The

shortlist for the first-ever B2B Marketing Martech Awards

 has been unveiled.

The 2019 Awards, which recognise the best marketing technology activity, individuals, vendors and agencies, will take place in the evening of 21 March, following the conclusion of

Get Stacked, the B2B Marketing Technology Conference in London

.

A total of 53 organisations have made the shortlist of the inaugural Awards programme.

Stein IAS nominated in multiple categories

Agency Stein IAS lead the way, with 17 nominations in the 15 categories, including three for the agency itself for Martech agency of the year, Martech consultancy or integrator of the year, and Best use of martech for live events. There is also recognition for chief innovation officer Marc Keating in the Martech visionary of the year category.

Trelleborg is the leading client-side organisation with five nominations, including for martech team of the year, best use of marketing automation, best use of martech for demand generation and martech transformation/acceleration project of the year. Business unit president Richard Hepworth will also contest the Martech visionary of the year category.

Agent3 is the martech vendor with the most nominations, shortlisted in the ABM tech vendor of the year category, and for its clients Pure Storage and Digital River.

Joel Harrison, co-founder and editor-in-chief of B2B marketing, said: “The B2B martech world is exploding, and transforming what marketers do, and how they do it – both for agencies and inhouse marketers. These awards reflect this vital and increasingly critcial role – and the shortlist reflects those companies who are at the vanguard of martech adoption and innovation.”