Past Winners
IMEX Academy Awards, Green Awards, JMIC Unity Award, MPI Foundation Youth Award, IMEX-AACB Vin Barron Prize for Bureau Staff, Site Master Motivator Award
IMEX Academy Awards
Winners 2011
Samuel Koo, Seoul Convention Bureau
Rick Antonson, Tourism Vancouver
Trudi Wagner, Marriott Hotels,
Rick Taylor, The Business Tourism Company.
Jon Hutchison, Business Events Sydney.
Winners 2010
Suprabha Moleeratanond, Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau
Nik Racic, Croatian Convention Bureau
Yussef Husseiny, Jordan Tourism Board
Greg Ortale, Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Winners 2009
Liu Ping, China Star Professional Programs
Eduardo Chaillo, Mexico Tourism Board
Patrick Delaney, Ovation Global DMC
Joseph Sanna, Kenya Tourist Board
Winners 2008
Pieter A Van der Hoeven, PG International Consulting
Jane Schuldt, World Marketing Group
Barbra Albrecht, Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau
Angeline Lue, South African Tourism Convention Bureau
Walter Foletti, Expoforce AG
Winners 2007
Pierre Heumann, ANAe
Gillian Taylor, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority
Ana Maria Viscalles, Puerto Rico Convention Bureau
Gary Grimmer, Gary Grimmer & Company
Winners 2006
Jean Christophe Espinosa, Director of Marketing and Promotion for Brunei Tourism
Gregory Kurdian, founder of Sunbound Bahamas
Alec Gilbert, CEO of Durban International Convention Centre (ICC)
Tatjana Radovic, Congress Manager of the Ljubljana Tourist Board of Slovenia
Winners 2005
Bill Fontgivell,
Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I, Barcelona
Elhamy Elzayat, Emeco Travel, Cairo
Eduardo Sanovicz, Reed Travel Exhibitions Brazil
Alan Trotter, Conventions & Incentives, New Zealand
Maarten Vanneste, Abbit Meeting Support, Belgium
Winners 2004
Peggy Lau, Pacific
World, Hong Kong
Jack Munro, Edinburgh and Lothians Tourist Board
Arnaldo Nardone, Radisson Montevideo
Sumaira Isaacs, MCI Dubai, UAE
Rob Spalding, Association Meetings International, UK
Winners 2003
Anthony Wong,
Asian Overland Services
Anne Wallin Rodven, Oslo Convention Bureau
George Crossland, Africa Reps
Jim Germain, USA Hosts
Green Awards
Green Supplier Award
2011 Gold: DoubleTree Hotel Portland
2011 Silver: Vancouver Convention Centre
2010 Gold: Adelaide Convention Centre
2010 Silver: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
2009 Gold: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
2009 Silver: Adelaide Convention Centre
2008 Gold: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
2008 Silver: Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre
Commitment to the Community Award (formerly Programmes of Purpose Award)
2011: Connect Travel, in recognition of their 'Mission Possible' programme.
2010: Tourism Toronto, for their Relax, Recharge & Renew programme, providing the parents of children with special needs much-needed luxury weekend getaways
2009: WorldEvents™, in recognition of World Event Group’s work for pharmaceutical company Allergan in managing its EMEA Conference held in Malta 2008
2008: WorldEvents™, for the Norgine Conference
2007: Marriott Internationals' Global Incentives and Gift Card marketing team for their refurbishment of Buckhead Park
2006: Computacenter Distribution (CCD) and BI for their visit and donation to Mukuni village in Zambia
2005: Los Ninos in recognition of the ongoing success of its Beehive Assembly Scheme
2004: Lucy Eisile of Creative Memories for devising a socially responsible project in the village of La Cruz de Quelitan, Mexico
2003: Give Instead of Take programme in Malta put together by Easy Event
Green Meetings Award (formerly Environmentally Responsible Meetings Award)
2011 Large: International Aids Society
2011 Small/Medium: Canada Media Marketplace
2010 Gold: COP15 Logistics and CSMP Team for the COP15 UN Climate Change Summit
2010 Silver:
Intel Corporation
2009 Gold: US Green Building Council (USGBC)
2009 Silver: Oracle OpenWorld
2008 Gold: Scandic Hotels
2008 Silver: UUA (Unitarian Universalists Association)
2007 Gold: Globe Foundation of Canada for the bi-annual World Urban Forum (WUF) Conference, on behalf of UN Habitat and the Government of Canada,
2007 Silver: DNC Parks and Resorts for the 2006 Sierra Business Council Conference
2006 Gold: US Green Build for their International Conference and Expo 2004
2006 Silver: The Sierra Club for its 2005 Conference
2005: CERC (Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Conventions) , Boston, for the 2004 US Democratic and Republican political conventions.
2004: USGBC (US Green Building Council) , Washington, for the Green Build International Conference
2003: Meeting Strategies Worldwide, Portland for the 2002 Forest Leadership Forum
Green Exhibitor Award
2011: Frankfurt Convention Bureau
2010: Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau
2009: Centro de Congressos do Estoril
2008: Malta Tourism Authority
2007: Visit London
2006: Sri Lanka and Expoforce
JMIC Unity Award
2011: Luc Maene, International Fertilizer Industry Association
2010: Christian Mutschlechner, Director of the Vienna Convention Bureau
2009: Barbara Maple, AIPC Past President and AIPC Academy Chair
2008: Hans Friis, Executive Director, Brahler ICS AG
2007: Roger Tondeur, President of MCI
2006: Luca Favetta, Global Event Director of SAP
2005: Laure Mouton, Palais des Congres de Paris
2004: Olivier Lepine, Biarritz Tourisme Convention Bureau
2003: Jorge Castex, Latin American Federation of Professional Congress Organisers (COCAL)
IMEX-MPI Foundation Student Scholarship Award
This award is given to the winner of the international IMEX-MPI ‘University Challenge’ where students are judged on presentations given at various Future Leader Forums around the world.
2011: Michal Maziarczyk, Vistula University, Warsaw
2010: Renea Anderson, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, USA
2009: Miguel Neves, University of Westminster student
2008: Ashley Boniface, Thames Valley University, UK
2007: Milan Culic, Congress and Convention Director, EduCons Centre, Serbia
2006: Lorenz Halm, Project Assistant, MCI
2005: Qinghui Qing, University of Westminster, UK for her study on Shanghai's potential as a conference and exhibition destination
2004: Carly Anne Johnston, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK for her thesis on 'Continuous improvement within the industry: evaluating corporate events'
2003: IMC Fachhochschule Krems (University of Applied Sciences) for their Tourism Management and Leisure Studies degree programme
IMEX-AACB (Association of Australian Convention Bureau Inc) Vin Barron Prize for Bureau Staff
2011: Melissa Reilly, Adelaide Convention Bureau.
2010: Deborah Lonne, Coordinator, Convention Bureau, Brisbane Marketing
2009: Jemma Davies, Canberra Convention Bureau
Site Master Motivator Award
2011: Annamaria Ruffini CMP, President & CEO, Events In & Out
2010: Laurie Sprouse, Ultimate Ventures, a DMC Network Company
