Seven leading Czech personalities, who significantly contributed to the development of the meetings industry in Prague, were acknowledged across six categories at the 15th Ambassador Awards Evening on 29 April. The awards ceremony was held at the Residence of the Mayor of Prague.
Prague Convention Bureau (PCB), together with representatives of the City of Prague and the Ministry of Regional Development, awarded leading Czech scientists, professors, doctors and other leading experts for their merits in bringing important international events to the metropolis of Czechia.
Prague mayor Bohuslav Svoboda attended the award ceremony together with the envoy of the minister for regional development and tourism, PhDr. Stanislav Dvořák. The winners were selected by an independent 16-member committee consisting of representatives of tourism, meetings industry, academics and other representatives of the private and public spheres.
“This year’s Ambassador Awards evening has reconfirmed the key importance of professional congresses and conferences for the development of host destinations, and at the same time has shown how innovatively event organisation can be approached today – whether by engaging patient organisations, emphasising sustainability or connecting corporate and scientific spheres. I very much appreciate the fact that in the 15th year we were able to award six personalities… Their meetings and sharing of know-how contribute not only to the international prestige of the metropolis, but also to the further development of individual fields in the Czech Republic,” said Roman Muška, director of the Prague Convention Bureau
The list of ambassadors and events awarded for 2025 were:
- Congress of the Year2025 – MUDr. Pavel Těšínský for the 47th ESPEN Congress on Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism
- Congress of the Year 2025 for up to 500 participants – MUDr. David Cibula, CSc. for the State of the Art in Gynaecological Oncology (SAGO 2025)
- Candidacy of the Year 2025 – MUDr. David Jilich Ph. D. and Ing. Mgr. Robert Hejzák M.A. for the candidacy for EACS 2027 Conference of the European AIDS Clinical Society
- Corporate Event of the Year 2025 –Miloslav Tuček for the Birthday Party of Česká spořitelna. A one in 200 Years Event!
- Inspiration of the Year 2025 – Jiří Nehasil for Makro Czech Gastro Fest 2025
- Long-Term Contribution to the Meetings Industry – Prof. Ing. Jiří Drahoš, DrSc., dr. h. c., 1st vice-president of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and chair emeritus of the Czech Society of Chemical Engineering.
