Spotme wins EIBTM WorldWide Technology Watch Award

This year's WorldWide Technology Watch winner is Shockfish SA with the New Spotme system. 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.

The New Spotme is a wireless communication system for meetings, conferences, and events. The centerpiece of the service is a purpose-built wireless handheld device that provides event information and communication tools to participants. Shockfish SA will be displaying the product on stand 0513/0514 at the MPI Technology Village @ EIBTM.

Shockfish SA, Managing Director, Bänz Ledin said, "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 are:
- eTouches
- Jambo Networks
- Jot Event Messaging Systems
- nTAG

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 said, "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."

The EIBTM will take place from 27th-29th November 2007, in Barcelona at the Fira Gran Via.

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