Bea World Jury members are chosen among marketing/communications/sponsorship managers with local or international responsibilities from well-known multinational corporations, from a representative range of sectors and countries, big investors in live communication.
The shortlist will be decided by a preliminary online voting session. On 26 November 2026 all shortlisted events will have the chance to be presented live to the Jury and the audience by the entrant event agencies and will be voted again to establish the ranking in each category. Jurors will then decide the podium of the Best Event Awards, as well as the Iconic Award, if deemed appropriate.
All awarded events will be announced on 27 November 2026 during the Awards Ceremony.
JURY MEMBERS
Yulia Arikyants, Events & Hospitality Specialist, Wolf Of Oil
Karim Bartoletti, Partner / Executive Producer / Md Of Advertising, Indiana Production
Ander Bilbao, Chief Knowledge Officer, AEVEA
Sven Biner, Head Of Olympic & Paralympics Games, Omega
Alexander Blackie, Head Of Experiential Marketing, Audi China
Tata Burduli, Brand Director, Georgian Football Federation
Kamila Cichocka, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Microsoft
Edoardo Collu, Senior Experiential Manager, Campari
Frank De Redelijkheid, Director Of Special Events & Entertainment, Fédération Internationale De Football Association (Fifa)
Imre Diosi, Event & Sponsoring Manager, Michelin
Daria Dolnova, Bm Hp, BAT
Stephanie Dubois, Head Of Global Event Management, Sap
Nicolas Duplaix, Events & Brand Building Capabilities Senior Manager, Nespresso
Kertu-Kai Erm, Baltics Brand Communication Manager, The Magnum Ice Cream Company – Unilever Baltic
Andrea Faflíková, Director, Communications, Global Corporate & Brand Communications, The Lego Group
Luca Favetta, International Council Board Member, World Tourism Forum Institute
Samit Garg, President, EEMA – Event & Entertainment Managment Association
Martin Hampl, Expert Coordinator Brand Events&Conferences, Škoda Auto
Azza Hegazi, Head Of Global Brand Experience, Snapchat
Christian Heubner, Director Experience Communications, Volkswagen
Dion Janssen, Chairman, Idea, Independent Dutch Eventmarketing Association
Mary Kirillova, Ceo, Beic
Peter Kolišťanik, Senior Employee events Specialist, ESET
Julia Lopez Huidobro, Head Of Brand Experience, Seat Cupra
Lucia Magliano, Sponsorship Activations Manager, Enel
Heloisa Malta, President, Ampro – Brazilian Promotional Marketing Association
Florent Masson, Director Brand Strategy, Adidas
Angeles Moreno, Founder and General Manager, Eva Alliance
Michael Mueller, Head Of Brand Activation & Digital Services, Samsung Electronics
Flavia Muratori, Ceremonies Senior Manager, UEFA
Gonçalo Oliveira, Director – Brand, Communications & Marketing And Strategy & Business, Deloitte
Irma Orlandi, Strategic Brand Communications Manager, PVH EMEA (Tommy Hilfiger & Calvin Klein EMEA)
Kateryna Ovsianyk, Marketing Specialist, Canon
Jimmy Pallas, Member, Club Degli Eventi
Michiel Pool, Head Of Global Events, Ericsson
Monica Sacchetti, Director Events & Brand Activation, Edp
Alexander Safonov, Head of Events, Europe, Monat Global
Christoffer Sapienza, Svp Creative, Dnb Bank Asa
Maarten Schram, Founder & Managing Director, Livecom Alliance
Julius Solaris, Founder, Boldpush
Peter Stopiak, Communication Director, Corporate & Marketing Communication, VÚB banka / Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo
Ulrike Tondorf, Head Of Brand Activation & Engagement, Bayer
Stefanie Winter, Vice President Events, Siemens
Jury 2026
JURY PRESIDENT
Christian Heubner, Director Experience Communications, Volkswagen
Corporate Jury Panel Profiles
Press Jury 2025
Marina Bellantoni, Editorial coordination, ADC Group
Christoph Berndl, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Messe & Event
Gorazd Čad, Editor-in-Chief, Kongres Magazine
Kerstin Meisner-Schaul, Editor-in-chief, Memo-media
Eric Mottard, CEO, Evento Plus
Rui Ochôa, Director, Event Point
Adam Parry, Editor, Event Industry News
Vesna Vlašić, Editor, Media Marketing and Managing Director, McCann
Press Jury Panel Profiles
Moderators 2025
Yasmin Ait Abderrahman, Masters in Moderation
Hans Etman, Masters in Moderation
Perle Laouenan-Catchpole, Masters in Moderation
Gabriele Martirosian, Masters in Moderation
Dinka Krčelić, Masters in Moderation
Moderators Profiles
Jury Guidelines
The following criteria will be considered during judging:
- Creativity & innovation – Creative idea to support the objectives and the technological innovations shaping the event experience.
- Execution – How the agency achieved the good physical and emotional environment necessary for participant engagement, learning and behavioural change. The participant journey, ambience, engagement techniques and tools (art, entertainment, digital tools, furniture, technology, staging, AV, sustainable efforts).
- Effectiveness – Achievement of the stated objectives, such as survey results, financial results or other benefits (e.g. in the case of a non-profit organization) event compared to event costs.
- Channel strategy – Communication channel strategy: the omni-channel strategy applied to the event and its impact according to the objectives.
- Relevance with the Company’s communication objective and brand values.
- Overall quality, especially in comparison to the budget and to the competitors in the same category.
Jury’s code of ethics
Jury members will commit to signing a Code of Ethics based on the following principles:
- They must assess projects honestly and without bias, respecting the selection and judging criteria identified by the Award.
- In the event of conflicts of interest that may influence the vote, jurors must inform the organisation and the president (or vice-president) and abstain from judging.
- They may not accept solicitations from candidates that may influence their vote. In the event of such incidents, they must inform the organisation and the president (or vice-president).
- They may not vote on projects commissioned by the company they work for.
- They may not vote for projects produced by their own agency if they are on the jury as representatives of associations and simultaneously employed by event/communication agencies.