Winners 2017
Conference Professional of the Year

Winner: | Selena Moseley – Oliver Kinross |
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Best New Conference Launch

Winner: | KNect365, an informa company – VR & AR World |
Silver: | Procurement Leaders – DITx |
Bronze: | Telegraph Business Events – Cyber Security |
Best Conference Series

Winner: | Wonder London – Google’s Internet Legends Schools Tour |
Silver: | Procurement Leaders – DITx |
Bronze: | weCONECT Global Leaders GmbH – Industry of Things World (Berlin, San Diego, Singapore) |
Best Large Scale Event or Congress

Winner: | Farnborough International – Farnborough International Airshow |
Silver: | Momentum UK – Microsoft Future Decoded |
Bronze: | CIPD – CIPD Annual Conference & Exhibition – Shaping the Future of Work |
Best Corporate Event

Winner: | Crown Business Communications – PSA Dealer Conventions 2017 |
Silver: | Canalys – Canalys Channels Forum |
Bronze: | B&Q Plc – B&Q Business Conference |
Best Conference by a small company (under 20 employees)

Winner: | Fitz All Media Limited – VET Festival |
Silver: | The King’s Fund – Digital Health and Care Congress 2016 |
Bronze: | Streamline Marketing Group – Global Space Congress |
Best Event Linked to a Publication

Winner: | Telegraph Business Events – Business of Sport |
Silver: | Ascential – Retail Week Live 2016 |
Bronze: | Business Reporter – The European Information Security Summit – TEISS 2017 |
Best Free to Attend Conference

Winner: | Incisive Media – Pensions & Benefits UK 2017 |
Silver: | Open Door Media Publishing Ltd – InvestmentEurope Pan-European Summit Lausanne 2016 |
Bronze: | Whitehall Media LTD – Government IT Security and Risk Management 2016 |
Best Conference Venue (under 300 theatre)

Winner: | Cavendish Conference Centre |
Silver: | IET London: Savoy Place |
Bronze: | Wyboston Lakes |
Best Conference Venue (300-750 theatre)

Winner: | Kings Place Events |
Silver: | Olympia London |
Bronze: | Emirates Stadium |
Best Conference Venue (over 750 theatre)

Winner: | QEII Centre |
Silver: | The Brewery |
Bronze: | Manchester Central |
Best Awards Event

Winner: | Caspian Media LTD – The Amazon Growing Business Awards 2016 |
Silver: | Mix Media Ltd – Mixology Awards |
Bronze: | MBI – The Broadcast Awards |
Best Association Conference

Winner: | Association of Corporate Treasurers – ACT Annual Conference |
Silver: | The King’s Fund – Digital Health and Care Congress 2016 |
Bronze: | ABTA – The Travel Association – The Travel Convention |
Best Conference by an Events Agency

Winner: | BrandFuel – Zeitgeist |
Silver: | Wonder London – Google’s NEXT GCP 2016 |
Bronze: | Corporate Events – Heineken On & Off Trade National Sales Brief 2017 |
Best Event Operations Team

Winner: | Reed Business Information – Event Operations Team |
Silver: | Ascential – World Retail Congress |
Bronze: | Procurement Leaders – Operations |
Best Venue Customer Service (under 500 delegates)

Winner: | De Vere Cranage Estate |
Silver: | The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) |
Bronze: | One Great George Street |
Best Venue Customer Service (over 500 delegates)

Winner: | Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre |
Silver: | Business Design Centre |
Bronze: | Edinburgh International Conference Centre |
Best UK Conference of the Year

Winner: | Terrapinn Group – Aviation Festival |
Silver: | Last Word – Portfolio Adviser Autumn Congress 2016 |
Bronze: | Haymarket – IED conference 2016 |
Best Overseas Conference of the Year (under 1000 delegates)

Winner: | Clarion Events – Phacilitate Leaders Forum |
Silver: | Infopro Digital – Asia Risk Congress |
Bronze: | Open Door Media Publishing Ltd – InvestmentEurope Pan-European Summit Lausanne 2016 |
Best Overseas Conference of the Year (over 1000 delegates)

Winner: | Ascential Plc – World Retail Congress |
Silver: | Knect365 – AfricaCom |
Bronze: | Euromoney Institutional Investor – Investing in African Mining Indaba |