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In North Texas, innovation is aerospace and biotech, sports and culture, AI and energy\u2014all on the same stage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At last year’s Innovation Awards, the winners proved it<\/a>. A 90-year-old aerospace manufacturer shared the spotlight with a biotech startup working to bring back extinct species. A rap legend joined forces with a Dallas technology executive to teach coding in Southern Dallas classrooms. The Dallas Stars, facing the same media pressures as every pro team, broke with industry practice by offering for free what others charge for.<\/p>\n

Those stories weren’t exceptions. They reflect the breadth of a regional economy where Bell is developing tiltrotor aircraft to replace the Black Hawk, Aurora is launching fully autonomous 18-wheelers, and Worlds is teaching AI to “see and sense” the physical world for the Pentagon and companies such as Chevron.<\/p>\n

Now, with The Innovation Awards 2026, the next wave of innovators will be revealed. D CEO and Dallas Innovates are searching for the entrepreneurs, executives, and trailblazers driving meaningful change in the region.<\/p>\n

More room for boundary-breakers<\/b><\/h3>\n

For the sixth year, we’re teaming up to honor the disruptors and trailblazers shaping North Texas. The 2026 awards include 23 categories\u20148 individual and 15 company honors\u2014making more space for the people and organizations pushing boundaries.<\/p>\n

This year, Chief AI Officer joins the individual categories, and Innovation in Law enters the company awards as legal tech has its moment. CIO\/CTO awards also break out by company size\u2014from “small” under $50 million to “mega” over $1 billion\u2014because scale changes the game.<\/p>\n

Whether you’re in banking or biotech, cybersecurity or transportation, real estate or robotics, there’s likely a category that fits.<\/p>\n

Recognition for 2026 honorees<\/b><\/h3>\n

Finalists will be featured in D CEO’s January\/February issue. Winners will be revealed at a special event in early 2026 and showcased on Dallas Innovates.<\/p>\n

There are no fees to enter, just recognition for the honorees.<\/p>\n

“The accessibility of leadership, being able to have ideas come to life\u2014that’s something uniquely Dallas,” Jennifer Sanders told the crowd at last year’s awards. Sanders runs the North Texas Innovation Alliance and travels from Barcelona to Japan explaining why this region matters.<\/p>\n

The winners she was talking about don’t follow templates. For example, SilverStone Health’s Alfonso Montiel started at 49, volunteering in hospice care, then built a company serving 2,000 patients daily. Another innovator, tech company AirSight, detects and tracks drones, securing critical airspace for prisons, oil and gas infrastructure, and the Houston Ship Channel, a cornerstone of Texas’ economic output.<\/p>\n

Apply before midnight on Sept. 12, 2025<\/b><\/h3>\n

The Innovation Awards, presented by D CEO and Dallas Innovates, is a chance to join a roster of companies and leaders who see the world differently and build accordingly.<\/p>\n

“We’re not just celebrating 90 years of innovation,” a Bell representative said at January’s recognition event. “We’re daring to push the boundaries of what’s possible.”<\/p>\n

To nominate for The Innovation Awards 2026, submit before midnight on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. For details and to submit, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Preston launched the Dallas Innovates' media platform to tell the story of innovation in Dallas-Fort Worth. It was official in 2016 when the Dallas skyline turned purple for innovation. Since then, Dallas Innovates has become a must-read among business leaders and forward thinkers in North Texas. \"Our partners call us 'the tip of the spear for innovation news in North Texas,'\" she says. \"Now it's our tagline.\" The media-with-a-mission brand covers what's new and next in North Texas business. \"Our lens is lift,\" Preston says. \"We want to inspire ideas and opportunity. We're a catalyst for connections, here and beyond.\" Covering the Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Economy \"Dallas-Fort Worth has all of the core assets that drive an innovation economy,\" Preston told D CEO about the launch. \"We felt Dallas Innovates could be the center of innovation in business in DFW, from startup to enterprise, and include all the great impact work happening here.\" One of our superpowers is our diverse economy: \"A lot of places want one thing to hang their hat on, but DFW has many centers of innovation,\" she noted. \"And the fact that small businesses can work with very large companies here as a Fortune 50 market is a huge advantage.\" Preston founded media company Dallas Next in 2021 and publishes Dallas Innovates in a collaboration with the Dallas Regional Chamber. DRC innovation and research chief Duane Dankesreiter and Dallas Innovates co-founder says it's \"the drumbeat\" for the innovation economy in the region. Dallas Next also publishes the DALLAS\u00ae publications in partnership with the DRC. Dallas Innovates' sister publications include the DALLAS\u00ae Regional Economic Development Guide, the DALLAS\u00ae Relocation + Newcomers Guide, and the\u00a0DALLAS\u00ae Commercial Real Estate, which is a partnership with the DRC and The Real Estate Council. \"It's hard to say no to Quincy Preston when she believes in something,\" wrote D CEO Editor Christine Perez in the magazine. \"She won't stop until she makes it happen.\" In a previous role at D Magazine Partners, Preston incubated Dallas Innovates and published the DRC's brand publications. There, she also led the launch of D Healthcare Daily at D CEO and the launch of D TV. Preston developed data solutions to provide insights and measurement for growth across D Magazine Partners brands. Preston has worn many hats in her media career, including stints as a writer, photographer, and award-winning designer. During her long tenure at the Dallas Business Journal, Preston managed budgets, project schedules, resources, and talent; she also developed several cost-saving and income-producing initiatives that were adopted across the ACBJ chain of more than 40 newspapers. Preston's first editorial job was working for a fashion magazine at the Dallas Apparel Mart with an office a few doors down from Lucy Billingsley, daughter of legendary real estate developer Trammell Crow. At the time, Billingsley was running the market center where she led three expansions and a ~7 million-square-foot development. It was good company to be in. Later, when Preston launched an agency that she ran through the early nineties, Billingsley helped her with tough-but-kind advice\u2014and some pivotal connections. Today, Preston helms Dallas Innovates and the DALLAS\u00ae publications group, published by Dallas Next for the Dallas Regional Chamber. The growing DALLAS\u00ae platform includes sister publication Dallas Innovates. Together they focus on Dallas-Fort Worth business, including real estate, relocation, economic development, and innovation. 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