Meeting of the Year - more than 500 delegates

Winner in 2007: 16th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference 2006 – Tour Hosts NSW Winner in 2006: Alice Springs Convention Centre NT / Tour Hosts NSW / Northern Territory Convention Bureau NT ISPPD5 – International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases Winner in 2005: XXV Congress of the International Academy of Pathology - Event Planners Australia QLD Winner in 2004: The 10th International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM 2004) - Intermedia Convention & Event Management, Qld Winner in 2003: Alchemy of Change Company Directors Conference 2003 - Australian Institute of Company Directors Winner in 2002: 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering - Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre Winner in 2001: 30th Australian Dental Congress - Intermedia.

This is open to members (including venues and meetings management companies) working in partnership with both member and non-member organisations. The award is designed to recognise the combined team effort that is required to successfully plan, organise and manage a key meeting or conference with over 500 delegates. Projects must have been completed in the qualifying period to be judged for this award. Joint entries from the meeting "owner", or Meetings Manager, Special Events Organiser, venue and other suppliers are encouraged as it is a team effort.

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Meeting of the Year - less than 500 delegates

Winner in 2007: G-20 – Tour Hosts NSW Winner in 2006: Event Planners Australia QLD The 7th International Alumina Quality Workshop (AQW 2005) Winner in 2005: 4th International SKULL Base Congress - Tour Hosts NSW Winner in 2004: Nursery & Garden Association 2004 National Conference - Conference Solutions Pty Ltd, ACT Winner in 2003: The Urological Society of Australasia's 2003 Annual Scientific Meeting - Hartley Management Group Winner in 2002: Royal Australian & New Zealand College Of Ophthalmologists 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting - Sapmea Winner in 2001: 34th International Iron & Steel Institute Conference - Tour Hosts

This is open to members (including venues and meetings management Companies) working in partnership with both member and non-member organisations. The award is designed to recognise the combined team effort that is required to successfully plan, organise and manage a key meeting or conference with less than 500 delegates. Projects must have been completed in the qualifying period to be judged for this award.

There is no set criteria to enter this category in terms of the meeting's duration or budget. However the meeting must be considered significant through its multifaceted approach, in achieving objectives, through the imaginative use of resources, innovation and creativity. Joint entries from the meeting "owner", PCO or Meetings Manager, Special Events Organiser, venue and other suppliers are encouraged as it is a team effort.

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Special Event of the Year

This is open to members (including special event management companies and other suppliers) working in partnership with both member and non-member organisations. We encourage joint entries from the event or production companies, and other key suppliers involved in the organisation of a special event, as it is a team effort. The award is designed to recognise the combined team effort that is required to successfully plan, organise and manage an event other than a meeting or conference. For the purpose of this submission a Special Event is considered a one-time or infrequently occurring event of limited duration that provides consumers with leisure and social opportunities beyond their everyday experience.

Projects must have been completed in the qualifying period to be judged for this award. The event must be considered significant through its multifaceted approach, in achieving objectives, through the imaginative use of resources, innovation and creativity.

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Exhibition of the Year

This is open to members (including exhibition or event management companies) working in partnership with both member and non-member organisations. The award is designed to recognise the combined team effort that is required to successfully plan, organise and manage an exhibition. An Exhibition is an event at which goods and services at a specific industry are exhibited. This could be either stand alone or a part of a business event.

Minimum exhibition size for this submission: no lees than 100 exhibitors. Projects must have been completed in the qualifying period to be judged for this award. The exhibition must be considered significant through its multifaceted approach, in achieving objectives, through the imaginative use of resources, innovation and creativity. Joint entries from the event or exhibition organisers, production companies, and other key suppliers are encouraged, as it is a team effort.

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Incentive of the Year

This category is open to members involved in the coordination and management of Incentives.

(i.e. Incentive Companies, Professional Conference Organisers, In-house Event Planners) working in partnership with both member and non-member organisations. The award is designed to recognise the combined team effort that is required to successfully plan, organise and manage an incentive other than a meeting or conference. The program of this incentive should not include an education component. Projects must have been completed in the qualifying period to be judged for this award. For the purpose of this submission an Incentive is considered the offering of a reward by companies to their employees as an incentive toward greater productivity. This could include travel or related activities. It must be considered significant through its multifaceted approach, in achieving objectives, through the imaginative use of resources, innovation and creativity.

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Public Event of the Year ( Including Festivals)

The award is designed to recognise the combined team effort that is required to successfully plan, organise and manage a public event (including festivals). This is open to members working in partnership with both member and non-member organisations on production of public events and festivals. For the purpose of this submission public events are those that are open to the public or casual attendance; are not restricted by personal invitation of the host of the function; may involve the payment of a fee for admission for the function or for entertainment or services provided at the function and are publicly listed. Projects must have been completed in the qualifying period to be judged for this award. The event must be considered significant through its multifaceted approach, in achieving objectives, through the imaginative use of resources, innovation and creativity. Joint entries from different parties involved in the organisation of this event like production companies, and other key suppliers are encouraged, as it is a team effort.

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Winner in 2007: Our Bridge – Office of Protocol and Special Events Department NSW
Winner in 2006: Jack Morton Worldwide NSW - The Opening of the XVIII Commonwealth Games
Winner in 2005: AIME 2005 - Reed Travel Exhibitions NSW
Winner in 2004: Opening Ceremony of the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre - GCCEC, Qld
Winner in 2003: NSW Premier's Forum on Spinal Chord Injury and Conditions managed - ICMS Australasia
Winner in 2002: Paraquad Breakout - Paraquad Victoria
Winner in 2001: BHP Olympic Hospitality Program - Tour Hosts