ABPCO Excellence Awards: Roll of honour 2024

TBOE supporter ABPCO (Association of British Professional Conference Organisers) brought together over 140 members and partners from 12-13 December to recognise and celebrate excellence and best practices in the delivery of events in the Association, Not-For-Profit, and Charity sectors.

The association’s Excellence Awards 2024 took place at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool and saw a 57% in entries.

Heather Lishman, Association Director said: “We have all been genuinely excited about this year’s Excellence Awards. With the pandemic behind us, everyone has been in full flow, and there have been some really exciting, high quality event solutions and creative ideas and developments delivered in our sector.  So, it was a real pleasure to recognise such outstanding achievements, AND to bring our wonderful, vibrant, friendly community, together to connect with each other and celebrate what has been, a really fantastic year.”

The 2024 ABPCO Roll of Honour:

GES for winning the Industry Supplier of the Year award – sponsored by Soaring Worldwide 

Northern Ireland Investment Summit, delivered by Event-ful on behalf of DBT, Invest NI and Northern Ireland Office for winning the Best Event by an Agency PCO award – proudly sponsored by Full Circle Exhibitions and Events

RenewableUK for winning the Best Association Events Team award – proudly sponsored by Olympia Events 

Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys for winning the Best Member Engagement award – proudly sponsored by Memcom

EICC’s Exchange Initiative – Bridging the gap between academia and the meeting industry, for winning the Best Partnership award – proudly sponsored by International Confex

First Sight Media for NHS Confed Expo 2024  for winning the Best Digital & Technology Provider award – proudly sponsored by Conference News

ISHA Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 for winning the Best International Conference award – proudly sponsored by Boardroom Magazine

Arryann Duncan for winning the Student of the Year award – proudly sponsored by ACC Liverpool

Kaylie Hodges, NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union, for winning the Rising Star award – proudly sponsored by Abstract Events

Emma Robson, Alzheimer’s Research for winning the Guiding Star award – proudly sponsored by Excel London

NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union for winning the Best EDI at a Conference award

RenewableUK for winning the Best Sustainable Conference award – proudly sponsored by P&J Live, Aberdeen 

Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference 2024 for winning the Best Event by an In-house PCO award – proudly sponsored by Barbican

ISHA Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 for winning the Legacy and Impact award – proudly sponsored by Manchester Central

Danielle Bounds, ICC Wales Sales Director for winning the Outstanding Contribution award – proudly sponsored by Mice Concierge Ltd