# MEET THE JUDGES

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## Judges List

- **Aashish Ramamurthy** - GoTo Marketers  
- **Ade Allenby** - Clarion  
- **Alex Velinov** - MDG  
- **Alex Bridges** - Wavecast  
- **Alison Church** - easyfairs  
- **Baris Onay** - Precision Communities  
- **Bruce Rose** - Live Group  
- **Conrad Mills** - Forrester  
- **Dahlia El Gazzar** - Dahlia+ Agency  
- **David Bellisario** - Hardware Pioneers  
- **David Lamb** - Infopro Digital  
- **David Watt** - CI Group  
- **Eloise Newing** - Electric Cat  
- **Emee Pumarega, CMP** - EJP Events LLC  
- **Fiona O'Keeffe** - Information Security Media Group (ISMG)  
- **Heather O'Shea** - O'shea Event Consulting  
- **Jen Santos** - Smart Event Academy  
- **Josiah Taulbee** - CECI  
- **Keith Johnston** - The Event Tech Pull Up  
- **Kelly Stanley** - Open Banking Expo  
- **Leanne Velky** - Leanne Velky Inc  
- **Lisa Schulteis** - Electralime  
- **Marisa Cali** - Be Present LLC  
- **Mark Eddy** - Pragmatiko  
- **Max Gethin** - Wonder  
- **Megan Martin, CMP, DES, MPA** - M Squared Dynamics  
- **Mia Masson** - Electric Cat  
- **Nick Lindwall** - Showlite  
- **Patric Weiler** - PWBC  
- **Patricia Matthews** - Aegis AI Security  
- **Paul Gibbons** - EY  
- **Paul Richardson** - Vivid Ink  
- **Peter Marik** - National Event Management Agency  
- **Rachel Hobbs** - IQPC  
- **Rakim Asher** - CloserStill  
- **Richard Harris** - Olympia  
- **Tess Vismale, CMP Fellow, DES** - Event Tech Atlas  
- **Valentina Ruffoni** - Beyond The Event  
- **Vanessa Lovatt** - Event Tech World