Conference Awards 2012 Shortlist

The quality and the quantity of entries into the Conference Awards 2012 has further increased on the high standard of previous years. Competition in some of the categories is particularly fierce.

Many of the shortlisted companies have been involved in the past however we have also had lots of entries from companies entering for the first time. The winners will be announced at the lunchtime awards ceremony on 15th June.

Tables are expected to sell out fast so book now

The complete shortlist is as follows:

Best Conference Operations Team

AMA Events - AMA Operations Team
Brand Fuel - Operations Team
Economist Conferences - Economist Conferences Operations Team
iGaming Business: A division of Electric Word PLC - Event & Exhibitions Team
Incisive Media - Incisive Event Operations
UBM Conferences - UBM Operations Team

Best Conference Marketing Team

Capita plc - Capita Conferences
Exedra Events - Exedra Events Team
Green Power Conferences - Green Power Conferences Marketing Team
Incisive Media - Incisive Media - Events Marketing Team
Trinity Events - Infor-media Russia
UBM Conferences - UBM Conferences Europe Marketing Team

Best Conference Sales Team

C5 Communications (UK) Ltd - Sponsorship Sales Team
The Eventful Group (Australia) - Australian Sales Team
Informa Life Sciences - Informa Life Sciences Delegate Sales Team

Best CEO Level Conference

Alphabet Media - FutureGov Summit
C Squared - The Festival of Media Global
BBCG - Retail Business Russia
UBM Conferences - ATC Global Conference 2011

Best Life Sciences Conference

Economist Conferences - Healthcare in Africa
Society of Biology - Life Sciences Careers Conference
Terrapinn - World Vaccine Congress Washington
Terrapinn - BioPharma Asia Convention

Best Energy Conference

i2i Events group - The Energy Event
The Eventful Group (US) - SAP for Utilities
Green Power Conferences - World Biofuels Markets Congress & Exhibition
Haymarket - WPM wind Data Management Forum
Incisive Media - ERTC 16th Annual Meeting
Terrapinn - Power & Electricity World Africa
World Trade Group - 3rd Annual Smart Grids Summit

Best Telecoms Conference

PLDT - 7th Asian Carriers Conference
GSMA - GSMA Mobile World Congress 2012
IIR Telecoms - WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking 2011
Terrapinn - Telecomms World Middle East

Best Association Conference

Association of University Administrators (AUA) - AUA Jubilee Conference and Exhibition
GSMA - GSMA Mobile World Congress 2012
Institute of Fundraising - IoF National Convention 2011
The Law Society of Scotland - Law in Scotland
Prostate Action - Prostate Action Masterclass

Best Managed Association Conference

Ace Daytons Direct - 10th Asia Pacific Congress of Endoscopic Surgery (ELSA 2011)
Brand Fuel, Euro RSCG - One Young World 2011
i2i Events group - NICE Annual Conference 2011
Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators - Technical Communication UK
MCI Middle East LLC - 1st IOF Middle-East & Africa Osteoporosis Meeting

Best Virtual or Hybrid Conference

BMJ Group - International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare
Economist Conferences - The Global Energy Conversation
Incisive Media - V3
The King's Fund - International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare
ON24, Inc. - VUE2011 Virtual Events User Experience
UBM - T & CD Live

Best Awards Event

Emap - Oracle Retail Week Awards
Emap - The Health Service Journal Awards
Incisive Media - The British Insurance Awards 2011
The IET - Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards Ceremony
Informa - Scrip Awards
Lloyd's List Group - a trading division of Informa UK - Lloyd's List Global Awards 2011
UBM Awards and Partnerships - The National Business Awards
World Trade Group - HR Distinction Awards

Best Awards Team

Emap - Emap Inform Awards
Exedra Events - Exedra Events Team
Haymarket Media Group - Haymarket Events (Awards)
The Institution of Engineering and Technology - IET Awards Team
UBM Plc - UBM Awards and Partnerships
Total Telecom/Terrapinn Holdings Ltd

Best Conference Venue for 250 delegates or less

No 11 Cavendish Square
Corinthia Hotel London
etc.venues Victoria
IET Glasgow: Teacher Building
One Great George Street
South Lodge Hotel
Royal College of Physicians

Best Conference Venue for 250 delegates or more

The Brewery
Business Design Centre
De Vere Venues - Holborn Bars
etc.venues Dexter House
ExCeL London
Hilton London Metropole
Manchester Central Convention Complex
Sheffield City Hall

Best Technology for Conferences

BIG - Selfit Global NEW
Concise Media Design - Dynamic iPads For Events
Eventsforce - Event Management Software Platform
IML -IML Connector

Best Development of an Existing Event in the UK

i2i Events group - NICE Annual Conference 2011
George P. Johnson - Cisco Live Europe 2012
Institute of Fundraising - IoF National Convention 2011
The Kings Fund - 2nd Annual International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare
RBI Conferences - The 16th ICIS World Base Oils and Lubricants Conference
UBM Built Environment - RESI
World Trade Group - 10th Annual HR Directors Business Summit

Best Development of an Existing Event outside the UK

BBCG - Online Retail Russia
Brand Fuel - One Young World 2011
C Squared - The Festival of Media Global
Incisive Media - OpRisk North America
MCI Middle East LLC - UAE Cancer Congress
Sigaria – Procurement Leaders Forum, Vienna 2011

Best New Conference Launch

C Squared - WIRED 2011
The Eventful Group (South Africa) - SHARE
Green Power Conferences - Wind Power Mexico
Haymarket - WPM Future Offshore Wind Foundations
Hobsons - Virtual Student Fairs
ICBI - SuperReturn China
The IET - RPG 2011: Renewable Power Generation Conference
Optimus Education - Implement the New Performance Management System