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Please join us in celebrating the 2025 Hall of Leaders Inductees and Global Awards Recipients
Hall of Leaders Inductees
EIC and the EIC 2025 Global Awards Task Force are thrilled to announce the 2025 Hall of Leaders Inductees. Since 1985 EIC has distinguished the global business events industry through the Hall of Leaders awards programme. The Hall of Leaders award is the premier recognition programme in events — our industry's "lifetime achievement award." The award recognises outstanding leaders who have undoubtedly shaped the industry.
Robert A. Gilbert
CHME, CHBA (posthumous)
Former President and CEO of Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI)
Al Hutchinson
Founder
AVH Enterprise
Matthias Schultze
Managing Director
German Convention Bureau (GCB)
Gary Shapiro
CEO and Vice Chair
Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
Claire Smith, CMP
VP Sales and Marketing
Vancouver Convention Centre
2025 Pacesetter Award Winner
The EIC Pacesetter Award Recognizes emerging leaders with a proven track record of successful leadership and whose forward thinking and innovative approach led to groundbreaking changes (or actions) that are making an impact on advancing the industry today.
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Michel Wohlmuth
President
Mexican Council for Meetings Industry — COMIR, Founding Partner and Director of Innovation, PCPeople
2025 Social Impact Award Winner
EIC and the EIC 2025 Global Awards Task Force are thrilled to announce the 2025 EIC Social Impact Award Recipients. The EIC Social Impact Award recognises extraordinary effort on the part of an individual and or organisation in the areas of people, planet, and prosperity aligned with UN SDGs and EIC Principles for Recovery.
2025 Adaption and Innovation Awards Winner
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