Jury of the contest by Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry Exposition of the Year 2017 , evaluated and selected the best exhibition and event expositions from 2017. The participants of the contest were companies which offer services of design and construction of exhibition and event expositions, associated in PCEI, the only national exhibition sector association in Poland. The aim of the PCEI contest is to promote the best Polish companies which design and build exhibition stands and expositions at business and cultural events. This sector of Polish services is highly valued by clients in Poland and abroad; it is one of the most prominent Polish service exports which has a significant competitive edge on the EU market and beyond it. Below we present the list of laureates in individual contest categories: Category: Expositions at domestic exhibitions 25 – 50 sq. m. 1st place: contractor: Fair Team Michał Hempowicz, Poznań designer: Renata Wolczyńska investor (exhibitor): Astromal sp. zo.o., Święciechowa location: TRAKO 12. International Railway Fair in Gdańsk, 26-29.09.2017 Category: Expositions at domestic exhibitions above 50 sq. m. 1st place: contractor: SIMPEX Sławomir Jezierski, Poznań designer: Daria Piotrowska investor (exhibitor): Fabryka Mebli FORTE S.A., Ostrów Mazowiecki location: Furniture Fair MEBLE POLSKA 2017 in Poznań, 14-17.03.2017 2st place: contractor: IDEA EXPO Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie sp. z o.o. designer: Agnieszka Kuśmierkiewicz investor (exhibitor): Black Red White SA, Biłgoraj location: Furniture Fair MEBLE POLSKA 2017 in Poznań, 14-17.03.2017 Category: Expositions at exhibitions abroad 25 – 50 sq. m. 1st place: contractor: Meliński Minuth sp. z o.o., Poznań designer: Marta Pietrucha, Meliński Minuth sp. z o.o. investor (exhibitor): Meliński Minuth sp. z o.o., Poznań location: EUROSHOP, 05-09.03.2017, Duesseldorf (Germany) 2st place: contractor: World Expo International sp. z o.o., Bydgoszcz designer: Dorota Rybacka investor (exhibitor): Balton, sp. z o.o., Warszawa location: MEDICA, 13-16.11.207, Duesseldorf (Germany). 3st place: contractor: Abyss s.c. Małgorzata i Krzysztof Szofer, Poznań designer: Danuta Woźniak investor (exhibitor): Regency Exports Pvt. Ltd., Mumbaj (Indie) location: HEIMTEXTIL 2017, 10-13.01.2017, Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Category: Expositions at exhibitions abroad above 50 sq. m. 1st place: contractor: IDEA EXPO Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie sp. z o.o. designer: Magdalena Gyurkovich WMG Studio, Poznań investor (exhibitor): Polish Agency for Enterprise Development; Warsaw location: International Industrial Fair, Hannover Messe 2017, 24-28.04.2017, Hannover (Germany) and (ex aequo) 1st place: contractor: Meliński Minuth sp. z o.o., Poznań designer: Paulina Brodowska, Meliński Minuth sp. z o.o. investor (exhibitor): UMC Poland sp. z o.o., Ostaszewo location: IFA Berlin, 01-09.2017, Berlin (Germany) 2st place: contractor: Abyss s.c. Małgorzata i Krzysztof Szofer, Poznań designer: Reactor, Istanbul (Turkey) investor (exhibitor): KARTOPU, Istanbul (Turkey) location: H + H, 31.03.-02.04.2017 r., Cologne (Germany) and (ex aequo) 2st place: contractor: World Expo International sp. z o.o., Bydgoszcz designer: Dorota Rybacka investor (exhibitor): PZ CORMAY S.A., Łomianki miejsce: MEDLAB 2017, 06-09.02.2017, Dubaj (ZEA). Category: Expositions at events above 50 sq. m. 1st place: contractor: EXTEND VISION sp. z o.o., Kraków designer: Maciej Makles, EXTEND VISION sp. z o.o investor (exhibitor): Balton, sp. z o.o., Warszawa location: 23rd Convention of the Polish Neurological Association, 11-14.10.2017, Gdańsk. Jury of the contest exposition of the year 2017 appreciated the high quality of the awarded expositions and acknowledged the fact that their execution supported the marketing concepts of the investors. The debate of the Jury was chaired by Przemysław Trawa (Chairman of the Board of Poznań International Fair). Other members of the Jury are: Marcin Gębarowski, PhD. (Faculty of Marketing, University of Economics in Krakow), Roman Obst (CEO, JMT Polska, Poznań), Jerzy Osika (CEO, Promedia, Warszawa), Jacek Szlak (Editor-in-chief, Marketing przy Kawie), Prof. Andrzej Wielgosz (University of Fine Arts in Poznań), Robert Załupski (Marketing Director, OOH Magazine). Source: Polish Chamber of Exhibition Industry, March 15, 2018.