Nominate an Award Candidate by March 25, 2022
The Canadian-Croatian Chamber of Commerce will host the 18th Annual Business Excellence Awards Gala on Friday, May 13, 2022 at the Burlington Convention Centre, 1120 Burloak Drive, Burlington, Ontario, opening with cocktails at 6:00 p.m.
The awards evening is designed to formally recognize leadership, innovation and excellence within the Croatian-Canadian community and significant contributions by Croatian-Canadians to Canadian society as a whole.
This exceptional evening will include a keynote address by special guest AJ Piplica, Founder, CEO, Hermeus Corporation.
Hermeus, an Atlanta-based startup is developing hypersonic aircraft and already testing a new type of engine which will eventually be capable of reaching Mach 5 speeds (over 3,000 mph). They are charting a future for hypersonic transport, which if successful will revolutionize commercial transatlantic flights.
Hypersonic travel happens at speeds of Mach 5 — five times the speed of sound. That would get an aircraft from New York to London in just 90 minutes!
The Hermeus founders include former employees from SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket start-up, and Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ secretive space venture. All four founders worked together at Generation Orbit, where they worked on the development of a hypersonic rocket-plane and the US Air Force’s newest X-Plane.
We invite all members and friends of the Chamber and the greater Croatian-Canadian communities across Canada to join us.
TICKET AND FURTHER EVENT DETAILS COMING SOON!
Nomination Process
Deadline: March 25, 2022
Nominations will be considered for two consecutive years and do not have to be refiled the second year. Nominations received in 2020 prior to the cancellation of BEA 2020 will be automatically entered and considered.
Those nominated but not recognized after two years may be nominated again by filing a nomination package with updated information.
There is no cap on the number of nomination packages eligible for submission.
All nominations must be submitted in writing. Verbal nominations will not be accepted. Nominations may be made by on-line submission, regular mail, e-mail, or hand delivery.
Click HERE for Award Categories and Nomination Forms
Nomination Criteria
Consideration will be given to performance and achievement in any of, but not limited to, the following areas:
• Leadership and entrepreneurship
• Product/service/market innovation
• Any unique business achievements
• Sales and/or employment growth and technological advancement
• Excellence in community relations/promotion
• Customer service and reliability
• High standards of employee relations
Selection Process
The award recipients are determined through a voting panel composed of the Canadian-Croatian Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the previous year’s award recipients. The selection process is moderated and approved by the Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Croatia.
Announcement of Award Recipients
The names of the award recipients will be announced at the 18th Annual Business Excellence Awards Gala on Friday, May 13, 2022 in Burlington, Ontario. The names will also be published on the Chamber’s website as well as by news release.
Nominations are encouraged from all members and friends of the Chamber and the greater Croatian-Canadian communities across Canada.
