Crowdsourcing platforms and initiatives that can demonstrate achievement of clear business milestones will be rewarded in this category. We will consider the approach to crowd participation, platform design and functions. Judging will not be based on size or number of users but on efficiency, ingenuity, and proven business success.

This category is open to any organization that can show excellence in the way it has used open innovation and strategy within its own business to improve its performance and growth. Entrants should present clear evidence of how open innovation has delivered results and how this benefits both its organization and collaborators.

This category is for a crowdfunding campaign that delivered much more than funding. Projects entered into this category should be able to demonstrate the steps taken to invite others to support their cause and help raise funding. View Finalists

This category is designed for fantastic examples of digital communications and platforms that increase exposure and drive business results. This includes any media – from podcasts, blogs/ vlogs, influencer marketing, video sharing platforms, and adtech – that are delivered digitally. View Finalists

Entrants for this category must be able to demonstrate an innovative and creative approach in a scientific project. This category is open to any organization or individual who developed science-based solutions that can demonstrate a quantifiable benefit for the world. View Finalists

This category rewards marketplace websites and apps who focus on excellence in connecting organizations and/or market participants – serving to add value and create an experience that instill trust in the ecosystem. View Finalists

This Award recognizes excellence in all areas of design enterprise and celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners. We are looking for the most imaginative initiatives, whether that is in website design, design usability, product design, or any other area of design. Something original, exciting and practical. Submissions should be able to prove demonstrably how UI and/or UX design has led to tangible, positive results. View Finalists

This category is open to any space tech organization who has made a significant contribution using collaborative techniques to advance R&D or developing strategies leading to new technology development and exploitation.The award will also recognize the lasting benefit created in the aerospace field and legacy of the project resulting from a high level of collaboration which goes beyond delivering the technical aspects of the project. View Finalists

This award is open to any Artificial Intelligence (AI) standalone project or as part of a larger project. The success of the project should be demonstrated in terms of how the development of AI led to improved performance or its ability to solve real problems.

This category is for a robotics project that stands out in terms of innovation, quality, value, and engineering. Projects entered into this category should demonstrate the creation of new products, applications, process automation or markets in robotics.