UXDX Launches The Unblockers: Awards For Cross-Functional Teams at UXDX EMEA 2026

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Three new awards celebrate teams who can demonstrate a clear link between evidence, decision-making, and measurable results.

UXDX is proud to announce the launch of The Unblockers: a new awards program launching at UXDX EMEA 2026 in Berlin. Built for cross-functional teams, The Unblockers recognises real-world work that demonstrates a measurable chain from evidence to decision to impact.

Unlike other industry awards that prioritise presentation quality or brand visibility, The Unblockers is built around practical case studies from which the wider community can learn. UXDX evaluate entries on the strength of evidence, the quality of decision-making, and the clarity of outcomes.

Three Award Categories

  • Impact Award
    For teams whose evidence directly drove real outcomes, including user adoption, retention, and conversion. We want to see a clear, documented connection between research or data and the business result it produced.
  • Best Use of AI Award
    For teams that have meaningfully integrated AI into their workflow or product. Not as an experiment, but as a genuine change in how you work or what you were able to build.
  • The Unblocker Award
    For teams that successfully removed the organisational, structural, or process barriers that slow cross-functional collaboration down; and can show the difference it made.

Recognition and Rewards

Winners will be announced live on the UXDX EMEA main stage in Berlin. All finalists will receive direct feedback, a Finalist badge for LinkedIn, professional photos taken, and exposure to the wider UXDX community. Top entries will additionally receive team tickets to UXDX EMEA 2027, a published case study, and sponsored gifts.

How to Enter?

The entry process begins with a short expression of interest form, designed to take no more than three minutes to complete. No presentation deck is required at this stage. Teams whose entries show strong potential will be contacted with the next steps for a full submission.

The deadline for expressions of interest is 10 April 2026. Submit your quick entry now here to participate.