June – August 2026
A season for professionals whose decisions shape products, customers, teams, and businesses.
How To Participate
Participants move through registration, case study submission, campaign participation, and recognition throughout the season.
Create your account and confirm your participation for the 2026 season.
Share how you think, solve problems, and create value through one original case study.
Every step of the journey is designed to help professionals share meaningful work, engage with readers, and build credibility through contribution.
Journey & Important Dates
Complete your registration, confirm participation, and begin preparing your submission.
Publish and submit your case study before the campaign begins.
Published submissions become discoverable and participate in community engagement throughout the campaign period.
Winner and Runner-Up recognitions across all categories and focus areas are announced publicly.
The community comes together to celebrate meaningful contributions and professional excellence.
A season designed to help professionals transform experience into work others can learn from.
Selection Process
Recognition reflects how published work resonates with the community through meaningful engagement.
Participants submit one original case study under one selected focus area. Published submissions become part of the Thought Leadership Campaign and remain discoverable throughout the season.
IncludesReaders discover, read, and engage with participant work throughout the campaign. Leaderboards update during the season to reflect meaningful engagement.
Engagement signals may includeParticipants with the strongest overall engagement are recognized at the end of the campaign.
Recognition includesParticipants can track their progress through category and focus-area rankings as the season unfolds.
Recognition Categories
Participants compete alongside professionals at similar stages of their careers to ensure meaningful context for recognition.
For professionals with less than five years of experience.
This category recognizes individuals building credibility through fresh perspectives, thoughtful problem solving, and lessons from real work.
For professionals with five or more years of experience.
This category recognizes professionals who demonstrate leadership through judgment, measurable impact, and expertise developed through years of practice.
Recognition categories determine:
Recognition categories do not affect participation fees, campaign participation, or eligibility to publish your work.
Your contribution determines how you are recognized.
Participation Packages
Share your thinking and build visibility through the awards program.
Choose ParticipantExtend the reach of your work through enhanced visibility initiatives.
Everything in Participant, plusChoose SpotlightChoose the package that reflects how far you want your work to travel.
Frequently Asked Questions
Product professionals from India can participate under Emerging or Experienced recognition categories.
Each registration permits one original case study submission.
Yes. Participants may select one focus area that best represents their experience and expertise.
Recognition is determined through Public Choice engagement generated during the Thought Leadership Campaign. Leaderboards may consider views, reads, likes, and shares.
No. Categories determine recognition grouping. Participation packages determine visibility benefits.
Yes. Participants may upgrade to Spotlight before campaign activities begin, subject to availability.
Participants may revise and update their submissions until the submission deadline.
No. Registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Yes. AI tools may be used to improve clarity and presentation. However, the experiences, decisions, and insights shared must represent your own work and professional judgment.
Published case studies remain discoverable on AIxCompass and may continue to build visibility and credibility beyond the awards season.
Explore the full guidelines or contact our team for support.
Register for the 2026 season and publish work others can learn from.
