Rise has announced entries are open for its 2024 Rise Awards.
The advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector will hold its annual event at Troxy in London on Tuesday 19th November. Entries are open until Friday 19th July with the shortlist announced at the IBC2024 show.
Organised in partnership with Sky, EMG/Gravity Media and CueScript, the awards recognise women and companies who are stand-out performers, innovators and leaders in the industry with judges looking for exceptional achievement and positive impacts across a range of categories.
Donna Smith, managing director of Rise, said: “Rise Awards play a monumental role in celebrating the talent, expertise and achievements of those who lead us by their example towards a more diverse and vibrant future for our sector. I would like to encourage everyone to enter or nominate someone who is making an impact, and to extend the warmest thanks to our sponsors for their generosity and unwavering support for Rise Awards.”
Rise is seeking nominations in the following categories:
- Technical Operations Award – Sponsored by Vizrt
- Product Innovation Award – Sponsored by Clear-Com
- Business Operations Award
- Student of the Year Award – Sponsored by SMPTE
- Marketing Award
- R&D Engineer Award
- Ally of the Year Award
- Influencer Award – Sponsored by Disguise
- Project Management or Delivery Award – Sponsored by Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services
- Sales Award
- Production Support Engineer Award – Sponsored by Riedel Communications
- Rising Star Award – Sponsored by Harmonic
- Business Leader Award
- Company Award for Investment in Women – Sponsored by Ross Video
- Woman of the Year Award – Sponsored by Zixi
Tickets for the event will go on sale in September 2024. Entrants may be nominated free of charge. Full details of the awards and Rise can be found at www.risewib.com
