Judges ranged from Dow Jones events manager Angus Peckham-Cooper and Ford events manager Mark Beale, to Business Design Centre CEO Dominic Jones and Haymarket Exhibitions managing director Gavin Brown.
Plied with food, drinks and lots of sweets courtesy of the Wallace Space, the judges deliberated long and hard over the impressive selection of entries for this year's awards.
The shortlisted companies will be revealed here next week, but make sure you don't miss out on the Event Awards by booking your table now at the cheaper earlybird rate.
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