EIBTM 2007: The EIBTM worlwide technology watch is awarded to the new spotme.

EIBTM 2007: The WorldWide Technology Watch (WWTW) winner is Shockfish SA with the New SPOTME ®. The judging committee felt that this product scored highly in all three judging criteria: innovation, completeness of concept, and value to users at events. For the second year running a European technology provider has been rewarded, at a time when the competition has received a record number of entries from over 40 different international companies.

 Shockfish SA, Managing Director, Bänz Ledin commented "Bringing the new SPOTME to the market has been two years of extremely hard work.  
Our team continues to re-define on-site communication with incredible energy and passion. We are thrilled to win the EIBTM  WorldWide Technology Watch competition. That EIBTM, Corbin Ball and the judging panel see the new Spotme as the leading technology is very, very rewarding to us."

The EIBTM 2007 WorldWide Technology Watch Winner Presentation will take place on Wednesday 28th November 14.00-14.30 in room 3.2  immediately after the live EIBTM Technology Debate. Paul Kennedy, MBE, Group Exhibition Director, Reed Travel Exhibitions will introduce the winner and present the award. This year’s winner will then demonstrate their innovative winning product for the meetings industry.
The runner-ups, who have also demonstrated very strong  technological solutions, are:                  
                   Jambo Networks
                   Jot Event Messaging Systems
                   nTAG
                   eTouches

 This year Corbin Ball, CMP, Director, Corbin Ball Associates –  Chairman, chaired the awards and the 2007 Judging Panel included:
                  Corbin Ball, CMP, Corbin Ball Associates, WA, USA – CHAIRMAN
                  Martin Sirk, CEO, ICCA- Amsterdam
                  Paul Hussey, Managing Director, Olive 360, UK
                  Charles Robinson, Director, Eventuality Solutions, UK
                  Mike Southon, Founder, Beermat.biz, UK

Mandy Torrens, Exhibition Director for EIBTM comments: “Previous winners have found commercial backing and positive publicity by  winning the WWTW competition. We have had a record number of  entries which confirms that technology is important to the meetings and incentive industry. EIBTM through the WWTW competition is dedicated to discovering the latest technological innovations that  will have a positive impact on meetings, events, incentive travel,  conferences and exhibitions”