During the conference the ceremony of the "Business Awards HRIMA- George Ouzounis 2008" will take place.

The candidates will be selected by the Editing Committee of the HRIMA magazine, while the award winners will be electronically voted by the 49,000 readers of the HRIMA magazine. The voting will take place in early October 2008. The awards categories are the following:

1. BEST COMPANY AWARD - 2008
2. BEST FTSE-ASE/20 COMPANY AWARD- 2008
3. BEST GLOBAL MARKET COMPANY AWARD - 2008
4. BEST FTSE-SMALL CAP/80 COMPANY AWARD - 2008
5. BEST PUBLIC COMPANY AWARD - 2008
6. BEST BANK AWARD - 2008
7. RESULTS RECOVERY AWARD - 2008
8. HIGH GROWTH AWARD - 2008
9. GLOBALIZATION AWARD - 2008
10. HIGH INVESTMENTS AWARD - 2008
11. BUSINESS INNOVATION AWARD - 2008
12. INVESTORS RELATIONS AWARD - 2008
13. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AWARD -2008
14. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AWARD - 2008
15. BEST CYPRUS STOCK EXCHANGE AWARD - 2008 (Excluding: Bank of Cyprus and Marfin Popular Bank)
16. BEST ALTERNATIVE MARKET AWARD - 2008