Event of the Year (over 1200 attendees)
CloserStill Media, Best Practice Birmingham
Best Practice Birmingham event is a leading platform for healthcare professionals within primary care and general practice, making it a strong contender for the Exhibition of the Year award. This event excels in offering relevant, high-quality content tailored to the evolving needs of GPs, GP Partners, Clinical Directors, Practice Managers, and more. It brings together a diverse range of industry experts, providing valuable insights on the latest healthcare innovations, best practices, and regulatory updates.
Best Practice Birmingham offers an immersive experience with practical workshops, networking opportunities, and access to cutting-edge solutions that help improve patient care and streamline practice management. The event’s focus on hands-on learning and real-world application ensures that attendees gain valuable skills to implement within their own practices.
The exhibition’s strategic location in Birmingham makes it accessible to healthcare professionals across the UK, fostering a strong sense of community within the primary care sector. Additionally, its dedication to sustainability, inclusivity, and supporting professional development distinguishes it as a standout event.
With its high-caliber speakers, innovative content, and lasting impact on primary care practices, Best Practice Birmingham truly deserves to be recognized as Exhibition of the Year.
DPW Amsterdam 2024
Since 2019, DPW Amsterdam has grown into the world’s most influential procurement and supply chain event, attracting a global audience of industry leaders, tech disruptors, and startups. DPW Amsterdam 2024 marked its biggest evolution yet, expanding in scale, engagement, and international impact.
The 2024 theme, “10X”, challenged organizations to embrace AI and disruptive technologies. The event delivered 140 speakers, 70+ sessions across 7 stages, and 87 startup pitches, while two expo halls showcased 120+ cutting-edge solutions shaping the future of procurement.
With attendees from across the world, DPW prioritized global networking, enabling AI-powered meetings, guided exhibitor tours, and topic-based networking. Immersive experiences, including a VR innovation zone, live voting content walls, and high-energy performances, reinforced its reputation as a must-attend international event.
By seamlessly integrating world-class content, groundbreaking technology, and curated networking, DPW Amsterdam 2024 redefined what an overseas event can achieve, setting a new global standard for procurement conferences.
Farnborough International Airshow
Farnborough International Airshow 2024 cemented its positioning as the must-attend event in the global aerospace calendar and sold-out for the first time in its 76-year history.
Organisers behind the renowned show, Farnborough International delivered its busiest event in recent decades, with a 33% increase on visitors, 57% increase on delegation attendance and more than $105bn in commercial deals announced by industry titans.
The show, which took place 22-26 July, welcomed over 100,300 visitors, 1400 exhibitors, including 190 first-time exhibitors, from over 60 countries, 90 civil and military aircraft, over 390 civil, military and space delegations and over 1700 journalists at its sold-out 2024 instalment.
To cope with the pre-show demand, which saw the exhibition and chalet space 90% sold more than 12 months in advance, Farnborough International constructed 17 additional chalets on the show site, all of which were sold.”
GovNet, HETT Show 2024
HETT (Healthcare Excellence Through Technology), the UK’s leading event driving digital transformation in healthcare, returned to ExCeL London in September 2024 for its most successful edition yet. Organised by GovNet, the two-day event brought together NHS leaders, healthcare professionals, and healthtech innovators to foster collaboration and advance technological integration.
This year’s show saw event revenue rise by 26% compared to 2023, driven by innovative marketing and sales campaigns that addressed the sector’s needs. An expanded partnership programme, a refreshed brand identity, and an engaging content agenda also contributed to its success.
HETT 2024 proudly partnered with The Brain Tumour Charity, integrating its mission into keynotes, networking, and onsite activities. This partnership was particularly meaningful following the loss of Glenn Winteringham, a respected leader in the community, to a brain tumour. More than £4,000 was raised for research and patient support, and the charity’s presence significantly increased awareness among healthcare professionals.
With record-breaking engagement and impact, HETT Show 2024 reinforced its position as the premier platform for driving digital healthcare innovation in the UK.
Hyperight AB, Data Innovation Summit
The Data Innovation Summit is the leading annual Data, AI, and Analytics event in the Nordics, now celebrating its 10th anniversary with a global tour spanning Stockholm, Dubai, Singapore, and Sydney. Since its inception in 2016, it has grown into a globally recognized platform, helping midsize and large enterprises accelerate data and AI transformation across industries.
Designed as a hybrid, multi-format, multi-track event, it features 9 specialized stages, 250+ sessions, and 100+ exhibitors, delivering cutting-edge content, world-class speakers, and immersive networking opportunities. Unique elements like Data After Dark parties, Speaker BBQ Mingles, and a 10km post-event run create a community-driven atmosphere, making it more than just a conference—it’s an annual industry gathering.
The event has expanded 10x in format, 15x in delegate numbers, and 20x in exhibition space, yet remains deeply attendee-focused, continuously evolving through real-time feedback, strategic reinvestment, and a commitment to innovation. Its synchronized physical and digital twin experience, with content accessible one month before and after the event, ensures maximum reach and impact.
With record-breaking engagement, commercial success, and strategic influence, the Data Innovation Summit has solidified its position as a must-attend event for data and AI professionals worldwide.
Kisaco, AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit 2024
The AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit has transformed from an event solely focused on furthering hardware performance to becoming the ultimate destination for the entire AI and ML ecosystem. In September 2024, our community united to train, deploy and scale machine learning systems that are fast, affordable, and efficient.
The September 2024 event brought together 1,300 attendees (35% from enterprise), 120 speakers and 70 sponsors.
Attendees were able to benefit from:
• A tracked conference with each day focusing on both model training and infrastructure design. The agenda featured industry specific use cases and efficient training, scaling and deployment techniques.
• A whole afternoon of hands-on developer workshops ran by the industry elite.
• Product launches and walk-throughs on the Demo Stage to see the latest solutions to their workloads.
• Next Generation AI Village featuring early-stage start-ups.
• Access to keynotes from industry leading luminaries, including Andrew Ng, Founder & CEO at Landing AI.
• Post session Q&A opportunities with speaking faculty and post-event recordings and summary reports.
• Pre-Day on Efficient Generative AI – a one-day deep dive for 200 AI practitioners seeking to learn how to maximise LLM efficiency.
LegalTechTalk 2024
LegalTechTalk was the event that brought the legal industry to the modern era, described by some as an ‘inflection point’ for the entire industry.
The mission of the event is to drive positive transformation in an archaic industry that has been the slowest sector to go through ‘digital transformation’ – in our first year we brought together over 2,500 leaders, 300 speakers and 100+ sponsors from all around the world, in a festival-style show. We provide actionable insights, valuable connections and inspiration to the legal industry that are striving to innovate and evolve their business operations to stay ahead of competition, and maybe more importantly, to avoid falling behind as we’ve seen in many other industries already (think blockbuster, toy’s r us, kodak, black cabs etc.) – every industry has had disrupters, and we’re here to promote the disrupters in legal, but also to protect the incumbents by enabling them to innovate.
Pluto, Primark Connect
Primark had expanded significantly since the last global leader’s event, launching its Primark 2030: The Next Chapter strategy and new Values & Behaviours. Pluto, working with the Internal Communications team produced an inspiring, educational event to celebrate achievements while aligning, inspiring, and motivating global leaders.
Held at the Convention Centre Dublin on 29th January & 1st February 2024, the two-day event welcomed over 1,700 global guests. Given its scale, we needed to create impact across both days. The main auditorium hosted stakeholder addresses and keynotes, ensuring alignment among all attendees. Beyond this, guest engagement was the highest priority, with networking opportunities enabling new colleagues to connect.
To maximize engagement, we transformed the venue with breakout spaces across all available spaces. These featured talk tracks, business updates, interactive demos, workshops, and meet-and-greets with brand collaborators. A highlight was the 20-minute immersive journey, taking guests through the brand’s vision. The event also included a surprise music performance and an exclusive Spring/Summer Fashion Show, creating a high-energy, celebratory atmosphere.
By blending strategic updates with interactive experiences, the event successfully engaged and motivated Primark’s leaders for their Next Chapter.
The CIPD and Haymarket Media Group (Wonderly), Festival of Work 2024
The CIPD Festival of Work 2024, held on June 12-13 at ExCeL London, was a premier global event bringing together over 11,000 attendees from 104 countries to explore the latest trends in workplace innovation.
The mission of the show is to break down the internal barriers of organisations so that people professionals, business leaders, operational heads, and line managers, can discuss, learn and radically reshape the workplace for the benefit of individuals, organisations, and society.
An extensive programme, over seven stages, featuring over 150 expert speakers, the festival covered critical topics such as workplace transformation, AI integration, leadership development, and employee wellbeing. The interactive exhibition allowed attendees to engage with cutting-edge solutions, while immersive show features explored wellbeing, facilitated discussion, and increased networking opportunities.
As a team, we are extremely proud of the success of the show. We saw significant year-on-year increases in attendance, commercial revenues, and we achieved an event Net Promoter Score of +38 (against an industry benchmark of +26).
