Governance of the Digital Transformation Awards 2026

ITD Onboards 100 Members of the New Board of Trustees for the Digital Transformation Awards

In strategic meetings held on May 26th and 28th, the Institute for Digital Transformation aligned schedules, technical criteria, and the ambassador program to consolidate the award as the "Oscar of global innovation," taking a historic step towards the consolidation of the Digital Transformation Awards 2026.

The award's organizing team held two exclusive onboarding sessions to welcome the 100 highly relevant market, technical, and academic experts who will now form the newly appointed Board of Trustees.

The evolution from the former "Evaluation Committee" to the status of Board of Trustees reflects the institutional maturity and scalability of the award. The group will have the mission of ensuring the highest scientific, ethical, and technical rigor in filtering and auditing innovative cases around the world.

Diversity and Global Governance Composed of leaders representing 23 countries and 5 continents, the Board of Trustees embodies the intercultural sensitivity and systemic vision required to assess the current ecosystem of disruption. Technical symmetry is also reflected in the award design: the jury will divide its expertise to evaluate the 50 active award categories, equally distributed as follows: 25 for the People Segment (human factor and leadership) and 25 for the Organizations Segment (public, private, and third-sector institutions).

Technical Alignment and Next Steps

During the meetings, the ITD Institutional Relations team detailed the official schedule for the 2026 edition, the data cross-referencing formula (which combines the power of engagement and online popular voting with the confidential technical scrutiny of the Board), and the impact goals for the coming months. The expectation for 2026 is to surpass the mark of 500,000 popular votes and reach more than 2.5 million impacts on social media, expanding the brand's international reach.

Ambassador Program

As part of the mutually beneficial initiatives presented, ITD announced the launch of the Digital Transformation Ambassador Program.

Each advisor will receive a personalized digital branding kit, containing customized Cards and Stories to enhance their B2B authority on LinkedIn and other professional channels. This activation not only highlights the individual trajectory of the judges but also organically amplifies the reach of the sponsoring brands associated with the award.

With decentralized governance based on a DAO model reinforced by the new Board, the Digital Transformation Awards is heading towards its gala night in December with the certainty of safeguarding the credibility of the most innovative things on the planet.

"We don't discuss the future. We write it."

Thank you to all the advisors who accepted the mission of safeguarding the credibility of global innovation!