Jasper Hope, the events director for the Royal Albert Hall, will be among the judges of the Scottish Event Awards, which are now open for entries for 2012.

The awards are now in their fourth year and aim to reward the country's best events, suppliers and venues. The judging panel will be chaired by Nicky Wrighte, the commercial director of KDM Events.

From today organisers, promoters, in-house teams, venues and suppliers can view this year's categories and submit their entries at scottisheventawards.net.

For more information contact lyndsay.wilson@carnyx.com or see the newly-launched Scottish Event Awards website.

The Scottish Event Awards team will be in attendance at The Events Event in Aberdeen on 19 January, so join them on the day to find out more.

Scottish Event Awards 2012 Jury

Chairman: Nicky Wrighte - commercial director at KDM
Maria Duddin - general manager at The Brewery
Mark Fry - sales director at Venues Event Management
Jasper Hope - event director at the Royal Albert Hall
Peter Kerwood - managing director at Altitude London
Chris Clarke - commercial director at p&mm
Hugh Walker - managing director at Eden Caterers
Clive Little - director of events and programming at the Olympic Park Legacy Company