Nine finalists have been announced for the renowned ibtm world Tech Watch Award. The winner will be announced at ibtm world 2017 which takes place at Fira Barcelona from 28-30 November.
The finalists for the award, all of which are technology companies with new products or services relevant to the meetings, incentive, conference and events (MICE) industry, will showcase their product to thousands of high profile global buyers, influencers and media in the Innovation Zone at ibtm world.
This year the award has three categories: Logistics and Production, Management and Marketing and Audience Engagement. From the nine finalists, judges will vote for a winner in each category, one of which will be named Tech Watch Award 2017 winner on 29 November at ibtm world in Barcelona.
This year’s finalists are: Bizly, Inc., an enterprise platform focused on helping employees source, book, and manage small meetings; ConferencePulse, a sponsorship recruitment product that helps conference professionals secure sponsors, speakers, venues and conferences; Eventinterface, an attendee management and matchmaking product; Kapow, a direct booking tool; Ribyt, an attendee management / travel / communication system; Sciensio, an AI powered chatbot; SharedXP Limited, a crowd sourcing and crowd voting platform; Snöball, an event influencer marketing platform and SwarmWorks Ltd., which offers a wide range of applications for audience interactivity.
Corbin Ball, Chair of ibtm world Technology and Innovation Watch Judging Committee, commented: ‘The standard and breadth of entries we received this year was excellent, which is making it a very interesting process to judge and will ensure that visitors have a really valuable experience when visiting the event’s renowned Innovation Zone. I’m very much looking forward to revealing our winner live at ibtm world in Barcelona.’
The Tech Watch Award is the industry’s longest-standing award of its kind. Entries are being judged by a panel of well-known experts from the events and technology industries, chaired by tech industry stalwart, Corbin Ball.
For more information, visit: www.ibtmworld.com/techwatch.
Published
29/10/2017
