Conventa's groundbreaking 5R model wins it an award


Held for the past seventeen years the Bea (Best Event Awards) one the most prestigious global competition within the meetings industry where the best global events compete for gold has become a force to reckon with.

At this years Bea World Festival Conventa won first place in the category of green and sustainable events. It was Conventa’s groundbreaking 5R model that convinced the esteemed international jury, who saw the methodology as a credible solution for organising future events sustainably.

The gala award ceremony saw 103 finalists from 28 countries go head to head for the coveted awards in various categories. A record-breaking 320 projects from 97 leading global agencies from 32 countries entered the competition. The event was organised in the Eternal City (Rome, Italy) from 24 to 26 November 2022. Ten finalists competed for the top spot in the category of green and sustainable events. Mirre Van Tilburg, Head of Events at Capgemini and Jury VP, led the expert jury that evaluated the projects in this category.

The events that received the highest marks from the jury were:

  • 1st place: Conventa Experience 2022, Toleranca marketing d.o.o., Slovenia
  • 2nd place: Green&Blue Festival, Piano B, Italy
  • 3rd place: The digital ID.5 Experience, fischerAppelt, live marketing GmbH, Germany
“The Bea Award is the best gift for our fifteenth anniversary and a milestone for us. Without our esteemed strategic partners, Ljubljana Tourism, Slovenian Convention Bureau and the Slovenian Tourist Board, alongside 19 loyal partners, we could never organise such a project. The Slovenian NGO Umanotera and Climate Partner played a pivotal role in organising the event in 2022. They helped us sustainably transform the award-winning project,” said Gorazd Čad, the co-founder of Conventa.

Their methodology will be tested at fifteenth edition of Conventa scheduled to be held from 1 - 2 February 2023.