The 2008 Winners
The IMEX Academy Awards were presented to the some of the meeting industry's brightest talents at the IMEX 2008 Gala Dinner. The winners were: Asia Pacific - Pieter van der Hoeven, The Americas - Jane Schuldt, Europe - Barbra Albrecht, Africa & The Middle East - Angeline Lue & A Special IMEX Academy Award - Walter Foletti
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Pieter van der Hoeven
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Jane Schuldt |
Barbra Albrecht |
Angeline Lue Walter Foletti with Ray Bloom |
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This year's JMIC (Joint
Meetings Industry Council) Unity Award was presented to Hans Friis, Executive Director of Brähler ICS AG.
Brähler ICS founded the first global network in 1969 and operates all over the world. This network sells and hires state-of-the-art conference technology.
The MPI (Meeting Professionals International) Foundation Youth Winner was Ashley Boniface, of Thames valley University, UK. Her winning research paper was entitled, "How the Phillips ROI Methodology™ can be applied by individual delegates to estimate the value of educational conferences."
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Barbara Maple, JMIC with the 2008 JMIC Unity Award Winner Hans Friis, Brähler ICS AG and Ray Bloom, IMEX |
Ashley Boniface, MPI Foundation Youth Award Winner |
The IMEX Green Exhibitor Award went to Malta Tourism Authority who worked closely with their stand constructing company, Zaffarese Exhibitions & Events Ltd and German company Octanorm to enhance the green credentials of their stand. The Octanorm aluminium alloy, which was used for the stand construction, is a recycleable material and the stand or parts of the stand will be re-used over a 3-years period at other events.
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The award winning Malta Tourism Authority stand |
Scandic Hotel's organisation of 'Sustainable Meetings', was awarded the Gold 2007 IMEX Green Meetings Award. The Silver Green Meetings Award was given to UUA (Unitarian Universalists Association). Highly commended entries this year were USGBC and BSI.
Jan Peter Bergkvist, Scandic Hotels. Accepting the Green Meetings Gold Award. |
Guy Bigwood, MCI, collecting the Silver IMEX Green Meetings
Award. |
The IMEX Commitment to the Community Award, was presented to WorldEvents BV for the Norgine Conference. Highly commended entries came from MCI and Pay it Forward.
The IMEX AACB (Association of Australian Convention Bureau) Vin Barron award for bureaux staff went to Ian-Michael Farkas Mitrani, Business Development Manager with Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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Andrew Winterburn, WorldEvents BV, collecting the Commitment to the Community Award |
Ray Bloom, IMEX and AACB Vin Barron Award winner, Ian-Michael Farkas Mitrani, Sydney Convention and Visitors
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The new IMEX Green Supplier Gold Award, given to the supplier who has demonstrated the best effort to minimise the environmental impact of their venue or product, was presented to Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. The Silver award was given to the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Kiaran Macdonald, General Manager of the Savoy, collecting the Green Supplier Gold Award |
Jillian Smith, Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, collecting the Green Supplier Silver Award |
