BERMUDA'S BEST
IN TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION &
CREATIVITY

Reward excellence and support Bermuda's Innovators through the recognition of their outstanding achievements within Bermuda's information technology industry!

ABOUT TECHAWARDS

The TechAwards, also known as the Technology Innovation Awards, provide the Government’s Economic Development Department with the annual opportunity to celebrate innovative and solutions-driven Bermuda-based companies, organizations, and individuals who are doing outstanding things in the technology field.

THE AWARD

Created especially for the Technology Innovation Awards by Dockyard Glassworks, this unique award is made of intricate colour lobes infused in clear blown glass, depicting innovation and creativity. The design was created by Oliver and Stephen Zawistowski and manufactured by Alan Avery at Dockyard, Bermuda.

2020 TECHAWARD WINNERS

Innovation of the Year
International Focus

TradEd, launched exclusively in Bermuda in April, as the first electronic trading application for complex property insurance and reinsurance placements.

Most Innovative COVID Solution

Bermuda’s Gateway System’s Solution team developed eTrack & Trace, a privacy-by-design product, used in office buildings to monitor visitor’s health conditions upon entering the premises.

Most Innovative Youth Category

Bermuda High School is being recognized for their first ever Innovation Expo. This showcase of student projects was a true display of all things S.T.E.A.M.

NOMINATIONS

Every year, the community is invited to submit nominations of what the public believes to be the best technology solutions, practices and education processes in Bermuda today.

TIMELINE

The Nominating process will run on www.techawards.bm

o Nomination Launch: September 1, 2021

o Nomination Deadline: October 22, 2021

o Judging: November 1-5, 2021

o Event: November 12, 2021

Nominees will be notified of the place of finish following the judging.

The 2021 TechAwards will be presented on Friday, November 12th, 2021 as a part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.

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HOW TO PLACE YOUR NOMINATIONS

Select the category for which you are nominating your candidate. Fill in all the boxes next to each question and click SUBMIT. All nominations will be acknowledged by an email to the entity submitting the nomination.

All TechAward Nominations must be made through the TechAwards website www.techawards.bm. The TechAwards Committee does not accept entries received by mail or by other means. No member of the TechAwards Committee, nor anyone associated with the committee, or contracted by the committee, may be held responsible for incomplete entries, technical difficulties, or entries that are not received by the deadline posted on the TechAwards Website.

All entries are screened by the TechAwards Committee to assure they meet all qualifications of the criteria. Once approved they are passed on to the Judge's Panel.

JUDGING CRITERIA

The judges will be looking for four factors:

is it a new concept in the marketplace,
does it have an innovative design or innovative use of technology,
what is the level of sophistication, does it have the "wow factor", and finally,
does it have a significant Bermuda factor?