Business Transformation World Summit Awards open for 2026
Across eight categories, this year’s award winners will be announced at the rebranded Business Transformation World Summit
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The Business Transformation World Summit Awards have launched for 2026 with submissions now open.
The annual global awards recognize and celebrate those spearheading superior operational excellence (OPEX) and business transformation initiatives within their organizations.
Across eight categories, this year’s award winners will be announced at the rebranded Business Transformation World Summit, taking place January 26 – 28 in Miami, Florida.
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Learn MoreBusiness transformation leaders recognized across 8 categories
Business transformation leaders will be recognized in eight individual categories:
- Best Digital Transformation Initiative
- Best Achievement in Driving Change & Transforming Organizational Culture
- Best Continuous Improvement System
- Best Process Improvement Project Under 90 Days
- Best Strategic Business Transformation Program
- Best Transformation Delivering Customer Excellence
- Business Transformation Leader Team of the Year
- Best Achievement in Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Data Innovation
The 2026 awards feature an esteemed judging panel including Ekaterina ‘Katie’ Curry, managing director, head of operations, Multifamily/LeaseTrack at Millennial Specialty Insurance and PEX Network Advisory Board member, as well as PEX Network contributor Kartick Kalaimani, VP of Dentsu.
Other judges include Rush Fozo, SVP, investment operations outsourcing at Northern Trust Corporation, Ruben Del Toro, VP of continuous improvement at Freeman and Company and Beth Johnson, director, head of credit card operations for consumer finance at Goldman Sachs.
Previous winners include Vueling Airlines, Siemens Gamesa, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and GWL Realty Advisors.
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Business transformation leaders face an unprecedented moment in time
“As 2026 approaches, transformation leaders confront an unprecedented moment in time. With a higher tolerance for uncertainty than most of their cross-functional peers, they have a unique opportunity to turn the global disruption and the promise of AI proliferation into catalysts for real business reinvention,” Cathy Gu, event director, 27th Business Transformation World Summit, wrote in the PEX Report 2025/26.
Transformation leaders need AI leaders to provide the engine for their bold vision. AI leaders, for their part, need transformation leaders to keep the business focused on the right problems, to resist hype and to smooth the path to change, Gu added.
“Featuring, for the first time in its 27-year history, FIVE co-located summits, the Business Transformation World Summit becomes the only platform designed to unite transformation and AI leaders. It is the first of its kind to place agentic and AI transformation at the heart of a human-centric transformation event.”
All Access: OPEX Operational Excellence 2025
Operational excellence is a set of practices that helps organizations to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. In 2025, operational excellence will be more important than ever as organizations look to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction.
All Access: OPEX Operational Excellence 2025 from PEX Network will help professionals get an understanding of the latest developments in operational excellence, including how to identify and improve key processes, how to implement operational excellence initiatives, and how to measure the success of operational excellence initiatives.
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