Press Release: CIO100 ASEAN & Hong Kong Awards 2026 is open for nominations

The CIO100 ASEAN & Hong Kong Awards return in 2026 for the sixth edition, building on a record-high 245 entries in 2025 and an Awards Gala that brought together the region’s most eminent Chief Information Officers(CIOs) and technology leaders for an exchange of thought leadership and peer insight. This Awards programme is more than recognition; it is a regional benchmark for technology maturity across ASEAN and Hong Kong, and a unique platform for organisations to showcase their most impactful achievements, gain regional and global visibility, and join a distinguished community of innovators who are redefining the role of technology.

Globally respected, this CIO100 ASEAN & Hong Kong Awards  celebrates not just individual leaders but the collective efforts of teams that drive transformation, operational efficiency, and sustained growth. This year, you and your team could stand alongside the past winners which include this region’s most influential organizations, to be recognised for outstanding projects.

Calling on CIOs and senior level technology leaders to nominate themselves, their peers and their teams now. If your organisation has delivered outstanding projects that have made an impact over the past year, this is the moment to put that work forward.

This year’s award spans eight nomination pathways:

CIO Individual Online Form

Next CIO Individual Online Form

Ecosystem Team Online Form

Future Ready Enterprise Team Online Form

Sustainability Team Online Form

Transformation – Modernisation Team Online Form

Transformation – Innovation Team Online Form

Transformation – AI Team Online Form

Together, these categories reflect the full spectrum of enterprise technology maturity, from leadership influence and people development to ecosystem value, sustainability, modernisation and the strategic use of AI and emerging technology.

To the impartial judges, what matters most is not the volume of activity, but the quality of outcomes. The nomination forms are deliberately built to surface real projects that have moved beyond intent and into implementation, with clear business metrics, measurable impact and a story that shows how the work changed the organisation. This same discipline shaped the 2025 Awards.

For individual categories, the focus is on leadership that delivers real value, changes how the organisation operates, and influences people across the enterprise. Meanwhile, team categories nominations should show how technology is creating value across customer and supplier value chains, developing future-ready skills, advancing sustainability, modernising core environments, or scaling innovation and AI in ways that matter to the business. 

If you know of a team that has transformed the customer experience, strengthened resilience, improved efficiency, or advanced the organisation’s capability, nominate them. If you are a leader whose work has moved the business forward, nominate yourself. This is a great opportunity to showcase the people and projects that are setting the standard for what effective technology leadership looks like.

The deadline for nominations: 31 July 2026. 

Awards Gala website: https://event.foundryco.com/cio-100-asean-and-hk/

The CIO100 ASEAN & Hong Kong Awards continue to matter because we do more than recognise achievement. We provide a credible regional benchmark for technology maturity, and they bring together the leaders whose decisions are shaping the next phase of enterprise transformation.

Media Contact : Estelle Quek, Editorial Director, CIO ASEAN & CSO ASEAN 

>>Learn more about our global CIO Awards:

CIO 100 USA (August 2026)

CIO of the Year Germany (October 2026) 

CIO 100 UK (September 2026) 

CIO 50 Spain (October 2026) 

CIO 100 India (September 2026) 

CIO 100 Australia (September 2026)

CIO 50 Japan (December 2026)