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OW2con'26 Best Project Awards


The OW2 Best Project Awards recognize and reward "best of breed" projects and successful implementations of OW2 technologies.  

The Awards are open to all OW2 projects. It is a unique opportunity for OW2 members to showcase their projects and to benefit from enhanced recognition in the OW2 community in one of the three categories: 

  • Community, 
  • Market,
  • Technology.

OW2con'26 Award Contest Timeline

  • Deadline to register: May 7th, 2026 
  • Award ceremony: June 2, 2026 in Paris

How to submit to OW2con'26 Award Contest?

Please read the following recommendations before submitting your project. 

  • Please submit online by clicking on the button below, it is the only way to take part in the contest. 
  • Each entry must be separate - If you are entering three different categories, please fill in three separate forms. Word count for each entry is limited to 600 words.
  • Please note that the quality of your entry (reference users, general information, technical details, etc.) has a bearing on the outcome of each category. 
  • You are encouraged to be as transparent as possible. Please avoid quick cut-and-paste jobs from the company or project website.
     Award Submission is Closed

1. Community Award

 

This award will recognize the community aspect. The jury will pay particular attention to:

  • end-user driven development
  • cooperation and integration between two or more projects
  • contribution to the OW2 governance
  • fostering the community momentum

2. Market Award

 

The winner of this category will be the success story which illustrates:

  • integration of OW2 project in commercial offering
  • solution by system integrator leveraging OW2 technologies
  • a business deal/agreement between an OW2 project and industry stakeholder
  • high profile or innovative customer sale
  • Market readiness demonstrated by a significant MRL score

3. Technology Award

 

This award will recognize the technology excellence of the project. The jury will pay particular attention to:

  • Quality (tests coverage, code analysis tools, security vulnerabilities, etc)
  • Project health (number and evolution of releases, downloads, issues, etc)
  • Existence of a community (number of contributors, forums, and evolution)
  • User-friendliness (level of documentation provided, etc)

Please see below the picture of winners from last year's awards: 

OW2 Best Project 2025 Award Contest Winners

The Jury selected the winners for each of the three awards as follows:

  • See the photos of the ceremony