This year, the FIBO Innovation & Trend Award again honors the latest and most innovative fitness and lifestyle products in the industry. The award has already been presented for 20 years and made many groundbreaking products from the fitness, wellness and health sector known.
Record participation of 294 entries
The fact that the fitness industry keeps up with the times and is highly innovative is shown by the record participation in the FIBO Innovation & Trend Award 2019. 294 new products were submitted this year - almost tripling the field of participants! All submissions will be on display at the show.
Out of all 294 applicants, 19 products were nominated by the international jury of experts to compete for the coveted award. Whether Brain Training, Gaming Fitness or Adventure Workouts - all innovations present the fitness training of the future, want to make training better, motivate people and contribute to health.
At the awards ceremony, the winners will be chosen in five categories that represent the central trend topics of the market:
- Digital Fitness
- Health & Prevention
- Lifestyle, Life-Balance & Wellness
- Performance & Efficiency
- Start-up
The jury members
The international jury of experts evaluates the submitted products according to the criteria of innovation, health, motivation, quality and design as well as functionality. This year's jury includes:
- Nathalie Smeeman, Executive Director of the European umbrella organization Europe Active.
- Gunnar Ebmeyer, Editorial Manager & Manager Business Development FIT FOR FUN
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Rieger, Founding Dean of the Department of Sport, Media & Event at the University of Applied Sciences Europe
- Prof. Dr. Ingo Froböse, University Professor for Prevention and Rehabilitation at the German Sport University Cologne
- Prof. Dr. Niels Nagel, Executive Board of the DIFG e.V.
The FIBO Innovation & Trend Awards ceremony will take place the day before FIBO, i.e. on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, as part of the European Health & Fitness Forum. Around 400 top representatives of the industry will be there and are looking forward to exciting new products.
You can find all nominees here: https://www.fibo.com/award
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Published on: 26 March 2019