Conventa Best Event Award competition will see 44 finalists compete for the prized awards
The best events in Europe are …
Between 9 and 10 September, Ljubljana will host the 9th Conventa Crossover festival, the first and only regional meeting of professional event organisers and creative minds. An integral part of the event is the finale of the Conventa Best Event Award competition, honouring the best events in the meetings industry. The competition, which has been taking place since 2012, will welcome events from across Europe in its thirteenth edition. An esteemed 23-member international expert jury handpicked the finalists.
Conventa Best Event Award aspires to foster professionalism, excellence and efficiency in event organising in Europe. In-person pitching of the best projects is scheduled for Monday, 9 September 2024, at Center Rog. This year, a record-breaking 44 events from 16 countries will compete for four main awards in the B2B, B2C, B2E and Crossover categories. The jury will also hand out special awards. For the premier time, the competition will award the best Slovenian event.
“Our archive of awarded projects is a library of best practices”
The expert jury selects finalists from all submitted projects based on strict evaluation criteria. The evaluation of submitted projects follows a unique 80:20 model across three phases (80% of the votes come from an expert jury, while 20% come from the audience at Conventa Crossover). The organisers outlined that CBEA is the only competition evaluating projects this way. Since its advent a decade ago, the combination of votes from the expert jury and live audience has become well-accepted, ensuring unquestionable objectivity.
Gorazd Čad, the founder of CBEA, stressed: “Our vision is to become the most established European competition for the best events and experience marketing. Our archive of awarded projects is a library of best practices that has become an indispensable and referential source of knowledge and inspiration.”
The finalists of the Conventa Best Event Award 2024
Listed according to alphabetical order of event agencies:
B2B category
1. BTC 70 years – setting the pace, BTC d.d., Slovenia
2. ESET Experience, Creative Pro a.s., Slovakia
3. Landa Digital Printing – Hall 9 – Drupa 2024, Eldan Group / Expoint pro, Israel
4. 25th anniversary of the KRUK S.A. Company, Fox Events, Poland
5. Truly Unique Launch, Glasilka d.o.o., Individa Consultum d.o.o., Agencija 101, Slovenia
6. Riot Games, Jack Morton Worldwide, Germany
7. GIG – first Croatian conference on the gig economy, Komunikacijski laboratorij, Croatia
8. Zlatý Klinec 2023, Leopard Production, Slovakia
9. Higher Cloud Level, Live Age, Poland
10. KIA EV9 Launch, PLEJ Agency Poland
11. FIS 100 Centenary Celebration, Promotiva, d.o.o., Slovenia
12. Opening nieuw windpark ‘Hollandse Kust Zuid’, Xsaga Netherlands
B2C category
1. Jagermeister x Lokomotiva, Maister the LOK 3.0, Alert Zagreb
2. Luka 2 Bled, Bled Tourist Board, Slovenia
3. Candle Lights on Bled Lake, Bled Tourist Board, Slovenia
4. Klanglicht, Bühnen Graz, Austria
5. Panoramour, Creative Pro (PL) sp. z o.o., Poland
6. REDical Park: Volume 2, Folk Fusion, DROM agency d.o.o. and BOLD projects
7. The National Memory Congress. History Speaks Through Generations, El Padre, Poland
8. Let Hyundai Power Your World Tour 2023, Jack Morton, Germany
9. Sneakpeek by Sneakerness, Lounge Group, Hungary
10. World Athletics Championships – Budapest 2023, Lounge Group – Visual Europe Group, Hungary
11. The visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to Hungary, Lounge Group – Visual Europe Group, Hungary
12. Coca-Cola Ski Opening Schladming-Dachstein 2023, [m]STUDIO , GroupM Kommunikationsagentur GmbH, Austria
13. Eurojackpot Superconcert 2023, Lounge Group – Visual Europe Group, Hungary
14. Micromobility Junction, Promotiva, d.o.o. & Zavarovalnica Triglav, d.d, Slovenia
15. Opening Ceremony – European Youth Olympic Festival Maribor 2023, Šport Maribor, Slovenia
16. Kia League of Legends Rivalry, Universum 8, Hungary
17. Jövőálló Akadémia – Jövőálló.Kampusz, Universum 8 / Publicis Groupe, Hungary
18. Heim Pál Children’s Hospital – drone show, Visual Europe Group, Hungary
B2E category
1. Deloitte – all aboard for the Christmas Spirit, Desafio Global, Portugal
2. A Celebration of Creation: MASTERVERSE Belgrade 2023, DMC Vekol, Serbia
3. 16th Technology Conference, Sava Turizem d.d., Slovenia
4. Vitanest 25th anniversary, Vitanest d.o.o., Slovenia
CROSSOVER category
1. Out of the Blue, AIM Communication, Italy
2. Sport è Salute Tennis HUB, AIM Group International, Italy
3. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, AIM Group International, Italy
4. Journal Summer Party, Alert, Croatia
5. Bynet Expo 2024, Catch d.i. Ltd, Israel
6. ESET Experience, Creative Pro a.s., Slovakia
7. Stay Together. Don’t be indifferent, El Padre, Poland
8. Sneakpeek by Sneakerness, Lounge Group, Poland
9. The XXVII Nationwide Song and XVII Dance Festival opening, Meduza Events
10. NLB Investor Day: New Capital Horizons, NLB d.d., Slovenia
The in-person jury work will take place on Monday, 9 September 2024, from 09:30 to 17:00. The winners will be revealed on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, at 20:00 at a gala award ceremony at Ljubljana Castle.
The festival is organised by Toleranca marketing and Conventa trade show in cooperation with Ljubljana Tourism, the Slovenian Tourist Board and the Slovenian Convention Bureau.
To register for the festival, visit https://www.crossover.si/ and learn more about the premier regional festival for events.
