The 2009 Winners
The IMEX Academy Awards
were presented to the some of the meeting industry's brightest talents at
the IMEX 2009 Gala Dinner. The winners were: Asia Pacific - Liu Ping, CEO, China Star Professional Programs, The Americas - Eduardo Chaillo, Regional Director USA & Canada, Mexico Tourism Board, Europe - Patrick Delaney, CEO, Ovation Global DMC, Africa & the Middle East - Joseph Sanna, Exhibitions Manager, Kenya Tourist Board.
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Liu Ping with Ray Bloom, IMEX Chairman
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Eduardo Chaillo with Ray Bloom |
Patrick Delaney with Ray Bloom |
Joseph Sanna with Ray Bloom |
This year's JMIC (Joint Meetings Industry Council) Unity Award was presented to Barbara Maple, AIPC Past President and AIPC Academy Chair for her outstanding contribution to the international meetings industry.
The joint IMEX- MPI Foundation Student Scholarship Award has been modified this year and is now given to the winner of the international IMEX-MPI ‘University Challenge’ where students are judged on presentations given at various Future Leaders Forums around the world. University of Westminster student, Miguel Neves, was judged an outstanding winner of this year’s MPI Foundation Student Scholarship Award.
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JMIC Unity Award Winner Barbara Maple, AIPC with Leigh Harry, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre |
MPI Foundation Youth Award Winner Miguel Neves, University of Westminster with Katie Callahan-Giobbi, MPI |
The IMEX Green Exhibitor Award went to Centro de Congressos do Estoril thanks to a combination of ingenuity and inventive thinking. Examples included the offsetting of freight costs in addition to corporate travel carbon offsetting, and a simple but unique new stand design that the Estoril team could erect themselves.
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The award winning Centro de Congressos do Estoril stand |
The award winning Centro de Congressos do Estoril dinosaur |
The US Green Building Council (USGBC), was presented with the 2009 IMEX Green Meetings Gold Award, made in recognition of an outstandingly “green” event – the Greenbuild Convention held in Boston in 2008. This is the second time that the Council has accepted this honour, having previously triumphed in 2006. The Silver Green
Meetings Award was given to the Oracle OpenWorld Conference 2008 in San Francisco.
Accepting the Green Meetings Gold Award, Kimberly Lewis, US Green Building Council with Amy Spatrisano, GMIC and Ray Bloom |
Collecting the Green Meetings Silver Award, Christiane Schlüter, Oracle Open World with Amy Spatrisano, GMIC and Ray Bloom
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For the second year running, UK-based events company, WorldEvents™, has won the globally recognised IMEX Commitment to the Community Award. The award, was presented to Graham Keene, Group Executive Chairman of WorldEvents ™ Group.
The IMEX AACB (Association of
Australian Convention Bureau) Vin Barron award for bureaux staff went to Jemma Davie, Business Development Manager, Canberra Convention Bureau.
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Commitment to the Community Award Winner Graham Keene, WorldEvents with Amy Spatrisano, GMIC and Ray Bloom |
IMEX-AACB 2009 Vin Barron Prize for Bureau Staff Winner Jemma Davie, Canberra Convention Bureau with Ray Bloom |
The 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 Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. The Silver award was given to Adelaide Convention Centre.
Green Supplier Gold Award Winner Leigh Harry, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre with Amy Spatrisano, GMIC |
Green Supplier Silver Award Winner Alec Gilbert, Adelaide Convention Centre with Amy Spatrisano, GMIC and Ray Bloom |
