The eleven categories of the awards include “Producer of the Year”, “Distributor of the Year” and “Non-profit of the Year”. Some 20 experts from the medical cannabis industry will assess the nominations and select three finalists for each category. Another nine judges will pick the winners out of the shortlisted top three.

Furthermore, the ceremony is combined with a charity dinner hosted by SiGMA Group, the organiser of the Malta Medical Cannabiz Summit. The fund-raiser will auction a selection of artworks with all proceeds going to the SiGMA Foundation and SavingSophie.org, which is a medical cannabis-related charity supporting care treatment for Sophie Ryan and other young cancer sufferers who can benefit from medical cannabis treatments.

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During the event, EY will unveil the results of their Malta Attractiveness Survey that has become a benchmark study presenting the foreign direct investment (FDI) sentiment of countries globally. The study aims to deliver the most up to date and accurate analysis of current investors on the country’s present and future prospects.

The full-day event is often described by participants as one that sparks and nurtures ideas the massive paradigm shifts revolutionising whole sectors and driving investment to shape the next phases of Malta’s growth. The focus of this year’s event will feature what EY tags as the “NextWave of business transformation”; digitalisation. The event will aim to discover “the limitless opportunities for those ready to explore how their business could be doing things differently,” the press statement sent to BM says.

The event will showcase the speeches of more than 50 speakers, including — but not limited to — Joseph Muscat, Malta’s Prime Minister; Adrian Delia, Leader of the Opposition; John Simlett, EY Global Mobility Leader, and Christopher Schmitz, EY FinTech Leader, along with speakers from the regulatory, financial services, banking and iGaming sectors.

The keynote speech for the event will be delivered by John Simpson, world affairs editor of BBC News. Mr Simpson has spent all his working life at the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including thirty war zones. He has also interviewed world leaders such as Vladimir Putin, Ghaddafi or Ayatollah Khomeini.

A range of NextWave: Future Of… Sessions will also be held, designed to help CEOs and business leaders explore future transformation. These include the Future of Cities, the Future of Mobility, the Future of Banking and Payments, the Future of Making and Trading, the Future of Tech and the Future of Media Content and Advertising.

The event will take place on 25 October, Friday, 07:30-16:30 at the InterContinental Arena Conference Centre, followed by post-event networking drinks.

By the end of September, EY’s early bird discount is available using the “SEPTDISC” code when applying through the official website. Any related queries are to be sent to the events department.

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Participants of the event will have forty-eight hours to build a product concept or MVP within the industries of video gaming and eSports, and present it to a panel of judges.

The winners will receive €1,000 in cash and access to a network of experts to help develop their idea further.

“This event is designed to immerse you in the ins and outs of eSports, as well as the business opportunities,” organisers of the event say on their event page. “Industry leaders will be on hand to help you out in a number of different ways — technical, creative and production,” the description adds.

The event will start with an opening presentation to introduce the industry.

The event will be held at the Arena Conference Centre of InterContinental Malta in St. George’s Bay.

For further information, see the website of the event.

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