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Top honours for Scan Display at AAXO’s ROAR Awards
At the Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) recent awards evening, Scan Display’s managing director, Justin Hawes, was presented with an award for his Outstanding Contribution to the Industry.
In a tribute at the event, he was commended for his contribution to the South African Events Council (SAEC), an umbrella body formed during the Covid-19 pandemic to represent all the different associations within the live events industry. The organisation played an important role in unifying players in the severely impacted industry and lobbying government to allow large-scale events to take place.
Justin was also commended for his involvement in several other industry associations, both local and international. He served on the executive committee of the Exhibition & Event Association of
Southern Africa (EXSA) for five years and was the association’s vice chairman from 2002-2004, and its chairman in 2005.
In 2009, he founded the Event Greening Forum (EGF), a non-profit organisation promoting sustainability in the South African events industry, and in 2011 he became the first African on the International Federation of Exhibition & Event Services (IFES) board. He was the association’s treasurer from 2013-2016, vice president from 2017-2020, and president from 2021-2022. Through his involvement at IFES, he has given the South African and African exhibition industries a platform in the global arena.
A rising star
Scan Display’s account executive, Boitumelo Pooe, received the ROAR Rising Star of the Year Award. Boitumelo has been employed at Scan Display as an account executive since 2013, and she is an asset to both the company and the broader exhibition industry.
Boitumelo is represented on the IFES Talent Team Committee, which promotes education and development of young professionals in the global exhibition industry, and she has managed many international projects including the South African Tourism pavilions at IMEX Las Vegas, WTM London, and IBTM Spain.
Best stand award
Scan Display also won the 2023 Stand of the Year Award for the Console Connect stand at AfricaCom 2023. The stand included interactive elements and special lighting effects to create an eye-catching display.
