Dubai, 18th October 2008: Leaders Presents announced today that the nominations and submissions period for the 2nd Annual Middle East Business Achievement Awards (MEBA), which run in partnership with Dubai Holding has ended. Nominations are no longer accepted. The Awards have received an outstanding response with more than 150 nominations from across the region in over 10 categories.
A shortlist of candidates will be announced on the 1st of November, 2008 on MEBA website. Winners will be announced and honored at an elaborate Gala Dinner to be held on Sunday, November 16th, 2008 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Festival City, Dubai in association with Gulf Business. Judging will be based on the strength of submissions and according to key award criteria.
“The massive response to the MEBA awards function is a strong endorsement of the record number of achievements of regional businesses,” said Alan Kelly, Divisional Director, Leaders Presents. “We have received some really good submissions and it won't be an easy task to narrow them down to 10 categories, but we are sure that the Awards judges will do a great job. The next step for the Awards judges is to gather in an undisclosed location prior to the award ceremony in order to vote on the winners.”
The event, which aims to recognise and reward outstanding success, innovation and ethics across the Middle East business spectrum, will offer participants a prestigious platform in which to network with over 800 regional industry leaders and government officials, as well as high-profile, keynote speakers from the Leaders in Dubai Business Forum, who will also present the awards that evening.
The judging panel is made up of internationally-recognised and respected judges from a variety of industry sectors and disciplines and is carefully chosen to ensure the selection process is fair and objective. This year's panel includes Alan Patching of Alan Patching & Associates, Brett King, CEO International of the American Academy of Financial Management, Jennifer Harwood, Business Champion of Direct Incite Pty Ltd, Tim Walmsley, Regional Director of Impact Porter Novelli, and John Ford, Chief Executive Director of The One Center.
Nominations were accepted for 10 diverse categories: Marketing Strategy of the Year; Recommended Employer of the Year; Environmental Contribution of the Year; Corporate Social Responsibility Leader of the Year; Best Small Business of the Year; Best Family Business of the Year; Best New Company of the Year; Entrepreneur of the Year; and Businessman and Businesswoman of the Year.
For more information, please go to www.MEBAawards.com
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About Leaders Presents – part of IIR
‘Leaders Presents' is a new division of IIR Middle East designed to provide the IIR delegate a new level of conference experience. Born from the success of the Annual Leaders in Dubai Business Forum, Leaders' events stand out from the rest by providing a superior level of speaker, ensuring up-to-date topics and maintaining an all-around level of excellence throughout the execution of their events. The flagship event - Leaders in Dubai - is a meeting of over 1,500 of the regions' most eminent business leaders from across all industries who come together with some of the most popular business, economic and political leaders from across the globe - to network, learn and debate on the future of business and to share their experiences. Leaders Presents has launched a number of other highly successful events recently including the acclaimed Management Innovation Forum, which was launched in 2007 and met with rave reviews, and the Middle East Business Achievement Awards which honors regional business leaders for their excellence and contribution to business. 2008 now sees the launch of a variety of new ‘Leaders Presents' events - all of which promise to evoke thought and creativity, and give real value to the delegates who attend. Speakers current and past at ‘Leaders Presents' events include Colin Powell, Jack Welch, Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, Kofi Annan, Michael Porter, Her Majesty Queen Noor, Tom Peters, and Malcolm Gladwell.
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