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Global Awards Programme 2020

Hall of Leaders

The Hall of Leaders is the premier recognition programme in the meetings, conventions, exhibitions, hospitality and travel industry—a "lifetime achievement award" that recognises outstanding leaders without whom the industry would not be what it is today.

Hall of Leaders inductees are:
  • Innovative - leaders whose contributions helped to shape the industry and whose work continues to advance it;
  • Influential - leaders whose work has affected the entire industry;
  • Prolific - demonstrating distinguished achievements of lasting value, including significant leader roles, development of original ideas, techniques or innovations in products, training or services for use in the industry;
  • Altruistic - contributing to charitable efforts, their communities and the welfare of others.
As part of our global recognition program, this year’s Hall of Leaders awards also will honour individuals who, in addition to the established Hall of Leaders criteria, contributed in the following areas:

  • Leading in times of crisis: recognizing an individual who helped drive key support programmes, and adaptations, and offered transformational leadership to address the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on the global events industry.
  • Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Accessibility: recognising an individual who helped drive key support programmes and adaptations, and offered transformational leadership to address diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility in the global events industry.

For full details and submission guidelines for Hall of Leaders induction, click here

New Global Awards

In addition to the Hall of Leaders, we are introducing two new global awards: the EIC Social Impact Award and the EIC Adaptation and Innovation Award. These awards can recognize individuals or organisations: an association, company, destination organisation, think tank, foundation.

Submissions for each should focus on leading contributions in the areas of social impact, adaptation and innovation in the following categories:
  • Basic skills and developmental education
  • Leadership and organisation
  • Learning and teaching
  • Research, assessment and accountability
  • Resource development
  • Student services and activities
  • Workforce preparation and development
EIC Social Impact Award: recognises extraordinary effort in the areas of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in the global events industry.

EIC Adaptation and Innovation Award: recognises extraordinary effort in the areas of adaptation and innovation to ensure our industry’s relevance as we emerge from a global health crisis now and into the future.

For full details and submission guidelines for the EIC Social Impact and Adaptation and Innovation Awards, click here

Once you have reviewed details and submission guidelines, click 'Join Now' to create an account and begin your nomination. The Submitter, will be the contact person responsible for collecting all aspects of the application using this account. You have the ability to log in and out as many times as needed to save changes and complete the application. Completed nomination packages must be submitted by 11:59pm EDT on Thursday, 8 October 2020.

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Questions? Organiser: Erin Cannon -