Since 2012, the UFI Education Committee organizes the "UFI Education Award", whose main purpose is to reward the best education initiatives undertaken by exhibition professionals. This competition is open to UFI members and non-members alike.

The 2016 UFI Education Award competition
"How to prepare your future leadership"
The
2016 UFI Education Award wishes to recognize initiatives designed to support
talents and future leaders in their career development. They objective is to
honour outstanding activities designed to make the next generation of leaders
fit for the future
GUIDELINES
Your entry must relate to a company activity or
programme designed to identify or support the next generation of leaders in the
exhibition industry. It can specifically focus on the strengthening of selected
skills but should be systematically applied and be part of a strategic approach
CRITERIA
The activity described in your entry must:
- be
an initiative put into place by your company;
- have
clearly defined measurable objective(s);
- address
a defined target group;
- show
a adequate recruitment and selection of participants;
- be
relevant for the exhibition industry and different from existing programmes;
· should
have measurable outcomes.
APPLICATION AND PROCEDURE
By 25 February 2016, please provide to
award@ufi.org a short summary (maximum 2 pages)
in English briefly describing your entry:
- Objective
and background of the initiative
- Actions:
scope, time, target group
- Detailed
results of your initiative;
All entries will be evaluated by the UFI
Education Committee. The jury will select three finalists from the summaries
received (no justification will be provided for the selection of the finalists
or the winner).
The three finalists will be asked to prepare
and present a detailed PowerPoint presentation providing an in-depth
description of their entry at an UFI Education Committee Meeting on 7 June 2016
in Germany.
This competition is open to UFI members and non-members (exhibition
organizers, operators of exhibition centres and service providers), on the
condition that entries are exhibition-related.
Participation in this competition is free-of-charge for UFI members.
Non-members are requested to pay €100 participation fee.
All information regarding the entries submitted will be treated confidentially
and will only be used for award selection purposes.
The winner of the 2016 Education Award will then be selected by the
members of the Education Committee. The finalists will have their entry promoted onwww.ufi.org and they will gain significant
press coverage in major international tradeshow publications, including UFI
Info.
In addition, the winner will receive a
complimentary participation at the next UFI Congress (in Shanghai, in November
2016) and will be honoured at the next UFI Congress as well as at various other
UFI meetings.
This competition is open to UFI members and nonmembers (exhibition organisers, operators of exhibition centres and service providers), on the condition that entries are exhibition-related.
Participation in this competition is free-of-charge for UFI members. Non-members are requested to pay €100 participation fee.
All information regarding the entries submitted will be treated confidentially and will only be used for award selection purposes.

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