It has been a very exciting and also busy week hosting more than 260 delegates in Aarhus for jboye08, our annual online conference for practitioners.
Among many duties, I was particularly honoured that Steve Arnold offered to found a new award to the best conference speaker.
The Overflight Excellence award and a €500 cash prize went to Caroline Coetzee from Cambridge University Hospitals in the UK. Caroline did a very interesting and relevant talk on The business case game (or is a website really more important than a maternity unit?) which explained how to get senior management support in the first place.
An honourable mention went to Niklas Sinander from EUMETSAT in Germany, who did a popular talk on Wiki from theory to practice.
The new award was given to the best presentation at the conference based on a few simple criteria:
- Research
- Value to attendees
- Quality of presentation and graphics
- Importance of the topic at the time of the conference
To find the winner, a small committee reviewed the talks from our 89 speakers, talked to other delegates and met over lunch to identify the winner. This years committee consisted of:
- Andrew Fix, Shell
- Magnus Børnes Hellevik, The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration
- Ove Kristiansen, Region Syddanmark
- Pernilla Webber, Alfa Laval
- Volker Grünauer, Wienerberger
A big congrats to Caroline!
Lisa Welchman November 8th, 2008 19:50
Congratulations Caroline! Very well deserved.
Lau Andreasen November 10th, 2008 19:50
Congratulations from this end too, Caroline! I hope we will get the opportunity of sharing th presentation again – in another forum.