THE POWER OF EVENTS (UK)

Event Sustainability Live
2024-11-20 - 2024-11-21 | ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
Event Sustainability Live (ESL) London is a two-day Exhibition and Conference bringing together event professionals, thought-leaders and sustainability experts.
The event takes place on 20th & 21st November at ExCeL, London. The show is free to attend, delegates can explore the latest trends, innovations and products from companies and venues providing eco-conscious solutions helping to create sustainable events.
Meet with fellow event professionals from all over the globe who are passionate about event sustainability, share ideas & create new and exciting partnerships.

The NOEA 2024 Convention & Awards
2024-11-26 | DoubleTree by Hilton, Walcot St,, Bath, BA1 5BJ, United Kingdom
The National Outdoor Events Association’s Annual Convention returns in 2024 for another year of #NOEAFutures. Join us at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Bath to hear the latest news from event professionals, delivering talks and debates on current topics and issues within the outdoor events industry. After an informative day, meet us at the Roman Baths & Pump Rooms for the Awards Presentations & Dinner followed by live music and dancing.

Production Futures ON TOUR
2024-11-27 | Production Park, 53 Lidgate Cres, Langthwaite Business Park, South Kirkby, Pontefract, Wakefield, WF9 3NR, United Kingdom
Production Futures ON TOUR is a production industry careers fair. Find opportunities to learn, train, network and develop careers in production across all aspects of live events, film, music, festivals, touring, brand activation, theatre, TV, broadcast and AV. We are an industry funded FREE event for all ages and to help the first 5 years of your career connecting you to work, training, courses, networking and jobs.

EN Marketing Summit & Awards
2024-12-10 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Hilton Brighton Metropole, Kings Rd, Brighton and Hove,, Brighton, BN1 2FU
After the success of the previous editions, we are excited to announce the transformation of the EN Marketing Conference and Awards into the EN Marketing Summit and Awards this December.
Join us for a comprehensive summit designed to be a hands-on educational event for marketing leaders. The EN Marketing Summit and Awards will be a unique opportunity to delve into the most pressing challenges and opportunities in the field of exhibition marketing.
In the evening, we will celebrate marketing excellence at the EN Marketing Awards. This glamorous ceremony will honour outstanding achievements and milestones within the industry. It’s the perfect occasion to recognise the hard work and innovation that drive our industry forward.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of an event that shapes the future of exhibition marketing.

Live Awards
2024-12-11 | Troxy, 490 Commercial Rd, London, E1 0HX, United Kingdom
The LIVE Awards showcases the outstanding companies, teams and individuals that make up our world-renowned industry and is the only event that brings together professionals from every part of the business.
As the voice of UK live music and entertainment, we host this annual event to celebrate and reflect on the extraordinary achievements of our sector.
This year, The LIVE Awards takes place on December 11th at legendary east London venue Troxy with a champagne reception, three-course dinner and, of course, the ceremony itself.

ABPCO Excellence Awards
2024-12-12 | Winter Garden, 97 Church St,, Blackpool, FY1 1H, United Kingdom
The ABPCO Excellence Awards recognise and celebrate industry best practice in association and not-for-profit conferences and events. They are an opportunity to showcase to your peers, and the wider industry, the incredible work that is being undertaken in this sector, and the positive impact that it has.

Celebrating 40 Years of Adlib
2025-01-23 - 2025-01-24 | Camp and Furnace, 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool, L1 0BY, United Kingdom
The Adlib Family are having their 40th Birthday party. It will be an evening of celebration, drinking, eating, fun and merriment, and helping them discover what happened to the last 40 years and where they went.

Festival Supplier Awards 2025
2025-01-30 | De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen St,, London, WC2B 5DA, United Kingdom
The Festival Supplier Awards celebrate outdoor events and all the fantastic suppliers and production teams who deliver them. With awards covering a multitude of outdoor event essentials; from staging, crowd management, temporary structures and crewing to crowd barriers, toilets, technology and visual spectaculars. There are also awards recognising green suppliers, site and production management, Supplier Team of the Year and our Unsung Heroes.

Events Connect
2025-02-03 09:00 - 16:30 | Manchester Central Convention Complex, Petersfiel, M2 3GX, United Kingdom
An opportunity for current event professionals to meet the event professionals of the future

The Power of Events Open Taskforce Meeting
2025-02-06 09:00 - 10:00 | online event
A bi-monthly (every other month) meeting which invites ALL The Power of Events Supporters and Partners to join us for a 1 hour online call.

TPI Awards 2025
2025-02-24 | Battersea Evolution, London, Queenstown Rd, Chelsea Brg,, London, SW11 4NJ
On 24 February 2025, the TPi Awards will return for its 24th edition, once again bringing together the live events community to recognise the incredible feats achieved in the world of live touring in the past 12 months.
Our 2024 event was another record-breaking year, with 1,795 of the industry attending the famed awards ceremony, and they’re expecting similar numbers for our next edition.

Confex 2025
2025-02-26 - 2025-02-27 | ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
Standing as a beacon of creativity, connection, and innovation for the events industry, International Confex is more than just a meeting point. It’s a launching pad for ideas that define the next era of events. From pioneering feature builders to standout destinations, International Confex is your canvas to paint events that resonate.
Whether you’re looking to engineer team-building masterpieces, infuse your events with creative flourishes, or explore the next big thing in event tech, you’ve come to the right place.
Even Confex itself started as a conversation, so gather with peers and join us at the event where every conversation has the potential to be ground-breaking.

Event Production Show
2025-02-26 - 2025-02-27 | ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
Dedicated to the live event industry, EPS is the longest-running event designed for all event professionals involved in running outdoor and live events; including festivals, sport, corporate and brand experiences, local authority events and stadium/arena tours.The Event Production Show helps solve the issues that affect all types of events across the globe including sustainability, crowd management and safety, creativity and attendee experience, the supply chain, diversity and technology and every other challenge that promoters and organisers face everyday.

Production Futures On Tour
2025-03-04 10:00 - 15:00 | Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London,, London, NW1 8EH, United Kingdom
Production Futures creates opportunities for young people to learn, train, network and develop careers in production across all aspects of live events, film, music, festivals, touring, brand activation, theatre, TV, broadcast and AV installation.

MUTA Members Day
2025-03-12 09:00 - 16:00 | The Slate at Warwick Conferences,, Coventry, CV4 7SH
We’re excited to announce that next year’s Members’ Day will be held on Wednesday, March 12 at Warwick Conferences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7SH.
MUTA’s flagship event is free for members, and provides the perfect opportunity to connect, learn and develop ahead of the season.

Safer Crowds, Safer Venues Conference 2025
2025-03-18 - 2025-03-19 | Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2QJ, United Kingdom
Following on from the immensely successful inaugural conference in 2024, the UKCMA brings you the second edition of Safer Crowds, Safer Venues.
For one more year, they will return to Middlesbrough to educate, inspire, and inform everyone working at any level across crowd management, events, festivals, sports stadiums, and in cultural venues.

CN Awards
2025-03-21 12:00 - 20:00 | De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen St,, London, WC2B 5DA, United Kingdom
The Conference News Agency Awards (CNAAs) celebrate the UK’s most influential and prolific event agencies, recognising excellence over the past 12 months. One of the most highly anticipated events in the conference and meetings industry, over 450 event professionals from around the UK attend the ceremony every year.

CHS Leeds
2025-03-25 | Royal Armouries Armouries Dr Leeds LS10 1LT, Armouries Dr, Leeds, LS10 1LT
CHS Leeds returns for 2025! This one-day exhibition is for anyone organising business events, from small meetings to large conferences and everything in-between.
Meet over 100 venues, destinations, and event suppliers, develop professionally and personally through the education programme and enjoy a VIP experience like no other!
If you organise meetings, events, dinners and conferences, whether full time or as part of a wider role within your business then CHS Leeds is for you.
Are you a…
Corporate Event Manager
Event Agent
Professional Conference Organiser
Venue Finder
PAs
EA
VA
Office Manager
Association Event Manager
Public Sector Event Manager
Luxury and Incentive Travel Agent
Register now to learn, develop new skills, find great new venues and suppliers and #BeAPartOfIt at CHS Leeds!

EN Awards 2025
2025-03-28 17:30 | Park Plaza London Westminster Bridge, 200 Westminster Bridge Rd,, London, SE1 7UT, United Kingdom
Widely regarded as ‘The Oscars’ of the global exhibition industry, the EN Awards return in 2025!
The EN Awards is a one-night celebration; highlighting and embodying the spirit and talent within our tightly knit organiser community.

The Business of Events: Global Policy Forum
2025-04-01 | IET London: Savoy Place, 2 Savoy Pl,, London, WC2R 0BL, United Kingdom
Designed to unlock the potential and drive growth within the UK’s business events economy, the programme’s speakers and contributors include Shaun Davies MP Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Events; Dame Caroline Dinenage DBE MP Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee; and columnist and politician Lord Daniel Finkelstein OBE who will be giving delegates his view on the current political and economic landscape.

Fast Forward15 Mentoring Awards
2025-04-24 18:00 - 23:00 | The Mermaid London, 2 Puddle Dock, City of London, London, EC4V 3DB, United Kingdom
We are excited and honoured to announce the inaugural Fast Forward15 Mentoring Awards.
This exclusive celebration aims to showcase exceptional mentors, mentees, corporates, agency and suppliers that have had a profound impact on the growth and development of talent within the events and hospitality sector.
These awards are open to all genders, and all organisations across the sector, including in-house corporate event teams.
Scheduled for 24th April 2025, this first-of-its-kind awards ceremony will honour outstanding contributions to mentoring.
The Fast Forward15 Mentoring Awards will feature a three-course dinner, a prestigious awards ceremony, and ample networking opportunities.

ABPCO Festival of Learning 2025
2025-04-28 - 2025-04-29 | The Eastside Rooms, Woodcock St,, Birmingham, B7 4BL, United Kingdom
The Festival of Learning is ABPCO’s educational flagship event providing a key moment for the association events community to come together to network, share and most importantly to learn.
Now in its fourth year, the festival will be taking place in person on Tuesday 29 April 2025 at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham. As well as a full day of learning, the event includes a networking supper and the new event innovation hub the evening prior (see the schedule page for more details). We’re expecting over 150 event professionals and will be exploring the theme – Connect, Collaborate and Challenge.

Production Futures On Tour
2025-04-28 10:00 - 16:00 | AO Manchester Arena, Victoria Station Approach, Hunts Bank,, Manchester, M3 1AR, United Kingdom

How to Become a Financially Savvy Freelancer- Workshop 1: Setting Up Shop
2025-05-01 17:00 - 18:00 | online event
Thu 1st May – ‘Setting up Shop’- sole trader, ltd company, budgeting, tax to savings & investments

PLASA Focus Leeds
2025-05-13 - 2025-05-14 | Royal Armouries, Armouries Dr,, Leeds, LS10 1LT, United Kingdom
CELEBRATING ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY, AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT!
PLASA Focus Leeds returns May 2025, bringing together the latest innovations, and the brightest minds in live events, installation, and entertainment technology.

MPTS
2025-05-14 - 2025-05-15 | Olympia London, Hammersmith Rd,, London, W14 8UX, United Kingdom
Camera’s rolling in 3, 2, 1! Setting the stage for the titans of TV, film, and technological marvels, let your content creation visions flourish in a world of broadcasting innovation at MPTS.
Reignite your creativity and curiosity with hundreds of renowned speakers delivering adrenaline-pumping behind-the-scenes tales and game-changing tips in pre-production, production, post, technology, audio and virtual production.

How to Become a Financially Savvy Freelancer- Workshop 2: Staying out of trouble
2025-05-15 17:00 - 18:00 | online event
Thu 15th May – ‘Staying out of Trouble’ – what insurances should you have, to managing debt and money worries

Event Technology Forum
2025-05-19 | Hilton, S Quay Square, Marsh Wall,, London, E14 9SH, United Kingdom
The Event Technology Forum is a focused event that brings those working in the Event and Technology Industry together with leading solution providers, for focused one-to-one meetings.

IMEX Frankfurt
2025-05-20 - 2025-05-22 | Messe Frankfurt, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main,, Germany
IMEX Frankfurt is where the global meetings, events and incentive travel industry comes together annually for the largest trade show of its kind in Europe.
Where 3,800-plus global meeting planners connect with 2,900 suppliers from across the world, building powerful working relationships—to create better events, meetings and experiences.
This is where you can walk through the world in a day, immerse yourself in the latest industry developments and ideas, and find yourself at the heart of the global business events community.

How to Become a Financially Savvy Freelancer- Workshop 3: Financial Wellbeing
2025-05-28 17:00 - 18:00 | online event
Wed 28th May – ‘Financial Wellbeing – the new Rock n Roll’ – the legal stuff – protecting yourself and how to cultivate a better approach to money.
