Past Judges
All submissions to the Event Industry Awards are judged by an independent panel of recognised and distinguished judges, drawn from academia, business and broader related sectors.
View a sample list of our past judges below and judge us by who judges you.
David Adler
CEO & Founder, BizBash Media, USA
Yvette Audrain
Board of Directors, Premier Special Events, USA
Hiten Bajaj
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Mosaic Live, UAE
Alan Bannon
Founder, Cannonball
Maeve Buckley
Director, Line Up - Sports Media Entertainment
Tony Campbel
lLecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, DIT
Anthony Campbell
Chef Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology at Dublin Institute of Technology
John Carty
Lecturer ,GMIT
Ruth Craggs
Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin
Colm Croffy
Executive Director, Association of Irish Festivals and Events (AOIFE)
Terri Cullinane
Director, Cape Clear Consulting
Claire Dumbrell
Commercial Manager, EventInsure.ie
Paul Ephremsen
CEO, iD Experiential, UK
Alan Fitzgerald
Marketing Manager, ERC Rugby
Alex Gibson
Senior Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, DIT
Sophie Gorman
Day and Night Magazine Editor & Arts Editor, The Irish Independent
David Grant
CEO, David Grant pty ltd, Australia
Daniel Halpin
Head of Marketing, Cogs & Marvel
Dr. Elling Hamso
Managing Partner, Event ROI Institute
Lucy Horan
Former Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management & Tourism, DIT
Sam Johnston
Manager, Dublin Convention Bureau
Norma Kelly
Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, DIT
Miriam Kennedy
Manager of Dublin Convention Bureau
Eleanor Kenyon
Independent Colleges
Ken Kristofferson
President & Chief Creative Officer, Pop Kollaborative Inc, Canada
Andrew Langford
Lecturer in Food and Beverage Studies, Shannon College of Hotel Management a School of NUI Galway
Paula Lenihan
Editor, RSVP Magazine
Lynn Lester
Managing Director of Events, The Drum, UK
Anna May McHugh
MD, National Ploughing Association
Declan Maxwell
Restaurant Manager, Luna Restaurant
Andrea Michaels
President, Extraordinary Events, USA
Nick Mulcahy
Publisher and Editor of Business Plus
Martin Murphy
Stadium Director, Aviva Stadium
Oonagh O’Mahony
Editor, IFP Media
Mary O’Rawe
Lecturer in Management and Innovation, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin
Rachelle O'Brien
Assistant Lecturer, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin
Rui Ochoa
Director, Event Point, Portugal
Áine O'Mahony
Event Management & Marketing Consultant
Gerard O'Neill
Chairman, Amárach Group
Mary O'Rawe
Lecturer in Management and Innovation, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, DIT
Gary Pagano
Vice President, Viacom Special Events, USA
Adam Parry
Editor, www.eventindustrynews.co.uk (EIN), UK
David Pegler
Managing Director, ExCel London
Daragh Persse
Founder, The Brand Fans
Dr. Bernadette Quinn
Programme Chair, MSc Event Management, College of Arts & Tourism, TU Dublin
Yetti Redmond
Director, Yetti's Projects
Dr. Theresa Ryan
Lecturer & Researcher, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin
James Sheridan
Assistant Lecturer, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, TU Dublin
John Trainor
Founder & Managing Director of Onside Sponsorship
Mary Weir
Co-Founder, Event Industry Association of Ireland
Dr. Julie Whitfield
Senior Lecturer Events and Conference Management, Bournemouth University
Nancy Wilder
Owner, Picture your Events