Leading industry meeting for communication agencies moves to Leipzig - City of Leipzig
Leading industry meeting for communication agencies moves to Leipzig - City of Leipzig
The award for successful marketing communication is considered one of the most important industry prices. His decision, Effie Congress and Gala with around 600 participants after eight years in Frankfurt/M. announced the GWA on March 11, 2021.
Leipzig is the first East German host
In the run -up to the event, the municipal office for business development agency had intensively tried to organize the renowned event. As early as 2020, she supported the preparations for the "Football Agency Cup" planned by the GWA in Leipzig, which had to be canceled as a major sporting event with around 3,000 guests because of the pandemic.
"It is an honor for Leipzig and our domestic creative industries to be the first East German host for the most renowned price of the communication industry," emphasizes Clemens Schülke, provisional director of the economy, work and digital, and looks into the future: "Of course we would like to establish the Effie Awards Germany beyond 2023 in Leipzig, so we guarantee GWA Every support in all of its projects in the trade fair city ”.
With its strengths as a science and business location and its unique cultural wealth, Leipzig is a magnet for congress organizers and participants from all over the world.
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