Best Sporting Event

• WINNER: Red Bull Hardline Tasmania 2025, The Shift Corp
• Santos Tour Down Under 2025, South Australian Tourism Commission
• Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro presented by GWM 2025, World Surf League, QLD
• Australian Open 2025, Bowls Australia, QLD
• Hyundai Australian Boardriders Battle – Grand Final Presented by NRMA Insurance 2025, Surfing Australia, QLD

Best Tourism Event

• WINNER: Vivid Sydney 2025, Destination NSW
• Pair’d Margaret River Region 2024, Tourism WA with Mellen Events & We Are Gather, supported by Ahoy Management, WA
• Parrtjima – A Festival in Light 2025, Northern Territory Major Events Company
• Australian Tourism Exchange 2025, Tourism Australia, QLD
• Floriade 2024, Events ACT

Best Charity or Cause-Related Event

• WINNER: Divine Dining 2024, Big Fish Events Group, SA
• Good Friday Appeal – Kids Day Out 2025, We Are Phoenix, VIC
• Memory Walk & Jog 2025, Dementia Australia, National Event
• Mazzei Foundation Gala 2024 – Partnered with Safe Steps, The Perfect Events Group, VIC

Best Congress or Conference Less than 500 Delegates

• WINNER: CRIKEY 2025 – Critical Care Research International: Knowledge, Evidence & BeYond 2025, Critical Care Research Group, QLD
• TalentFest 2024, We Are Phoenix, QLD
• TCS Summit Asia Pacific 2024, Peanut Productions, NSW
• ARIIA Conference – Facing the Future: Living Well. Ageing Well. Dying Well. 2024, Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia, SA
• The Asia Pacific Financial and Innovation Symposium 2025, ICMS Australasia, VIC

Best Congress or Conference 500 Delegates or Over

• WINNER: SXSW Sydney Conference 2024, SXSW Sydney, NSW
• WISE X 2024, We Are Phoenix, VIC
• AIATSIS Summit 2025, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), NT
• AgriFutures evokeAG 2025, Imagination, QLD
• Cairns Crocodiles 2025, The Misfits Media Company, QLD

Best Association Event

• WINNER: ACM The Web Conference 2025, ICMS Australasia, NSW
• CPAQ Conference 2025, Caravan Parks Association of Queensland, QLD
• 3rd Annual AIDN Policy Symposium & Sovereign Capability Showcase 2024, Precision Public Affairs, ACT

Best Exhibition or Trade Show

• WINNER: AWS Summit Sydney 2025, Imagination, NSW
• Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) 2025, Talk2 Media and Events, VIC
• Land Forces 2024, Designteam, VIC
• 3rd Annual AIDN Policy Symposium & Sovereign Capability Showcase 2024, Precision Public Affairs, ACT

Best Corporate Event

• WINNER: Raine & Horne Annual Awards Night NSW | ACT – Our Place In The Landscape 2025 (The), Raine & Horne Pty Ltd, NSW
• Perfect Pitch 2025, OneSchool Global, NSW
• Business Events Sydney, Global Ambassador Dinner 2024, We Are Phoenix, NSW

Best Brand Event

• WINNER: Liquid I.V. Rehydrates an Aussie Icon – Bondi Beach 2025, FleishmanHillard, NSW
• San Pellegrino Young Chefs Academy – Cooking Competition and Gala Dinner 2024, Zesty Events, VIC
• BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A K03 – Product Launch & Driving Experience 2024, We Are Phoenix, QLD
• JD Sports x adidas Climacool Underground Launch Event 2025, Andpeople, NSW
• AWS Summit Sydney 2025, Imagination, NSW

Best Incentive Event

• WINNER: Lenovo Asia Pacific President’s Club 2024, EWM & 35 Degrees North, QLD

Best Community Event

• WINNER: North Australian Festival of Arts 2024, Northern Arts Limited, QLD
• Parrtjima – A Festival in Light 2025, Northern Territory Major Events Company
• Maitland Riverlights 2024, Maitland City Council, NSW
• Lakemba Nights during Ramadan 2025, Canterbury Bankstown Council, NSW
• Good Friday Appeal – Kids Day Out 2025, We Are Phoenix, VIC

Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event

• WINNER: Now or Never 2024, City of Melbourne, VIC
• Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour 2025 – Guys & Dolls, Opera Australia, NSW
• Vivid Sydney 2025, Destination NSW
• Enlighten Festival 2025, Events ACT
• Adelaide Fringe 2025, SA

Best Small Regional Event

• WINNER: Between the Tides 2025, Queensland Music Festival, QLD
• Yahava KoffeeWorks Cool Water Classic 2024, Geo Bay Swim, WA
• Pinjarra Festival 2025, Shire of Murray, WA
• Zest Fest 2024, Orange City Council, NSW
• Casino Truck Show 2024, Richmond Valley Council, NSW

Best Regional Event

• WINNER: Outback Trail 2025, Queensland Music Festival, QLD
• Deni Ute Muster 2024, Deni Play On The Plains Festival, NSW
• North Australian Festival of Arts 2024, Northern Arts Limited, QLD
• Parrtjima – A Festival in Light 2025, Northern Territory Major Events Company
• Australian Wearable Art Festival 2024, QLD
• Pair’d Margaret River Region 2024, Tourism WA with Mellen Events & We Are Gather, supported by Ahoy Management, WA

Best Small Event

• WINNER: Leapmotor C10 REEV Launch Event 2025, The Bite Project, SA
• Subi Blooms x Gather 2025, City of Subiaco, WA
• The Tech Briefing @ The Calyx 2025, AV1, NSW
• Project Bravo 2024, Synergy Effect, NSW, ACT
• South Side Festival 2025, Frankston City Council, VIC

City Of Coffs Harbour Best New Event

• WINNER: Luminous 2025, Maitland City Council, NSW
• Pair’d Margaret River Region 2024, Tourism WA with Mellen Events & We Are Gather, supported by Ahoy Management, WA
• Ford Australia 100. History in the Making 2025, Imagination, VIC

Best Achievement in Design

• WINNER: Artists in Motion for their work on Burj Khalifa New Year’s Eve 2025 – ‘Beyond Dreams’
• Known Associates Australia for their work on Routes Asia 2025
• Mellen Events & We Are Gather for their work on Pair’d Margaret River Region 2024

Best Achievement in Event Marketing or Communication

• WINNER: FleishmanHillard for their work on Liquid I.V. – Hydrating an Aussie Icon 2025

Destination NSW for their work on Vivid Sydney 2025

• State of Social for their work on State of Social 2024

Best Technical Achievement or Innovation

• WINNER: RWS Global for their work on Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Best Export

• WINNER: The Electric Canvas for their work on InnerGlow and “InnerGlow Searchlight” 2025
• Artists in Motion for their 2024/2025 International Achievements
• Designteam and Team Defence Australia for their 2024/2025 International Achievements

Venue Team of the Year

• WINNER: Australian Equine & Livestock Events Centre
• Perth Town Hall
• Zinc at Fed Square

Event Hotel of the Year

• WINNER: Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort Port Douglas
• Hyatt Regency Sydney

Caterer of the Year

• WINNER: Laissez-Faire Catering
• Catering Project

Theming, Branding or Styling Company of the Year

• WINNER: En Pointe Events
• Architects of Vibe
• Phenomenon Creative Event Services
• Sapia Creative

Production Company of the Year

• WINNER: Novatech Creative Event Technology

Exhibition Services / Event Build Company of the Year

• WINNER: Stagekings
• Chopt Studio & Productions

Service Company of the Year

• WINNER: Oztix
• Closed Loop Environmental Solutions
• Clean Vibes
• Chopt Studio & Productions
• Intelligent Risks

In-House Event Team the Year

• WINNER: Experience Melbourne, City of Melbourne
• Moonee Valley City Council
• Tourism Australia

PCO of the Year

• WINNER: ICMS Australasia

Small Event Agency of the Year

• WINNER: We Are Gather
• Atelier – House of Events
• Forum Group Events & Marketing
• Event Managers Australia

Public Event Agency of the Year

• WINNER: NT Major Events Company
• The Shift Corp

Corporate Event Agency of the Year

• WINNER: Imagination
• Known Associates Events
• We Are Phoenix
• The Bite Project
• EWM

2025 State or Territory Award

• WINNER: South Australia

Event Supplier of the Year

• WINNER: Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre
• Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort Port Douglas
• Novatech Creative Event Technology
• Laissez-Faire Catering
• Stagekings
• Oztix
• En Pointe Events

Event Agency of the Year

• WINNER: ICMS Australasia
• We Are Gather
• Northern Territory Major Events Company
• Experience Melbourne, City of Melbourne
• Imagination

Australian Event of the Year

• WINNER: Vivid Sydney 2025, Destination NSW 
• Lenovo Asia Pacific President’s Club 2024, EWM and 35 Degrees North, QLD
• The Raine and Horne Annual Awards Night NSW – ACT – Our Place In The Landscape 2025, Raine and Horne, NSW
• Divine Dining 2024, Big Fish Events Group, SA
• AWS Summit Sydney 2025, Imagination, NSW
• CRIKEY 2025 – Critical Care Research International: Knowledge, Evidence and BeYond 2025, Critical Care Research Group, QLD
• Between the Tides 2025, Queensland Music Festival, QLD
• ACM The Web Conference 2025, ICMS Australasia, NSW
• Leapmotor C10 REEV Launch Event 2025, The Bite Project, SA
• SXSW Sydney Conference 2024, SXSW Sydney, NSW
• Luminous 2025, Maitland City Council, NSW
• Red Bull Hardline Tasmania 2025, The Shift Corp, TAS
• Liquid I.V. Rehydrates an Aussie Icon – Bondi Beach 2025, FleishmanHillard, NSW
• North Australian Festival of Arts 2024, Northern Arts Limited, QLD
• Now or Never 2024, City of Melbourne, VIC
• Outback Trail 2025, Queensland Music Festival, QLD 

Judges’ Special Award

• Woodford Folk Festival 

2010

• David Atkins
• David Churches

2011

• Peter Rix

2012

• Mary Lopez AM
• Lena Malouf CSEP AIFD
• John Allen AM

2013

• Di Henry AM
• Sandy Hollway

2014

• John Trevillian
• David Grant

2015

• Ron Walker AC CBE
• Meri Took

2016

• Peter Jones

2017

• Ignatius Jones

2020

• Harvey Lister

2021

• John Harnden AM

2022

• Christine McLoughlin AM

2023

• Simon Balderstone AM

2024

• Brenda LaPorte
• Roslyn McLeod OAM