How it Works
API World 2022 is the world’s largest API & microservices conference, and the 2022 API Awards are the definitive awards for the API & microservices industry.
The 2022 API Awards are given out for 20 categories, and the Advisory Board for API World, made up of industry veterans, will select category winners after the public nomination process concludes.
The API Awards celebrate innovation, adoption and reception in the API & microservices industry and by the developer community.
The 2022 API Awards nominations are accepted now through Friday, August 26, 2022, and winners will be announced on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Winners will be presented at the 2022 API Awards ceremony on October 25th at 6:00 PT at API World 2022. Recipients receive (2) VIP Passes to API World 2022, a commemorative award, and media promotion and industry recognition.
Nominations are public and any technology, product or service that is or interacts with an application programming interface (API) or microservice is eligible for nomination. Nominees for the Innovator Award must be a person or team responsible for a significant innovation in the industry.
Categories
Innovator of the Year
Best API Debut
Best in API Infrastructure
Best in API Management
Best in API Middleware
Best in API Security
Best in Business Software APIs
Best in Automotive APIs
Best in Communications APIs
Best of Data APIs
Best in DevOps APIs
Best in Enterprise APIs
Best in Finance APIs
Best in Health APIs
Best in IoT APIs
Best in Media APIs
Best in Microservices APIs
Best in Microservices Infrastructure
Best in Payment APIs
Timeline
Friday, August 26, 2022
Nominations close: Judging begins
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Winners Notified
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
2022 API Awards
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM PT
2022 API Awards Ceremony @ API World 2022
2022 Advisory Board
Zohar Babin
EVP Platform & Growth
Kaltura
Mighael Botha
CTO – Americas
Software AG
Daniel Carrión
CPTO
Inspide
Nuwan Dias
VP
WSO2
Liam Forde
Founder and head of Product
webhookie AB
Derric Gilling
CEO
Moesif
Iddo Gino
CEO & Founder
Rapid API
Tom Hacohen
Founder & CEO
Svix
Bernard Harguindeguy
Managing Partner
Optus partners
Avinash Harsh
CEO
WEAVR
Benjamin Haynes
CEO & Co-Founder
Directus
Chuck Herrin
CTO
Wib Security
Anusha Iyer
CTO and Co-founder
Corsha, Inc.
Vijit Jain
Director – Partnerships
CometChat Inc.
Sahas Katta
CEO
Smartcar
Tobias Kunze
CEO
Glasnostic, Inc.
Virginia Liu
Chief Experience Officer
Agora
Sharon Mantin
CEO
Imvision
Joao Martins
CTO
Yapily
Roi Mor
CTO
OpenLegacy
Intesar Shannan Mohammed
Founder & CTO
apisec inc.
Marco Moschettini
CTO
Cubbit
John Musser
CEO
API Science
Matthew O’Riordan
CEO
Ably
Bill Oakes
Head of Layer7 product marketing
Broadcom
David Oneill
CEO
APImetrics
Alejandro Oses
CEO
Rootstack
Michael Palermo
Lead Developer Advocate
HERE Technologies
Emmanuel Piard
CTO
Reloadly
Mark Piller
CEO
Backendless
Bostjan Pisler
CEO
Space Invoices
Mark Quigley
Director of Dev Platforms Engineering
Wayfair
Mathieu Rasse
CEO
Meta API
Umair Siddique
CTO
Unlayer
Navdeep Sidhu
VP Product Strategy and Business Development
Software AG
Andreas Silén
CTO
Roaring.io
Mike Stowe
Director, Developer Marketing
RingCentral
Vijji Suryadevara
CPO & Head of Engineering
Phizzle
Tanel Tähepõld
Founder
Actual Reports OÜ
Andrea Tassistro
Founder & CEO
Foodetective
Joel Varty
President
Agility CMS
Tanya Vlahovic
Architect
Salesforce