Excellence, legacy and sustainability took centre stage at this year's ABPCO 2022 Awards, held at ICC Birmingham.
The awards saw association and not for profit event professionals gather to celebrate a year of achievement across a range of
categories on Friday 9 December.
The winners were:
- Best Event by an In-house PCO – NASUWT for
the Teachers’ Union Annual Conference 2022
- Best Event by an Agency PCO – Seren Events Limited
for AMEE and Ottawa 2022
- Industry Supplier of the Year – P&J Live
- Best Association Events Team – Brightelm
- Rising Star – Rachael Masson from P&J Live
- Guiding Star – Nicola Underhill from Hilton Birmingham
Metropole
- Best EDI at a Conference Award – ICC Belfast, Visit
Belfast and Event-Ful for Harkin Belfast 2022
- Best Sustainable Conference – Scottish Event Campus for
Conference of Parties: COP26
- Best Legacy – ICC Wales Team for their work on
Protect Duty
“What
an incredible event, supported by incredible people,” said 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.”
ICC Birmingham and Unique Venues of
Birmingham hosted the event, which included welcome drinks on Thursday 8
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.
Corinne Weatherup, MD at the event-ful consultancy which worked on the award-winning Harkin Belfast event, said: “It
was a privilege to work with the Harkin Institute and Department for
Communities on the delivery of such an important international event. Ensuring
that every delegate attending Harkin Belfast had a very positive experience and
found the Belfast Summit fully accessible and inclusive became our number one
priority; one shared by ICC and Visit Belfast. We are delighted that our
collaborative approach to the EDI strategy resulted in a lasting legacy for the
city and that it has been recognised by ABPCO in this way.”
Emma Duffy, ABPCO co-chair added:
“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.”
The 2023 ABPCO Excellence Awards will
take place at P&J Live on 8 December 2023. On 25 April 2023 ABPCO will host its second Festival of Learning in Telford.
Further details can be found via www.abpco.org
