This award will recognise founders of companies formed between 2020 and 2022. Starting a business has never been harder and comes with many hurdles. The winner will be congratulated for being one of the hardest working founders in the sector.

This category will recognise the achievement of founders of companies formed pre 2020 and is open to those who have shown strong leadership skills and achieved exceptional business results while being an inspiration to their team and a role model for the next generation.

This award will go to an individual who can demonstrate the highest level of customer success. Successful relationships between event tech providers and their clients are built around their people. This award celebrates the role of an Account Manager in delivering that success. As the lead contact for service providers and their clients, the Account Manager is a critical role and this award celebrates excellence in carrying out this function.

With businesses taking on more new technologies, the role of chief technology officer (CTO) has become almost as important as CEO. This award is given to the most prominent technology leaders of highly successful companies: individuals, who are inspiring and visionary technology managers.

With businesses taking on more new technologies, the role of chief technology officer (CTO) has become almost as important as CEO. This award is given to the most prominent technology leaders of highly successful companies: individuals, who are inspiring and visionary technology managers.

This award is open to teams who have delivered exceptional customer support and can demonstrate how they deliver superior quality to clients.

This category will be based on a demonstration of strategy, innovation and execution with measurable impact and results.

The winning submission will demonstrate excellence in the field of software engineering. This could be the result of personal effort or as part of a team, but the entrant must demonstrate how their contribution made a significant impact, and why it goes above and beyond the usual expectations of their role. Any technical contribution to the development, operation or maintenance of software will be considered relevant to this award.

This category will be based on a demonstration of strategy, innovation and execution with measurable impact and results.

This award will go to an individual who can demonstrate they are an expert at connecting ideas, people and brands to opportunities through digital events.

This award will go to an individual who can demonstrate they are an expert at connecting ideas, people and brands to opportunities through digital events.

This award recognises a business that goes above and beyond for its employees and provides the best overall place to work. The company values employee development and retention on the same level that it values productivity and business growth. It places high levels of importance on corporate culture and a happy and healthy work environment for its staff.

This award recognises a business that goes above and beyond for its employees and provides the best overall place to work. The company values employee development and retention on the same level that it values productivity and business growth. It places high levels of importance on corporate culture and a happy and healthy work environment for its staff.

This award recognises a business that goes above and beyond for its employees and provides the best overall place to work. The company values employee development and retention on the same level that it values productivity and business growth. It places high levels of importance on corporate culture and a happy and healthy work environment for its staff.

This award will go to the individual most deserving of recognition for being a zealous advocate for event technology whether inside or outside the event sector.

The winner will be selected based on the ability to demonstrate mid to long-term event technology strategies to achieve the business vision, mission and to exploit innovation to their advantage. The ability to manage procurement, piloting and validation of new technologies, processes and systems to support event technology strategy, and advocate on how those technologies are used and aligned to events is at the heart of the winner of this category.

The winner will be selected based on the ability to demonstrate mid to long-term event technology strategies to achieve the business vision, mission and to exploit innovation to their advantage. The ability to manage procurement, piloting and validation of new technologies, processes and systems to support event technology strategy, and advocate on how those technologies are used and aligned to events is at the heart of the winner of this category.

This crown will go to the team that can evidence bold and authentic leadership, including development of a strong, progressive culture. Workplace culture is bred from the top down, from the CEO to the executive team to the managers. As the culture influencers of companies, they have the ability to lead by example and through influence rather than authority. True leadership is about inspiring people to do what they never thought they could.

We want to find the most inspirational marketing lead and recognise the impact they are having on their team and the wider industry. The winner will be selected based on a combination of proven achievements: their success as a leader, how they empower those around them, how they have pushed boundaries themselves and how they are having an impact on their brand.

Marketing teams are central to business success - tasked with everything from building awareness of a brand, promoting products or solutions, and providing customer service and engagement in public forums. This award will recognise those important achievements.

This award will go to the person who identifies customer needs and the larger business objectives that a product or feature will fulfil, articulates what success looks like for a product, and rallies a team to turn that vision into a reality.

Open to product teams of all sizes, this category will recognise how product managers, product marketers, UX Designers and more can show they have helped to design and deliver outstanding solutions for the events industry.

We want to find the most successful leader in the industry and recognise the impact they are having on their team, the business, and industry. The winner will be selected based on a combination of proven achievements: their success in gaining market share in their role as a leader, how they empower those around them, how they have pushed boundaries themselves and how they are having an impact on their brand.

This award will celebrate a team who can demonstrate achievements including: revenue growth over the previous year, attaining a particular level of revenue, customer retention numbers, new account acquisitions, margin/profit levels, success with selling a new product, revenue in a target market, expansion into a new market, penetration of a new geographic area, or major account growth overall.

Open to companies formed between 2020 and 2022 with teams of two or more people.The winners will be congratulated for being one of the hardest working start-up teams in the sector.

We want to find the most inspirational leader there is in our industry and recognise the impact they are having on their team and industry. The winner will be selected based on a combination of proven achievements: their success as a leader, how they empower those around them, how they have pushed boundaries themselves and how they are having an impact on their brand.

The winner will be selected based on the ability to demonstrate they can deliver events on either bespoke or customisable platforms for a virtual/hybrid experience. Provide leadership, direction to the wider project team and work closely with the gallery and broadcast teams to plan, schedule and execute pre-records and live recording sessions with speakers.

The Rising Star Award is for the most trailblazing individual in events. An individual who has made an exceptionally strong impact in a short time or someone who is making waves through the business.

The “Unsung Hero Award” is given to an individual who quietly makes a difference. Candidates are individuals working at any level within any discipline.

This individual will make an exceptional contribution, deliver outstanding work and act as an inspiration to their colleagues behind the scenes. Examples of roles could be but not limited to Cyber Security, Data Analyst, Head of Partnerships.

This award will go to the woman most deserving of recognition for her achievements in the event industry this year. Her successes won't necessarily fit neatly into any of the other categories, and could even span several of them. She will be inspiring to others and will have brought about significant success and change in her organisation.

This award is the highest honour and will recognise an industry leader who stands out from their peers for their dedication and contributions to the industry, their business success, their service to their communities and their leadership.

The winner will join Reggie Aggarwal and Julia & Kevin Hartz in the Event Tech Hall of Fame.