The Awards are open to individuals, teams, and enterprises of all sizes across different sectors globally. All types of enterprises, teams, and talent structures can participate in the evolving HR, L&D, EdTech, and technology landscape. The target audience can be enterprise-wide, a specific group, industry-specific, or a subgroup. With the client’s approval, solution providers/vendors may enter a project alongside or on behalf of a client. The client must be specified in the solution provider/vendor applications. HR, L&D, EdTech, and technology solutions providers/vendors can independently enter their internal projects and teams.

Projects, initiatives, etc., must have been implemented since January 1, 2024

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A project can encompass a wide range of activities such as campaigns, classes, courses, curriculum, deployments, developments, digital initiatives, education, eLearning, HR tech, immersive technologies, implementations, interventions, learning tech, lessons, models, modules, programs, seminars, solutions, strategies, talent tech, training, workshops, and VR tech. Projects can be enterprise-wide or targeted to a specific group. Industry projects can be industry-wide or targeted to a subgroup within the industry. A project can be submitted in multiple categories.

Talent can encompass a wide range of people, including coaches, consultants, designers, educators, employees, industry/subject matter experts, instructors, leaders, learners, managers, mentors, participants, professionals, specialists, students, technologists, trainers, teachers, and more.

A team (2 or more) can be from one or more enterprises, including vendor companies. All work arrangements (e.g., on-off-site, hybrid, regular, flexible, etc.) are recognised.

Specific industries include (e.g., agriculture, architecture/buildings, automotive, aviation/aerospace, banking/finance, construction, defence (land/sea/air), education/training, emergency services, energy (electric/oil/gas/water), engineering (civil/industrial), environment/sustainability, gaming/entertainment, healthcare/wellbeing, hospitality (food/beverage), information/media, IT/telecom, manufacturing (heavy/light), maritime/fisheries (ports/shipping), medical (pharma/technology), mining/resources, policing/safety, real estate (commercial/industrial/residential), retail/consumer, sport, tourism/recreation, transport/logistics, urban design (civic/public, etc.)

Applications are independently judged on merit using an impartial scorecard method, not in comparison to other entries. Each enterprise’s projects, teams, and solutions are evaluated based on their unique context. Awards are given based on specific scores, and multiple entries in each category may receive recognition. This method eliminates direct competition between entrants. An entry needs to score 61 or more points to be awarded.

Yes. Judges will not share any confidential material, judging papers, or applications. The LearnX® Awards may include confidential information in your entry, which will be kept confidential by the awards’ management team and judges. All submitted materials are deleted or destroyed after the judging process. Judges must disclose any conflicts of interest, and non-disclosure agreements are in place to protect the confidentiality of the entries. Judges only have access to the entries assigned to them for scoring, and judging discussions are confidential and not shared with anyone outside the judging panel.