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13 May 2025
Nashville, USA

DataIQ Awards Americas Categories

The DataIQ Awards Americas honours both companies and individuals that have demonstrated excellence in the data and AI industry over the past 12 months.

This year, we have 12 categories to celebrate, covering a wide range of data and AI applications across three key streams: Innovation, People and Culture, and Data and AI for Good.

The Categories

Innovation

AI-enabling Solution of the Year

Who it’s for: Any product or service developed by a consultancy, data or tech vendor using AI.

How to win it: The winner will be an innovative product or service based in the application of AI to key processes. The judges will be looking for a vendor or solution provider who has identified an innovative way to deploy these resources for the benefit of end-users they work with.

Best Responsible AI Program or Initiative

Who it’s for: Any organization that is demonstrating and/or championing a responsible approach to the use of AI in a programme .

How to win it: This award will go to a specific individual, business or programme that can clearly demonstrate they have the principles of Responsible AI in a way that is building trust and scaling AI with confidence.

Most Innovative Use of AI

Who it’s for: Any application of artificial intelligence, machine learning or automation to introduce a new approach or service.

How to win it: Provide the judges with an insight into how a business opportunity or issue was identified that was subsequently resolved through the use of AI, ML or automation. The impact needs to be fresh and transformative, even if the target was a BAU process.

Transformation with Data and AI

Who it’s for: Any organisation that has achieved significant outcomes or culture change through deploying Data and AI.

How to win it: Provide evidence of how Data and AI have been used to transform the organisation, the way it operates, how a service is delivered or how customers are engaged. This may be through becoming digital-first or by putting a data asset at the heart of operations.

People and Culture

Best Place to Work in Data and AI – Client Side

Who it’s for: A client/brand-side AI and data department where employee satisfaction and skills levels are off the chart!

How to win it: Colleagues who are engaged and satisfied are more productive and have longer tenures. Achieving this involves fine-tuning working practices, internal culture, external engagement and leadership to build cohesion and value. Tell the judges the story of how you have put all of these elements in place and how you are measuring their impact.

Best Place to Work in Data and AI – Vendor Side

Who it’s for: A consultancy, data or tech vendor AI and data department where employee satisfaction and skills levels are off the chart!

How to win it: As with teams in end-user organizations – colleagues who are engaged and satisfied are more productive and have longer tenures. Achieving this involves fine-tuning working practices, internal culture, external engagement and leader. Tell the judges the story of how you have put all of these elements in place and how you are measuring impact.

Best Data and AI Team

Who it’s for: Best-in-class squads of analysts and AI/data practitioners working in brand-side or enabler organizations.

How to win it: An effective team multiplies the inputs of each individual in the group to generate greater impact from their efforts. Explain for the judges how collaboration, cohesion and productivity are rising as a result of working as an ensemble.

Data and AI Leader of the Year

Who it’s for: Any data leader with impact, influence and engagement across their organization.

How to win it: To be an award-winning AI and data leader, you need to provide vision and support to your department as well as delivering value to your organisation. The judges will be looking for evidence of strong strategic thinking as well as tactical delivery that builds belief among teams and stakeholders and delivers results time after time.

Data and AI for Good

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Data and AI Award

Who it’s for: Any data & AI initiative that is making a positive contribution towards ESG action and reporting.

How to win it: ESG is a fast-growing sector of AI and data practice and this award recognizes the demand for evidence that organisations are able to clearly statement their environmental footprint, progress towards net zero, beneficial impact on society, or controls on key aspects of its operation.

Best Use of AI for Healthcare Award

Who it’s for: This award is open to any data and AI programme developed for healthcare and wellbeing use by any type of organization.

How to win it: One of the biggest use cases for leading-edge AI is around health from fitness tracking and self-optimisation using wearables through to mental health, right up to developed new medicines, personalised medicine and treatment. The judges will be looking for innovative and deliverable AI solutions that are supporting health in any aspect.

Data and AI For Good Hero Organisation Award

Who it’s for: Any AI data-driven activity that targets societal or economic outcomes, rather than profit.

How to win it: Beyond profit, having a social purpose or aiming to apply AI or data resources to the benefit of everyone is what makes for a hero organisation. Our judging panel will be searching for a standout example of translating fine words into finished actions, showing that AI can exceed its everyday role and bring transformational change for people, environments, outcomes, and more. This award is open to any type of organisation applying AI to key non-commercial challenges.

Data and AI for Good Champion

Who it’s for: An individual who is tireless in advocating the use of AI for social, environmental or health-oriented projects.

How to win it: Alongside the profit motive, organisations are increasingly focused on how they can be of benefit to the broader world. To make this happens requires a champion who ceaselessly argues for social goals, identifies resources that can be applied to them and leads from the front to make sure good things happen through the use of data, analytics and AI.

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