EEMA announces first edition of EEMAX GLOBAL Awards 2015

Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA), the apex body of the Indian event industry has announced the EEMAX GLOBAL Awards to identify, celebrate and honour the best events and experiential marketing projects from India and around the world.

Entries for the EEMAX GLOBAL Awards are expected from agencies in India, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and USA. The three level selection process, involves taking the award entries through a screening jury, a global jury and peer voting by members of EEMA to choose the winners in 29 categories that span entertainment events, social events, sporting events, weddings, exhibitions, digital events, government events, education programs and CSR.

Mr Sabbas Joseph, President- EEMA, shared, “The EEMAX GLOBAL Awards are a clear sign of India¹s event industry going global. Indian event companies are being retained by international clients and brands for development of activation programs as well as corporate events, mega public events and also sporting galas. EEMAX GLOBAL will signify a welcome to global agencies to showcase their work in India which is the fast-developing turf for global event programs.”

The presentation ceremony will be held in Mumbai, India in September 2015. More information about the award categories and how to apply can be viewed at www.eemaxglobal.com

The event industry in India has grown exponentially over the last two decades with several 1000 entities operating in this space, in various segments and levels across 100+ cities in India. EEMA is the first and only body of its kind, which seeks to bring together the country’ leading event management companies, entertainment professionals, artist management companies and international counterparts on the same platform.

For the first time in its history, EEMA hosted a national fund-raiser in October 2014 called HUM HAIN … Ummeed-e–Kashmiracross 4 major cities i.e. Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai; that brought the collective efforts of its members, along with theFilm and Television Producers Guild, Zee Network, United Way of India and several celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Imtiaz Ali etc. for the re-development of Kashmir and Assam post the flood.

The premier convention of the live events and experiential marketing industry, EEMAGINE SUMMIT 2015, brought together global professionals like David Zolkwer, Matteo Carvino and Sarah Gardiner; Indian leaders and achievers like Poonam Mahajan, Venky Mysore, Dr. A Didar Singh, Vikas Agnihotri, Rishi Jaitly, Yannick Colaco, Ravi Krishnan and Nitin Kukreja and several other imagineers from the events, entertainment, sports, cinema, advertising and marketing industry under one roof to discuss trends and map the future of the industry in a path-breaking convention.

The focus at EEMA has been to build engagement across the regions to ensure maximum participation and regional development and to continue its purpose it will host training workshops and webinars for EEMA member-agencies on HOW TO SUBMIT AWARD WINNING ENTRIES.

Apart from honoring the best within the event fraternity, EEMAX GLOBAL will also include presentations of a few award-winning global case studies and entertainers from some of India’s finest music and cinema performers.