Calling All Innovators: Submit Your Nominations for The Innovation Awards 2025
We're searching for the entrepreneurs, executives, and trailblazers driving meaningful change in North Texas. Submit your nominations for D CEO and Dallas Innovates' The Innovation Awards 2025 by Friday, September 20.
Celebrate the companies and individuals leading innovation across sectors like AI, cybersecurity, healthcare, consumer goods, real estate, and more.
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D CEO and Dallas Innovates are teaming up once again to present The Innovation Awards, honoring the disruptors and trailblazers who are driving innovation in North Texas.
The sixth annual 2025 event will honor CEOs, entrepreneurs, CIOs, CTOs, and other leaders who are sparking change and making their mark in the region and beyond.
Nominate now
Whether you’re an entrepreneur launching a new solution, a business leader steering transformative changes, or someone who knows a trailblazing candidate, the clock is ticking—so submit your nominations now.
The extended deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, September 20, 2024.
Categories are broken up into individual and company awards, including Corporate Leader of the Year, Startup Leader of the Year, and industry categories that range from cybersecurity to transportation.
For a full list of categories and event information, visit The Innovation Awards site.
Finalists will be showcased in the January/February edition of D CEO Magazine. The award winners will then be unveiled at an event in early 2025 and will also be featured on Dallas Innovates.
See the 2024 winners of The Innovation Awards
Last year, D CEO and Dallas Innovates celebrated 74 finalists and revealed the winners of The Innovation Awards 2024 at an event held at On the Levee in the Dallas Design District.
Here’s the full list of 2024 honorees.
The story was updated on Sept. 4, 2024, at 3:04 p.m. to add an extended deadline of Sept. 20, 2024.
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