The Jury 2024
The Jury
The independent jury is composed of representatives from international trade magazines for the baby and toddler market and health and safety experts.
Evaluation by the jury
Taking into account all the applications received by the closing date, in the first step the jury will assess which innovations will reach the final round of the competition on the basis of the product descriptions and product photos. In the second step - in the final round - the jury sifts through the products and decides on the nominated products and the winner of the respective category.
The jury members introduce themselves:
Nils Bader
Founder of the Green Product Award and expert on sustainability, Germany
Daniele Caroli
Journalist and freelancer, Italy.
Since 1994 he has been working in the nursery products business running a trade magazine until 2018; he also was in charge of an Italian toy trade magazine from 2004 to 2013. He acted as President of Baby Care Magzines International (BCMI) an later of an Italian Toy Magazines Association (ITMA)
Penny Franks*
Editor-in-chief of Nursery Today, UK
(*Participation in the preliminary judging)
Urszula Kaszubowska
Eidtor-in-chief of Branza Dziecieca Toys & Baby Products Trage Magazine, Poland
Katja Keienburg
Editor-in-chief of baby&junior, Germany
She has been working at Meisenbach Verlag since 2010, was on parental leave for four years in the meantime and has been in charge of the trade magazine baby&junior since March 2020. In 2021, she was a member of the jury for the Green Product Award for the first time and has been involved in the Innovation Award since 2023.
Sara Urbainczyk
Co-founder and managing director of "Echte Mamas", the largest social community for mothers in Germany