Conference speakers will be expected to deliver a written paper and will be then eligible for a coveted Best Paper Award. Judges from the expert conference programme Advisory Boards from the co-located events will choose a Best Paper Award winner from each of the conference tracks with the judging criteria based on outstanding concept and content. There will also be two highly commended papers in each category. With well over 500 people expected to submit abstracts for the Cologne conferences, these winners are rightly recognized by the industry as being the ‘best of the best’.