Awards of Excellence

2026 Awards of Excellence – Nominations Now Open

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Canadian Association of Exposition Management Awards of Excellence. Awards will be presented to honourees during CAEM's Annual Conference, June 13 to 17, 2026 at Caesars Windsor, Windsor, ON.

Nominations are being invited in the following Categories:

• Lifetime Achievement 
• Hall of Fame – Exposition
• Hall of Fame – Associate
• Impact Award
• Emerging Leader Award
• Volunteer of the Year

The deadline to submit nominations is April 1, 2026.

2025 Award Honourees

Emerging Leader Award

• Mercedes Strachan – Landscape Ontario

Hall of Fame

Exposition Category

• Michael Dargavel, CEM – Association & Events Management International
• Bianca Kennedy – Newcom Media Inc.

Associate Category

• Kent Mascotto, CEM – RBC Place London
• Ralph Scali – SHOWTECH Power & Lighting

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Wendell Howes – Master Promotions
• Laurie Paetz (Posthumous)
• Bradley Styba – Tourism Burnaby