This year, at our in-person [API Summit](https://konghq.com/events/conferences/api-summit)API Summit, we’re excited to shine a light on the projects and people who aren’t just implementing Kong, but reinventing it.
[The Kong Innovator Awards](https://konghq.com/events/conferences/api-summit/api-innovator-awards)The Kong Innovator Awards recognize outstanding and future-facing projects from Kong customers. And what better way to be recognized than with a gorilla trophy and an award ceremony on a boat cruise around New York City?
This year's awards will be presented on October 15 during API Summit 2025 in New York. [Past award winners](https://konghq.com/blog/news/kong-summit-recap)Past award winners include The LEGO Group, TBC Bank, and The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP Digital), among others.
All Kong customers are eligible to submit. We want to hear from you!
Customers can submit Kong projects or use cases from the past two years that deserve the spotlight.
Judges will evaluate submissions and select winners based on specific criteria: innovativeness of the use case, the benefits and impact highlighted, and the ability of the use case to inspire or help other Kong customers. Winners will be notified in early October and listed on the awards page after the ceremony at API Summit 2025.
Submissions are open now through September 26. Visit the [Kong Innovator Awards ](https://konghq.com/events/conferences/api-summit/api-innovator-awards)Kong Innovator Awards page for more details and to submit a nomination.
Don’t miss the API Summit for the agentic era! Join us October 14–15, 2025, in New York City to discuss how API strategies must evolve to prepare for major shifts around agentic AI, cloud, security, event streaming, and more.
Registration is now open. Visit [the API Summit page](https://konghq.com/events/conferences/api-summit)the API Summit page to get tickets and more information.
Recognizing the visionaries who are transforming the future of APIs and AI The Kong Innovator Awards celebrate organizations redefining what's possible and leveraging APIs and AI to solve real business challenges and drive meaningful transformation
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API Summit 2023 is a wrap! Over the two-day conference (our sixth-annual event), we packed in over 40 hours of content in 100 sessions touching on everything from ensuring reliable connectivity to generative AI. We heard from investors about the fut
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Kong API Summit has come and gone! Whether you joined us in San Francisco or missed this year's big shindig, here are some of the highlights from the event and a round-up of all the Kong news dropped over the past two days. Kong Summit 2022 recap
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Join the builders and leaders taming the API jungle live and in person at Kong Summit 2022 September 28-29, 2022, at the historic Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. Registration is now open . Kong Summit 2022 will feature more than 70 sp
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Many organizations have been able to accomplish impressive things using Kong products, including Kong Konnect, Kong Enterprise, Kong Gateway, Kuma and Insomnia. We recently honored four of these enterprises in the inaugural Cloud Connectivity Innova
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We are now deep into our most anticipated event of the year, Kong API Summit 2021 (there's still time to register for Day 2!). More than 4,000 people have registered from 87 countries for the virtual event. After a full day of knowledge and surpri
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This year's Kong API Summit is no ordinary virtual conference. We are taking our attendees into the heart of San Francisco for an action-packed interactive event. This is not one you will want to save for later. [iframe src="" data-src="https://ww
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