Event Technology Awards

Technology has become an integral part of our daily lives, playing a crucial role in how we socialise with friends and how we conduct business with our clients. The events industry is no different, developing new an innovative ways to deliver festivals, conferences, shows, concerts, experiential events, corporate hospitality and brand activation.

As well as the huge application of social media within our industry, the Event Technology Awards are not just looking for the best Twitter campaign or Facebook drive across the UK and Europe. We also want to showcase the very best technology that customers may be completely unaware of, like the innovations in ticket purchasing, the technology that helps trade shows monitor and analyse their visitors or the new generators that make an event greener and thus more sustainable.

When we stop and take a long look at anything we would call an event, we are surrounded by products and services that have used modern technology as a means to further develop their function. The Event Technology Awards was created to recognise these developments.

We are no longer entering an age in which technology will dominate our lives – the truth is we’re already in it. So as an industry, let’s acknowledge how important it has become. Let’s appreciate the work that has gone in to developing these services. And let’s honour those events and suppliers that have pushed back the boundaries.

The awards categories are

• Best Ticketing Technology
• Best Use of Contactless & Wireless Technology
• Best Hybrid Event / Best Virtual Event
• Best Technology Partnership
• Best Event Software – Internal
• Best Event Software – External
• Best Use of Physical Interactive Technology
• Best Admission & Visitor Management Technology
• Best Audio Visual Technology
• Best Use of Technology at a Festival
• Best Use of Technology at a Conference
• Best Use of Technology at an Exhibition / Trade Show
• Best Use of Technology at a Concert/Touring Event
• Best Use of Technology For Brand Activation
• Best Technology For Marketing An Event / Building Event Attendance
• Best Use of Social Media
• Best Event Website / Mobile Site
• Best Use of Technology For Audience Participation
• Best B2C Mobile App
• Best B2B Mobile App
• Best New Tech Product
• Best New Technology Start-up
• The 2014 Event Tech Rising Star

Entries will open on April 1st

A select panel of judges will analyse the entries ahead of the awards ceremony.

Regular updates regarding the Event Technology Awards will be issued via the website,  twitter feed @EventTechAwards and Facebook Page – Event Technology Awards on Facebook