Innovative Leader
Contests / 2025
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Latest
- 2025 edition — Gala at Wilanów Palace
- The 2024 winners
- The hexagon-shaped statuette
Awards for innovative leaders, start-ups, brands, products and boards. We want Innovative Leader to be the annual meeting place for the most innovative people and companies in Poland and the CEE region.
in numbers
- categories for leaders and start-ups
- 26
- categories for brands and products
- 20
- award types
- 5
- jury members in 2025
- 15
how it works
How to enter
Choose the entry type
Leader, start-up, product, brand or a whole board.
Pick a category
One or two of 26 categories.
Describe the innovation
For the jury — what you change and what results you have.
The Gala
A two-day event at Wilanów Palace: presentations, discussions, matchmaking, a cocktail and the Final Gala.
We appreciate innovative brands. We discuss innovative trends.
What you get
Innovative brands
Companies and brands that change their markets.
Innovative products
Products and services that set new standards.
Innovative people
CEOs, founders and whole boards.
Innovative solutions
Start-ups and scale-ups with revenue.
jury
The 2025 jury included
- Grzegorz Mazurek — Rector, Kozminski University
- Adam Nitecki — L’Oréal
- Przemysław Kurczewski — ROBYG
- Martin Wolf — Visible Leader (Austria)
- Nick Sohnemann — Future Candy (Germany)
- Alemsah Ozturk — 4129Grey (Türkiye)
01Who can enter?
CEOs and founders of companies registered for at least a year, start-ups and scale-ups with revenue, brands, products and services, cultural, social and public institutions, and whole boards.
02What do winners get?
A statuette, a certificate and a diploma, the gala, a cocktail and networking — and winners and nominees can license the contest logo for their marketing.
03Where is the gala?
At Wilanów Palace in Warsaw.
Dates of the next edition are published at innovativeleader.eu.
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