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SUMMARY:ABPCO Excellence Awards 2022
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DESCRIPTION:The ABPCO Excellence Awards recognise and celebrate industry best practice in association and not for profit conferences/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\nExcellence, legacy and sustainability take centre stage at ABPCO 2022 Awards\n\nThe 2022 ABPCO Excellence Awards, which took place on Friday 9 December saw association and not for profit event professionals gather at the ICC Birmingham to celebrate a year of achievement across a range of categories \n\nThe winners were:\n\nBest Event by an In-house PCO – NASUWT for the Teachers’ Union Annual Conference 2022Best Event by an Agency PCO – Seren Events Limited for AMEE and Ottawa 2022Industry Supplier of the Year – P&J LiveBest Association Events Team – BrightelmRising Star – Rachael Masson from P&J LiveGuiding Star – Nicola Underhill from Hilton Birmingham MetropoleBest EDI at a Conference Award – ICC Belfast, Visit Belfast and Event-Ful for Harkin Belfast 2022Best Sustainable Conference – Scottish Event Campus for Conference of Parties: COP26Best Legacy – ICC Wales Team for their work on Protect Duty“What an incredible event, supported by incredible people,” commented Sarah Byrne, ABPCO co-chair. “Once again, we brought together the leading UK association and not-for-profit event professionals for an incredible two days of networking, education and excellence. The case studies and examples from the shortlisted organisations were truly inspirational, they demonstrated the incredible levels of excellence our members strive for and regularly achieve throughout all their work.”\n\nICC Birmingham and Unique Venues of Birmingham hosted the event, which included welcome drinks on 8th December at Leonardo Royal Birmingham (formerly Jury’s Inn) followed by dinner and networking at Birmingham Library. Other events sponsors and supporters included: Harrogate Convention Centre, Crowdcomms, Abstract Events, Oxford Abstracts, Sage ICC – Newcastle, ExCeL London, P&J Live – Aberdeen, ACC Liverpool, Soaring Worldwide and Manchester Central.\n\nEmma Duffy, ABPCO co-chair concludes: “Thank you to all those who supported the event, and thank you to those who entered the awards, this year saw our highest number of entries to date and selecting a shortlist was a real challenge. Well done the winners, who deserve to be recognised for their excellence – but also congratulations to the runners-up – the winning margins were incredibly tight and the competition fierce.”\n\nThe 2023 ABPCO Excellence Awards will take place at P&J Live on 8th December. On 25th April 2023 ABPCO will host its second Festival of Learning in Telford. Further details can be found via www.abpco.org\n\nInterested in sponsorship opportunities?\n\nThese packagesgive you the opportunity to engage with the movers and shakers in the association events industry, demonstrate your expertise and promote your services.   The 2023 packages will be available in January 2023.\n\nIf you have any brilliant ideas about how you could support us, but can’t see it as an option, please do get in touch and have a chat heatherlishman@abpco.org\n\n
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