
Winners announced for the Tony Cowling Foundation Innovation Award 2026
The Tony Cowling Foundation is delighted to announce the winners of the Tony Cowling Foundation Innovation Award 2026, recognising some of the most exciting and
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The Tony Cowling Foundation is delighted to announce Human8 & The Coca-Cola Company as the Gold winners of the 2026 Market Research Industry Innovation Award for Future Digital Twins, and the Timing Problem Nothing Else Solves.
Their pioneering work explores how AI-powered future digital twins can help organisations look beyond the consumer of today and explore how people’s needs and behaviours could evolve in the years ahead. Grounded in real human insight, cultural understanding and qualitative expertise, the approach gives businesses a powerful new way to test ideas, explore possible futures and support long-term innovation decisions.
The Tony Cowling Foundation is delighted to announce CF Together as the Gold winner of the 2025 Market Research Industry Innovation Award for Snap Support. The project took an innovative approach to engaging young people living with cystic fibrosis, using Snapchat to gather lived experiences and evaluate the CF Strong programme. By meeting young people on a platform they already use, the research created a more natural and participant-led way to capture meaningful insights and help shape future support services.
We’re thrilled to announce that the Realeyes – Vision AI team were on stage as the winners of the Tony Cowling Foundation Market Research Industry Innovation Award 2024!
Joining them to present this honour was Dr Christopher Goard, Chair of the Tony Cowling Foundation Board of Directors, and Joaquim Bretcha, Director General of ESOMAR, to celebrate this incredible achievement.
Now firmly established in the industry, this prestigious international accolade continues to celebrate groundbreaking work in market research, showcasing innovation, data quality, operational excellence, and robust client applications.
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Winning the 2024 Tony Cowling Foundation Innovation Award marked an important milestone for Realeyes and its innovative face verification technology. At our 2025 Annual Event, Realeyes CEO and co-founder Mihkel Jäätma shared how the recognition helped build momentum, increase industry visibility and open up new growth opportunities.
Realeyes demonstrates how independent recognition can help promising innovations gain exposure, build industry connections and move towards wider commercial adoption.
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The Tony Cowling Foundation is delighted to announce the winners of the Tony Cowling Foundation Innovation Award 2026, recognising some of the most exciting and

The Tony Cowling Foundation is delighted to announce the finalists for the Tony Cowling Foundation Innovation Award 2026, celebrating the organisations and collaborations developing bold

The Tony Cowling Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of Josep Montserrat as Chair, effective from 2 April 2026. Since joining the Board, Josep
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