Events

Alternative Events delivers a modern, intelligent event experience built around meaningful conversations between senior buyers and carefully selected vendors. 

We are not a trade show, traditional conference or ‘festival’. Our hybrid model combines the best elements of these, creating an environment where high quality engagement comes first. 

 Our commercial approach is deliberately designed to bring fresh thinking into the room. 

We encourage vendor churn  because our 200 pre-qualified buyers want to meet new suppliers each year, not visit the same stands in a crowded exhibition hall.  This commitment to relevance is reinforced by our Advisory Boards, who shape our retargeting. 

 In 2025 this model delivered outstanding results.  Accountancy events exceed target by 35% and Legal by 25%, with year-on-year growth including a standout 64% rise for the Accountancy series.  Strong audience curation, smart data discipline and close sales-marketing collaboration supported exceptional commercial outcomes.

Innovation across both series added new energy onsite, from Vendor Spotlights and hands on workshops to roundtables, X Factor and Somoan Circle.

Feedback from sponsors and delegates was exceptional, with many calling our events the “best we have attended”, praising the atmosphere, organisation, relevance and ROI.

BizClik Media, Events Team

The Events Team at BizClik Media is a highly specialised group of six delivering a global portfolio of large-scale conferences, executive gatherings, private events and awards across procurement, supply chain, sustainability, technology and AI. Operating across three continents and multiple time zones, the team manages the full event lifecycle from strategy and commercial delivery to production and on-site execution.

In 2025, the team delivered more than 35 events worldwide, consistently producing complex, high-profile experiences that rival those of much larger organisations. Their most remarkable achievement came in September, when they executed nine events across London, New York and Boston in just three days. This included a 2,000-attendee flagship conference, multiple sponsor experiences, a global awards ceremony, a major US sustainability conference during Climate Week, and a bespoke private client event.

Despite significant logistical complexity and limited resources, the team delivered flawlessly through disciplined planning, innovative operating models and seamless global coordination. Their work has strengthened sponsor relationships, expanded premium event offerings and reinforced BizClik’s reputation for world-class delivery — demonstrating exceptional teamwork, resilience and execution at scale.

CloserStill Media Ai4 2025

The team behind Ai4 2025 brought together cross-functional expertise across marketing, sponsorship, content, operations, and attendee experience to deliver a highly complex event at significant scale while maintaining quality, agility, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Working across multiple disciplines, the team successfully grew the event to 6,725 attendees, expanded the exhibition by 55% year-over-year, and delivered more than 600 speakers across 50+ tracks while maintaining a senior decision-maker audience and strong commercial outcomes. Throughout planning and execution, the team introduced innovative approaches to networking, content curation, sponsor integration, and data-driven marketing, ensuring measurable value for attendees, exhibitors, and partners.

The team overcame challenges associated with rapid growth, logistical complexity, and evolving industry expectations through close collaboration, iterative planning, and proactive problem solving. Feedback from attendees, speakers, and exhibitors highlighted both the quality of execution and the strength of the team’s service-oriented approach.

By combining strategic thinking, operational excellence, and a shared commitment to continuous improvement, the Ai4 team delivered exceptional results and exemplifies the qualities recognized by the Best Conference / Events Team award.

emap Publishing, Emerald

One team. Nine brands. Three years of beating budget.

In 2023 the Emerald Events team exceeded their target by 15%. In 2024, after a planned merger of two divisions into one, they did it again. In 2025, they did it a third time. Same 30 people. More output. A harder market. And in a year when hitting budget proved difficult across many parts of the wider business, the events team delivered contribution growth of 13%, improved margins from 55% to 57%, and became the largest revenue stream in the division.

That did not happen by accident.

What this team built over three years is not just a stronger financial performance. It is a different way of working. Commercial, content, marketing and operations aligned behind a single target for the first time. Ten new events launched. Four Women in Series events cloned across new markets. An AI chatbot that cut inbound emails by 90%. Venue negotiations that saved £250,000. Fourteen promotions from within.

They navigated a merger, grew output from 21 to 31 events, won three internal awards, placed two team members in the EN30under30 class, and kept going.

This is what a high-performing events team looks like.

Emota, Meetings & Events

Emota’s Meetings & Events team is the engine powering complex global event delivery at scale. With 274 specialists across the UK and US, we deliver 2,000+ events annually in 40+ countries, supporting 300,000+ attendees and 30 active global clients. Over 90% of our work supports multi-event and multi-year programmes, reflecting long-term partnerships built on trust.

With 45+ years of healthcare expertise, we operate in highly regulated environments where compliance, governance and precision are critical. That discipline strengthens our delivery across sectors including energy, finance and retail. Our global Pod structure, unified leadership and 5D integration framework ensure clear accountability and seamless collaboration with in-house specialists in Strategy, Creative, Production, Film and Digital.

Our sustained performance is evidenced by 20+ multi-year partnerships, client tenure three times the industry average and 100+ stakeholders rating us 9/10. From large-scale congress portfolios, multi-year global programmes, to high-impact experiential campaigns, we deliver outcomes aligned to strategic and commercial objectives.

Underpinned by deliberate governance, structural innovation and a culture that prioritises collaboration and accountability, we consistently deliver complex global programmes without compromise.

Road3, Events Team

Road3 is a specialist team delivering some of the UK’s most impactful sports, charity and purpose-led events. Despite its boutique size, the team consistently produces large-scale, high-profile conferences, awards and charity dinners attended by thousands of delegates and notable figures from football and beyond.

Over the past 12 months alone, Road3 has delivered a portfolio of standout events including the Women in Football Be Inspired Conference 2025, the Northwest Football Awards 2025, and major charity fundraising dinners for organisations including the Michael Carrick Foundation and Burnley FC in the Community. Collectively, these events welcomed over 5,500 attendees and raised more than £250,000 for charitable causes.

The team’s strength lies in its agility, creativity and commitment to client outcomes. Operating in the fast-moving football industry, Road3 has developed systems that allow it to respond instantly to changing fixtures, evolving sponsor requirements, and high-profile guest logistics, while maintaining flawless delivery and exceptional attendee experiences.

Client retention is a key measure of success, with Road3 retained for multiple consecutive years by flagship clients. Trusted to deliver high-stakes, high-profile events involving global football figures, Road3 has built a reputation as a reliable, innovative and results-driven team, delivering events that inspire audiences, exceed client expectations and create lasting impact.

The CIPD and Wonderly Events Team

The Wonderly & CIPD Events Team delivers one of the UK’s most ambitious professional event portfolios. Together, they produce 13 events annually, including two flagship exhibitions attended by thousands: the CIPD Festival of Work at Excel London and the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition in Manchester, alongside specialist topic conferences, regional events and an online student conference.

This integrated programme requires seamless collaboration across Wonderly’s content, marketing, commercial and operations teams, working closely with CIPD subject experts to ensure every event delivers authoritative insight, strong audience engagement and commercial success.

The CIPD Festival of Work 2025 exemplifies this approach. Reimagined as a content-led, immersive experience with seven stages and interactive features, the event successfully expanded beyond its traditional HR audience to attract more senior business leaders while maintaining deep relevance for CIPD members.

The results were exceptional: attendance grew 13% year-on-year, registration-to-attendance conversion reached 51%, and 75% of attendees held purchasing influence. Commercial performance also reached record levels, increasing by a total of 26% increase year-on-year.

Through creativity, collaboration and operational excellence, the Wonderly and CIPD Events Team consistently delivers events that connect communities, advance professional conversations and set a benchmark for modern business conferences.

UKREiiF, Operations

The UK Real Estate, Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) is the UK’s largest investment and infrastructure event held annually in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Since launching in 2022, the event has experienced extraordinary growth, expanding from 3,000 delegates in its first year to an anticipated 16,000 in 2026.

Behind this rapid expansion is a highly agile Operational Team of just four full-time staff, supported by a returning freelance team of four specialists during peak delivery. Together, they plan and deliver one of the most complex conference environments in the UK.

Unlike most events of this scale, UKREiiF is not hosted in a traditional convention centre. Instead, it operates across The Royal Armouries Museum and Leeds Dock, transforming a mixed-use public waterfront into a fully operational conference campus – and a campus that is also home to over 2,000 residents.

Today the event spans over 217,000 sq ft, with 225 individual activation spaces ranging from land pavilions, water pavilions conference spaces, meeting pods, panel rooms, auditoriums, museum galleries, exhibition halls and many meeting spaces in commercial offices  — each requiring full operational delivery.

University of East London

The Corporate Events Team at the University of East London is a centralised team of six delivering the University’s most high-profile and complex events. In 2025 alone, the team delivered 24 umbrella events comprising 60 sub-events across three campuses, ranging from multi-day graduation ceremonies and ministerial visits to large-scale community festivals integrating recruitment, fundraising and civic engagement.

Despite staffing changes, limited space in a live teaching environment and external disruption including London Underground strikes, the team maintained high standards of delivery. Graduation ceremonies served over 18,900 graduates and guests, while more than 5,400 participants attended other events. Free, open-access events achieved a 113% registration-to-attendance conversion rate and participant satisfaction exceeded 76%, outperforming sector benchmarks.

The team is recognised for its practical innovation, including an umbrella event model aligning multiple institutional objectives within single programmes, flexible planning processes that absorb late changes without destabilising delivery, creative use of the campus space, and embedded accessibility practices.

Operating collaboratively across the institution and with external partners, the team safeguards reputation, strengthens stakeholder relationships and enables strategic priorities. Its versatility, resilience and measurable impact distinguish it as a leading conference and events team.

Best Event Industry Supplier

Bridged

Bridged is the AI technology partner for event-led media businesses, helping organisers maximise event revenue, sponsor impact, and audience engagement without increasing operational overhead. Bridged enables teams to build AI-native event playbooks that sit across the lifecycle, from audience acquisition and engagement to attendee support and sponsor lead generation and ROI measurement.

At the centre is Bridged’s AI Command Centre: an operational layer that sits above an organiser’s existing technology stack and allows teams to deploy outcome-led playbooks without a tech sprint. Each playbook is designed around a specific event outcome, such as support deflection, engagement, lead capture, qualification, or activation, and is configured and governed through one interactive dashboard, powered by task-specific AI tools working together.

Bridged takes a partnership-led approach to delivery, designed to move clients beyond pilots into measurable performance. Through our 3P+ approach (Plan, Play, Prove, Scale), we align stakeholders on success criteria, deploy controlled pilots with clear governance, prove impact against agreed KPIs, and operationalise what works across portfolios.

CrowdComms

CrowdComms is an event technology partner trusted by organisations that can’t afford friction, from enterprise teams at EDF to the NHS Confederation and Make-A-Wish UK.

We deliver registration, ticketing, badging, event apps and virtual/hybrid experiences, but our real value is how we work: we plug into event teams as a calm, proactive extension of them, designing journeys that reduce risk, remove admin and improve the experience for every audience.

Our impact is measurable. For EDF, we built a robust, unified registration journey that captured complex delegate requirements in a single pass, reducing manual admin, improving data quality and supporting a confident onsite experience. At NHS Confederation’s DEMEC 2025, we supported a high-volume arrival with no registration bottlenecks, alongside full lead capture adoption for exhibitors. For Make-A-Wish UK, our platform helped create a smooth, supportive experience for wish families, contributing to an exceptional 100% Net Promoter Score.

Whether the goal is faster throughput, cleaner data, stronger sponsor ROI or better attendee satisfaction, CrowdComms builds solutions aligned to purpose, audience and outcomes,  powering events that matter.

Food by Dish

Food by Dish is one of London’s leading event caterers, with over 30 years of experience delivering high-quality, contemporary catering across a diverse range of events. Known for its creative approach and reliable service, the company specialises in flexible, inclusive catering solutions for corporate events, private celebrations, venue partnerships and large-scale hospitality experiences.

Established in the early 1990s, the company quickly built a strong reputation within the events industry for quality food, innovative menus and professional service. Following its acquisition by Eventist Group in 2017, the business has continued to grow, strengthening its operational infrastructure and expanding its capabilities while maintaining the personal approach that defines its brand.

Today, Food by Dish employs approximately 30 full-time staff across leadership, operations, sales, finance, kitchen and event management, supported by a trusted network of freelance chefs and event professionals. The company is accredited at numerous prestigious London venues and also delivers events in unique and unconventional locations.

Food by Dish is recognised for offering “affordable luxury,” combining premium food, seamless service and thoughtful event delivery at a competitive price point. With a strong commitment to sustainability, local sourcing and client satisfaction, the company continues to deliver memorable dining experiences for events.

Giant iTab

Giant iTab is a leading global provider of innovative, digital-first event technology, with over 15 years of experience supporting organisers, exhibitors, agencies, and venues worldwide. Renowned for its Giant Smartphone range and foldable LED solutions, the company enhances engagement, wayfinding, and content delivery across events of all sizes. Its technology enables real-time updates, interactive experiences, and seamless integration into exhibition stands and venues, helping clients maximise footfall, dwell time, and ROI. Operating across four continents with a strong partner network, Giant iTab combines global reach with local delivery, improving efficiency while reducing costs and environmental impact. Sustainability is central to its offering, replacing printed materials with reusable digital displays and lowering power consumption. Flexible service models, including dry hire and full-service solutions, ensure accessibility for varying budgets and event requirements. In 2025–26, Giant iTab are set to deliver 131 projects for 67 clients and secured over 100 future bookings, demonstrating proven scalability and consistent demand. Its deployment at major industry events has driven record-breaking attendance and measurable engagement improvements. Through continuous innovation, reliable delivery, and a clear commitment to sustainability, Giant iTab consistently elevates event experiences, making it a standout and deserving Industry Supplier of the Year.

Interprefy

Interprefy is a leading provider of enterprise-grade multilingual communication solutions for the global events industry, enabling real-time understanding across languages for in-person, virtual and hybrid events.

Working with over 100 Fortune 500 companies, Interprefy has delivered more than 100,000 events worldwide, reaching over 10 million end users and facilitating more than 20 million minutes of interpretation. From major global platforms such as UEFA competitions, Roland Garros and the Rugby World Cup to events like TEDx, the World Government Summit and even an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, Interprefy enables truly global participation at scale.

Its hybrid approach, combining professional interpreters with AI-powered speech translation and live captions, allows event organisers to expand audience reach, increase engagement and deliver more inclusive, accessible experiences without added complexity or cost.

Interprefy integrates seamlessly into leading event platforms, ensuring multilingual communication is embedded directly into the live experience. This has helped organisations unlock new markets, enhance attendee satisfaction and increase the overall commercial value of their events, while also contributing to more sustainable delivery through remote and hybrid models.

Media Contacts

For over thirty years Media Contacts has been identifying and placing top talent in the B2B events industry. It has helped secure pivotal moves for some of today’s industry leaders, as well as potentially the leaders of tomorrow, with these candidates delivering hundreds of millions of pounds of revenue, driving innovation and creating employment opportunities. Media Contacts continues to be a vital business partner to the majority of top conference owners and is known for its thoroughness, unparalleled market access and insights, ethical approach and ability to get things done. 

Orange Beach Bars

Orange Beach Bars is an independent, owner-led drinks caterer redefining modern event catering through high-capacity, brand-led beverage operations. Founded in 2019 in Brighton, we have grown from a single horsebox bar into a national operator delivering 150 events in 2025, including 97 major brand activations across the UK.

At major festivals and live events, drinks are often the biggest revenue driver on site. We treat beverage service as a core catering discipline, combining hospitality standards with commercial performance. We design, build and operate our own fleet of mobile bars and static units, enabling fast deployment, consistent delivery and scalable service in complex live environments.

Operational excellence is matched with creative execution: reusable modular branding, premium sponsorship builds, gamified activations and rigorous licensing and compliance planning. We recruit and train our teams to deliver exceptional service, backed by strong client feedback and repeat partnerships.
Independent yet nationally scalable, we deliver drinks-led catering that enhances audience experience, strengthens brand value and drives event profitability.

TEMBO

Delivering successful events requires specialist expertise, scalable marketing capability, and strong conference programming. Yet most organiser teams operate in intense delivery cycles where resources cannot always match ambition.

TEMBO was founded in 2014 to solve this challenge.

Today TEMBO operates as an integrated marketing and growth partner for the global events industry, providing campaign delivery, embedded marketing specialists, and commercial conference programming that help organisers scale audiences and deliver commercially successful events.

Over the past 12 months, TEMBO has supported 800+ events across sectors including fintech, healthcare, defence, retail, sustainability, and public policy. Clients continue to expand their relationship with TEMBO, reflected in an 85% rebook rate and NPS of +55.

TEMBO Impact – Last 12 months

• 800+ events supported globally.

• 188 marketers embedded in organiser teams.

• 1,000+ conference programmes produced.

• 2,000+ speakers secured.

• Average +24% registration growth

TEMBO operates through four services:

• MARKETING – high-performance campaigns via in-house agency delivery and embedded freelance specialists inside organiser teams.

• CONTENT – conference programming attracting senior audiences and delivering sponsor value.

• TRAINING & CONSULTANCY – strategic guidance, team upskilling, and practical support to improve campaign outcomes.

TEMBO invests in future talent through TEMBO Academy and initiatives such Women in Exhibitions, delivering both measurable commercial growth and long-term sector impact.

Most Engaging & Creative Event

Dezeen, Design You Can Feel

In 2025, Dezeen partnered with ASUS to deliver a spectacular event during Milan design week called Design You Can Feel. Reaching an audience of over a billion and generating $13 million of value for the technology brand, the campaign successfully positioned ASUS as a design-led innovator during the biggest moment in the design calendar.

In so doing, we pulled off the biggest commercial partnership in Dezeen’s history and delivered a fantastic return on investment for ASUS, with the client describing the project as “a new benchmark for how meaningful brand stories can be told within a cultural context”.

Diversified UK & Europe, British Tourism & Travel Show 2026

Tourism Tycoon turned the British Tourism & Travel Show into a fully interactive, game-led experience – inspired by classic board game mechanics and built as original BTTS IP.

Visitors collected Stamps in a physical Passport by meeting exhibitors, attending sessions in the Knowledge Bank and taking part in themed challenges designed to guide movement around the ‘board’ and unlock discovery across the show.

Stamps translated into tiered prize draw entries, with more interactions unlocking greater chances of winning one of 26 prizes provided by exhibitors.

Every element was designed to drive footfall and interaction. Visitors could attempt to escape Lock Up by rolling double sixes, take on Lucky Break challenges, spin the Coach Parking wheel, and draw mystery challenges from Traveller’s Chest – sending them to new stands, encouraging deeper exploration, and prompting conversations they might not otherwise have had.

Costumed characters brought the experience to life, adding energy, theatre and surprise. Every exhibitor was part of gameplay, while Prize Partners were woven into the experience through enhanced visibility and incentives.

Tourism Tycoon showed how a simple, creative, low-cost idea can enhance a trade show experience – making it more fun, more rewarding, and more effective for everyone involved.

Event Arena, Česká spořitelna, The Birthday Party – A Moment Once in Two Centuries!

In 2025, Česká spořitelna – the oldest bank in the Czech Republic – celebrated its 200th anniversary with the largest internal event in its history. The goal was to transform a historic milestone into a contemporary celebration that would strengthen employee pride and create a shared moment for colleagues across the country.

The celebration was designed as a nationwide journey culminating in a spectacular finale at Prague’s O2 Arena. Nearly 14,000 guests attended the event, making it the largest private corporate production ever staged at the venue.

At the heart of the experience was a monumental stage design inspired by a birthday cake – a symbol of celebration scaled to arena size. The production featured 604 m² of LED screens, 144 kinetic light spheres moving above the audience, and 13,986 synchronised LED wristbands transforming the entire arena into a living light installation.

Employees were not only spectators but active participants, including a record-breaking 3,566-person choreography led by Yemi A.D.

The result was an extraordinary collective experience that combined technological innovation with genuine emotion. With a NPS of 87 and 98% of participants reporting increased pride in the company, the celebration successfully turned a 200-year anniversary into a defining moment for the organisation’s future.

Financial Times, FT Live at Davos

FT Live at Davos 2026 transformed a week at the World Economic Forum into a fully integrated, broadcast-led global experience. Blending live events, studio production, editorial journalism and multi-platform storytelling, FT Live delivered 19 hybrid events reaching audiences across 134 countries.

At the heart of the programme was The Davos Daily Show, a newsroom-style broadcast format replacing traditional conference panels with in-depth interviews, real-time analysis and contextual reporting from senior Financial Times journalists. High-profile political leaders, CEOs and cultural figures joined the studio, creating dynamic, news-driven conversations that extended far beyond Davos.

A coordinated social media takeover, dedicated Davos Hub, livestream strategy and on-demand distribution amplified the impact worldwide, generating over one million social impressions and hundreds of thousands of video views.

By integrating live programming with FT newsroom coverage, partner amplification and post-event editorial content, FT Live created a seamless content ecosystem not just an event series.

FT Live at Davos 2026 redefined what a conference presence can be: authoritative, globally accessible and creatively reimagined for the digital age.

FT Live at Davos | Highlight Reel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jewkWdIakc&t=4s

Lloyd’s, Lloyd’s Immersive Experience – Step through history and into the future

The Lloyd’s Immersive Strategy Launch set a new benchmark for corporate communication, transforming a complex strategic vision into a dynamic, multisensory experience shared by hundreds of colleagues across London and around the world. Delivered in just five weeks from concept to completion, the Lloyd’s Events Team replaced the traditional town hall with a three zone physical journey. Blending scent, sound, LED environments, AI generated visuals and responsive interactivity to bring Lloyd’s past, present and future vividly to life.

Designed for deep engagement, the experience invited colleagues to participate at every stage, from QR enabled cocreation to interactive floors and personalised audio moments. A synchronised hybrid broadcast ensured that remote participants shared the same narrative flow, emotional impact and clarity as those onsite.

The response was exceptional. Colleagues described the event as “powerful,” “goosebump inducing,” and “award winning,” with engagement levels surpassing all previous internal Lloyd’s events. Purpose driven, technologically ambitious and emotionally resonant, this launch established a new organisational blueprint, demonstrating that strategy can be felt, not just understood.

Nationwide Retail Leaders Conference – DRPG

Nationwide partnered with DRPG to deliver its Retail Services Event at the NEC Birmingham, bringing together thousands of colleagues from across its branch network for a dynamic, one-day experience focused on connection, recognition and future growth. Designed to move beyond the traditional conference format, the event created an energising, human-centred environment that reflected Nationwide’s customer-first culture and evolving priorities.

At the heart of the experience was an in-the-round plenary that fostered open dialogue between leaders and colleagues, supported by live polling, Q&A and real-time interaction. The programme blended strategic updates, honest conversations and inspiring stories, alongside a powerful keynote from former British Rally Champion Penny Mallory on resilience and performance.

An immersive Marketplace extended learning beyond the stage, featuring interactive “Challenge Cubes” that brought themes such as customer insight, digital innovation and leadership to life through hands-on activities. Recognition was woven throughout the day, from live celebrations to a high-energy DJ booth spotlighting colleague achievements in real time.

The event delivered exceptional impact, with attendees feeling motivated and reporting a stronger connection to Nationwide’s values, reinforcing pride, alignment and a shared commitment to delivering brilliant customer experiences.

Sysco GB, Sysco GB Supplier Conference 2025 – Maverick Live

The Sysco GB Supplier Conference is the flagship annual event for Sysco GB, bringing together suppliers, partners and senior leadership from across the UK foodservice sector.

In 2025, Maverick Live set out to challenge the traditional conference format. The event design centred on an experience-led environment where delegates actively participated in the content. With a packed agenda, avoiding content fatigue from a presentation-led programme was essential.

Interactive breakout environments replaced passive sessions, including a fully built café scenario with live actors, immersive logistics showcases and silent-headset content experiences. The expanded Supplier Lunch and the introduction of a dedicated Food Engagement Hall created space for networking and product discovery, responding directly to delegate feedback requesting more time to connect and digest content.

Engagement ran across the event through a creative thread linking the daytime programme to the evening gala. Delegates took part in a retro television-themed photo activation, contributing survey responses that later powered a bespoke Family Fortunes-style game show hosted by Vernon Kay.

Supported by collaboration across in-house digital, creative and production teams, the event achieved 99% app adoption and a 4.7/5 satisfaction score, demonstrating the impact of a conference designed around creativity, participation and meaningful engagement.

The Assembly, HairCon

HairCon is no ordinary trade show! Welcoming over 7.6k visitors, +98% on 2024, HairCon 2025 reimagined the traditional trade show model for the professional hair & barbering industry. Hosted in an O2 music venue, the stage was set for incredible Fashion week-inspired shows and a real departure from the traditional corporate exhibition spaces and events seen by the industry. 

HairCon redefined the typical schedule of a trade show, breaking boundaries to create a festival style format, inviting guests to stay all night and weekend long! 

Blending creative catwalk moments, retail opportunities and commercial success for brands on the showfloor, and networking, inviting connection among the industry, the event offered something for all attendees. 50% of guests stayed for 6 hours+, and 33% attended across multiple days with 97% of guests rated the event as amazing, very good and good, and 95% saying they would recommend to a colleague. 

Brand partners saw record sales & engagement across the weekend, and from their 12month partnership with HairCon. Testament to the success of the event, 80% of the 60 companies from 2025 have rebooked. leading us to double the event for 2026, taking over the neighboring warehouses to scale.

Best Overseas Conference/Event (over 2500 attendees)

AstraZeneca and Emota at ASCO 2025: Redefining Oncology Engagement

At ASCO in Chicago – the world’s largest oncology congress, attended by 45,000 healthcare professionals – AstraZeneca sought to redefine what leadership looks like on an international stage.

In one of the most competitive global healthcare environments, we transformed the congress booth from static presence to immersive participation. Grounded in original HCP research and behavioural analysis, the experience was designed around real delegate needs – skimmers, paddlers and deep-divers – creating a 360° interior environment that invited exploration at every depth.

Twenty-three LED screens, synchronised displays, dynamic lighting and directional audio delivered a fully immersive storytelling system, unified by a particle-based avatar guiding personalised journeys. Purposeful technology – including RFID interactions, transparent OLED touchscreens, Apple Vision Pro and the FOYAH content platform – enabled compliant, self-directed engagement.

A coordinated international marketing strategy amplified the experience, driving organic social amplification and peer-to-peer industry visibility.

The results were exceptional: 18,257 unique visitors (41% of attendees), 87% conversion from foot traffic, over seven minutes average dwell time and 2,209+ active interactions. Delivered at 12% lower cost with measurable carbon reductions and an 85% BOSS sustainability score, the event set a new benchmark for immersive, intelligent and commercially successful healthcare congress engagement.

CloserStill Media, Ai4 LLC, Ai4 2025

Ai4 2025 delivered an innovative, commercially successful, and engaging international conference. Established in 2018, Ai4 was created to bridge the gap between academic AI discussion and enterprise implementation, bringing together business leaders, policymakers, researchers, and technology providers in a practical, outcomes-focused environment.

Ai4 2025 welcomed 6,725 attendees representing significant year-over-year growth while maintaining audience quality. The event featured more than 600 speakers across 50+ tracks and expanded its exhibition hall by 55% to host 224 exhibitors, demonstrating strong commercial performance and stakeholder confidence.

Audience interaction and attendee experience were central to the event design, with structured networking, curated roundtables, an intuitive event app, and immersive community experiences that encouraged meaningful connection and collaboration. A research-led approach to planning, combined with data-driven marketing and strategic partnerships, ensured targeted outreach and strong engagement.

Post-event results showed exceptional satisfaction among attendees, speakers, and exhibitors, with many reporting measurable business outcomes. By combining scale, innovation, and operational excellence, Ai4 2025 set a new benchmark for overseas conferences and demonstrated alignment with the goals of this award category. 

Dezeen, Design You Can Feel

In 2025, Dezeen partnered with ASUS to deliver a spectacular event during Milan design week called Design You Can Feel. Reaching an audience of over a billion and generating $13 million of value for the technology brand, the campaign successfully positioned ASUS as a design-led innovator during the biggest moment in the design calendar.

In so doing, we pulled off the biggest commercial partnership in Dezeen’s history and delivered a fantastic return on investment for ASUS, with the client describing the project as “a new benchmark for how meaningful brand stories can be told within a cultural context”.

FUEL, PayPal Ai Summit – We are Ai Native

In July 2025, FUEL – Ireland’s leading expereience & entertainment group – partnered with PayPal to launch a transformative global event: the inaugural PayPal AI Summit. Tasked with moving Artificial Intelligence from a high-level concept to a foundational reality for every employee, the summit was designed as a high-impact hybrid experience. Centred at PayPal HQ in San Jose and broadcast to a global workforce, the event successfully reached over 6,000 employees. By blending technical expertise with playful, accessible activations, the summit reinforced a new corporate DNA: We Are AI Native.

Innovation Media, Africa Tech Summit

Africa Tech Summit Nairobi — described as “the Super Bowl of African technology” — is the continent’s leading platform “Where African Tech Connects.” Founded in 2016 by Andrew Fassnidge to bridge a critical gap in cross‑border collaboration, the summit has grown into a premier gathering for global investors, corporates, policymakers, and high‑growth startups. 

Hosted annually in Nairobi, it features multi‑track conferences, a major exhibition, Founders Day, and the Africa Tech Summit Awards, all infused with a vibrant festival atmosphere showcasing African music, culture, and creativity.

The summit attracts over 2,000 delegates from 65+ countries and has been featured on Bloomberg, BBC, CNBC, and global media. Over eight years, it has driven more than $1B in venture capital, accelerated hundreds of startups, created jobs, and established Nairobi’s flagship African Tech Week. With global expansion underway — including a new Asia edition in 2026 — the summit continues to shape Africa’s digital future.

techoraco, Datacloud Global Congress 2025

Datacloud Global Congress is presented as the leading international gathering for the digital infrastructure ecosystem, bringing together more than 4,200 senior executives in 2025. The submission highlights the event’s significant growth since its move to Cannes, offering two full days across multiple stages with high profile speakers from major global technology companies. Key themes included large scale investment into data centers, advances in design standardisation, power generation and transmission, and new cooling innovations. Alongside formal sessions, the Congress enabled strong commercial outcomes through private meeting rooms, cabanas, workshops, and dedicated networking spaces that supported new partnerships and business development.

The document showcases major year on year growth across revenue, delegate attendance, sponsorship retention, and international representation. Core event strengths include VIP engagement, extensive research driven content, high participation from leading data center operators, and strong brand support across the ecosystem. The programme also featured the Digital Infra Leadership Summit, the Talent in Tech initiative, the Datacloud Awards, and new product features such as investor roundtables, technical workshops, and the Datacloud Energy series. Strategic decisions such as an enhanced pre event day, the launch of a rebook campaign, and expanded venue space contributed to customer experience and commercial success.

techoraco, Metro Connect USA

Metro Connect USA 2026 marked a defining inflection point for the North American digital infrastructure market. In its 25th year, the event delivered exceptional, measurable growth with 3,800 senior attendees, more than 1,200 companies represented, record revenues and 40% of partners rebooking within just 10 days, while deliberately preserving the intimacy, trust and access that have underpinned the brand for over two decades.

Guided by a CXO Leadership Committee and deep stakeholder relationships across the fibre, data centre and investment ecosystems, Metro Connect evolved into a high‑performance, deal‑driven platform. Leadership‑led content design, insight‑driven focus on growth sectors, and the introduction of curated, invitation‑only networking formats enabled deeper peer‑to‑peer engagement and more meaningful commercial outcomes.

New premium experiences, including executive summits, sector‑specific meetups, expanded social programming and closed‑door discussions, attracted both new and repeat sponsors, delivering 85% retention and strong new‑business conversion. A data‑driven marketing strategy further accelerated audience growth, engagement and qualified leads, reinforcing Metro Connect’s position as the industry’s annual starting point.

More than an event, Metro Connect USA 2026 demonstrated how scale and intimacy can coexist, converting relationships into measurable value and setting a confident foundation for sustained double‑digit growth in 2027 and beyond.

Terrapinn, Identity Week Europe 2025

Identity Week Europe is the world’s leading event dedicated to the future of identity, bringing together governments, financial institutions, technology providers, and enterprise end users to address the rapidly evolving identity landscape. Hosted at the RAI Amsterdam, the event serves as a global platform for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation across both physical and digital identity technologies.

In 2025, the event welcomed over 3,500 attendees from 112 countries, alongside more than 250 exhibitors and 250 expert speakers. The conference programme explored key topics including biometrics, digital identity infrastructure, fraud prevention, border management, identity access management, and decentralised identity. By uniting policymakers, regulators, and industry leaders, Identity Week Europe creates a unique environment where cross-sector collaboration drives progress across the identity ecosystem.

The event combines thought leadership with practical innovation. Attendees experience live technology demonstrations, participate in expert-led discussions, and connect through structured networking opportunities including roundtables, VIP meetings, and the popular riverside networking reception.

With 40 percent year-on-year growth in sponsorship and exhibition revenue, a Net Promoter Score of +42, and record international participation, Identity Week Europe continues to set the global benchmark for identity technology events, providing the definitive platform where the industry comes together to shape the future of identity.