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SUMMARY:ABPCO Excellence Awards 2023
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DESCRIPTION:The awards took place at P&J Live in Aberdeen from 12noon - 3.30pm on Friday 8th December with the pre-lunch reception sponsored by Visit Aberdeenshire.\n\nDuring the event, attendees experienced a city tour, venue tour, taste of Aberdeen networking, and an education session looking at how AI could be integrated into future event organising.  This included special guest, Felipe Meneguzzi, Professor and Chair of Computing Science at the University of Aberdeen and Executive Councillor at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).  The panel discussion also featured: Samantha Shamkh from ExCeL London, Adam Parry from Event Tech Live and Adam Baggs from Soaring Worldwide.  Welcome drinks also took place for first timers.\n\nDuring the event £1,140 was raised on behalf of industry charity, Meeting Needs.\n\nThe 2023 ABPCO Excellence Awards were hosted by P&J Live who worked closely with Visit Aberdeenshire to showcase everything the venue and destination have to offer. \n\nThe ABPCO Excellence Awards recognise and celebrate industry best practice in association and not-for-profit conferences and events.  They are an opportunity to showcase to your peers, and the wider industry the incredible work that is being undertaken in this sector, and the positive impact that it has.\n\n Our winners for this year were:\n\n•    Best Event by an In-house PCO  - RenewableUK sponsored by Harrogate Convention Centre\n\n•    Best Event by an Agency PCO - TFI Lodestar sponsored by Full Circle Events & Exhibitions Ltd \n\n•    Industry Supplier of the Year - Whitespace XPO sponsored by Soaring Worldwide\n\n•    Best Association Events Team - RenewableUK sponsored by Telford International Centre\n\n•    Rising Star - Malwina Soltys, Alzheimer’s Research sponsored by Abstract Events\n\n•    Guiding Star - Elaine Miller, EICC sponsored by Loganair\n\n•    Best EDI at a Conference - Commended - Salvesen Mindroom and EICCsponsored by London ExCeL\n\n•    Best Sustainable Conference - British Society for Rheumatology sponsored by Manchester Central\n\n•    Legacy and Impact Award - Visit Belfast sponsored by SAGE ICC\n\n•    Best Partnership - BritSpine Back Health Day by Mosaic Events, UK Spine Societies Board, Versus Arthritis and Glasgow Convention Bureau sponsored by Memcom\n\n•    Outstanding Contribution -  Barbara Calderwood, MCI Group sponsored by ICC Birmingham\n\nCongratulations to all of our winners and short-listed finalists\n\nOur Sponsors\n\nFeatured Sponsors												P&J Live			Our venue sponsor\n\n			View their website\n\n			 \n\n																Visit Aberdeenshire			Our reception sponsor\n\n			View their website\n\n						Our Award Sponsors									\n\n									\n\n									\n\n									\n\n													\n\n									\n\n									\n\n									\n\n													\n\n									\n\n			 \n\n									\n\n									 \n\n						Thanks to our ongoing ABPCO Industry Partners for their support\n\n\n\n \n\n
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LOCATION:P&J Live
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