The 2008 awards programme culminated in spectacular style with an awards event staged at the Hotel Okura, Amsterdam,The Netherlands on the evening prior to the start of ISE.
With 137 products entered in 11 technology categories and 91 entries for just 6 project categories the 2008 awards reached a new level of competition .
"our 2008 awards programme has proven the demand and desire from within the pro av industry for an independent and internationally recognised awards and event.The introduction of multi lingual sites and extended media partnerships including the likes of Professional System/Production Partner in Germany and Connessioni magazine in Italy helped lead to an increase of awareness in every aspect of the awards process, resulting in over 11,600 industry votes being cast on the dedicated web site for the technology section alone" commented the events founder Dan Jago.
Next years awards will see a significant change in categories with the expansion specifically within the Project categories, Dan Jago explained
" in only our second year the numbers of integration firms booking tables independently increased dramatically. We are now in the position to further develop these awards with our media partners as an event that Pro AV integrators invite their own clients along to, therefore increasing potential networking opportunities for everyone on the night and on the first day of ISE.
Technology and Project entry for the 2009 awards programme will open post InfoComm 2008.