EDP awarded in the 2015 European Best Events Awards

Monday 09, November 2015

The global meeting of EDP employees was distinguished by the European Best Events Awards (Eubea), in the B2I Event/Convention category, during a ceremony held last Friday in Seville.

The awarded event was held in December 2014 at Meo Arena, Lisbon, bringing together 7000 Portugal-based employees over three days. An EDP tradition, the employees' meeting is one of the company's most powerful internal communication tools; its goal is to share strategies, take stock of the progress made, and draw future prospects.

Being one of the largest human resources events in Portugal, the EDP Meeting, under the motto 'EDP One - Together for a Better energy', stood out for the logistics aspect: eight months of preparation, 72 consecutive hours assembling structures, 450 professionals, a 300m long and 10m high giant screen, 90% lighting with low power LEDs, and 95 buses to transport all employees from across the country.

A giant work meeting in a festive, charitable environment. The toys offered by the employees were given to institutionalized children, while food items collected by Refood and Comunidade Vida e Paz. The model was replicated in Spain, the US and Brazil. reaching 12.000 EDP employees.