
About the awards
A panel of judges made up of contributors to Experiment Nation watched every session and voted for the best speakers in several categories. Judges could not vote for their own sessions if they presented during the session. This year, the judges are:
- Rommil Santiago – Product Lead of Growth Product at Loblaw Digital and Founder of Experiment Nation
- Ana Catarina Cizilio – CRO Manager at Open English and former host of Experiment Nation’s Brazilian Podcast
- RIchard Joe – CRO Manager at MyState Bank and host of Experiment Nation’s English Podcast
- Juliana Jackson – Growth Marketing and Product Analytics Consultant, Experiment Nation Brand Ambassador, and host of the Standard Deviation Podcast
- Tracy Laranjo – Senior Optimization Manager at Splitbase and former host of Experiment Nation’s English Podcast
Best Overall Session
Awarded to the speaker who presented the session that the majority of the judges felt was the best of the conference in terms of content and quality.
Why Focus on Skeptical First-time Buyers? With Rishi Rawat (US)
Best New Speaker
Presented to the best 1st-time speaker at our conference.
Conquer your first 90 days as a new CRO Specialist with Carlos Trujillo (Colombia)
Best Aha Moments
Presented to the speakers who presented an interesting new concept in a memorable way that stuck with the judges well after the session.
Mixed Methods: How UX Research can supercharge your experimentation practice with Harriet Swan (Canada)
Getting Buy-in For Experiment Ideas with Shiva Manjunath (US)
How to change visitor’s habits with running server-side tests with Lucia van den Brink (Netherlands)
Founder’s Prize
Awarded by the Founder of Experiment Nation to the speaker whose session embodies the vision of Experiment Nation – giving every Experimenter a voice.
Purists vs Pragmatists in CRO – and why we need the latter to grow our industry with Matt Scaysbrook (UK)
Rising stars
While they didn’t top any of the main categories, we wanted to highlight some great speakers who we’d love to see more of in the future in our space.