Conference News is pleased to announce the CN 30underThirty Class of 2026, recognising the industry’s outstanding emerging talent across the events sector.
The CN 30underThirty initiative celebrates young event organisers who are already making a significant impact through their creativity, commitment and ambition. It aims to highlight the next generation of leaders set to shape the future of the industry, while providing them with a platform to grow their profiles and careers.
The Class of 2026 will be officially celebrated at a dedicated awards ceremony taking place during International Confex 2026, held at Excel London.
The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, 25 February, from 4.00pm to 5.00pm, at the Keynote Theatre. This will be a closed-door event, with winners, their guests and judges invited to attend.
Winners will receive their award and have the opportunity to connect with fellow members of the CN30 community.
Meet the Class of 2026:
Abbie Butler, Head of Content, DMG Events
Abbie Rollings, Event Manager, Outsourced Events
Abigail Crockett, Conference Executive, Trinity Event Solutions
Aimee Haddock, Senior Marketing Executive, Financial Times Live
Alice Finch, Producer, Premier Events
Amy Irwin, Deputy Event Director, Premier Events
Atlanta Faulkner, Senior Project Manager, Principal. Global Events
Beth Versleys, Senior Account Manager, Spiro
Chloe Davies, Senior Events Officer, Soil Association Certification
Chloe Roff, Digital Marketing Executive, Davis Experience and Events
Dana Heard, Event Producer, Meet & Potato
Darcy Worcester, Senior Project Manager, Build The Bandwagon
Debora Sepetkova, Marketing & Communications Manager, Pure Communications Group
Ellie Rayner, Growth Account Director, Your Event Solutions
Erin Hutton, Event Manager, Bray Leino Events
Georgia Michaels, Associate Producer, Sleek Events
Jack Cooling, Senior Project Manager, Emota
Jade Walters, Event Manager, Bray Leino Events
Jonny Coekin, Managing Director, Clownfish Events
Katie Clancy, Project Manager, veSpace
Laura Cahill, Senior Account Manager, Verve
Macauley Hicks-Williams, Project Manager, DRPG
Megan Earl, Account Manager, Hotel and Travel Solutions
Mike Linford, Partnerships Manager, asembl.group
Olympia Lyon, Project Manager, Emota
Philippa Edwards, Project Director, MCI UK
Ross Carr, Account Manager, Spiro
Shannon Hunt, Event Manager, Freshwater
Sophia Webber, Account Manager, SEVEN
Sophie Burn, Content & Communications Manager, XSEM
Conference News would like to congratulate the CN 30underThirty Class of 2026 on this well-deserved recognition, and to once again thank its independent judging panel tasked with scoring this year’s applications.