CES Innovation Awards® Program
The world-renowned CES Innovation Awards® program is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products. The program recognizes honorees in a multitude of technology product categories and distinguishes the highest rated in each.
CTA Membership
CES Innovation Awards® judges are highly respected experts in their fields and include consumer technology industry designers, engineers, industry analysts, and members of the media.
Judging the CES Innovation Awards
Applicants must:
Have expert knowledge as an engineer, designer, industry analyst or member of the media.
Agree to the CES Innovation Awards 2027 Judge Agreement as part of the application.
Applicant must personally complete the application. Those submitted by a third party will be rejected.
Applicant will receive a notification of their selection status by Aug. 19, 2026
Selected judges must:
Complete all your assigned product reviews between your assigned review period; Wednesday, Aug. 26-Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 OR Thursday, Sept. 17-Friday, Oct. 2, 2026.
Each product review will take -20 minutes, with a maximum of 40 products per judge.
Judges who complete their reviews will receive one (1) complimentary Standard Pass to CES 2027, along with digital badge graphics, a certificate of recognition and a featured listing in the CES Innovation Awards 2027 Judges Gallery on CES.tech in early November.
Meet the Judges of the CES Innovation Awards 2026 Program
Innovation Award Honorees
