Nominations open for 2026 ICE Barcelona Landmark Awards

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Clarion Gaming, organizers of ICE Barcelona, the world’s leading business event for the global gaming industry, has announced that nominations have opened for the 2026 ICE Landmark Awards.

The annual awards program celebrates the organizations and individuals whose innovation, leadership, and dedication have helped shape the global gaming landscape.

First introduced to the ICE show floor in 2019, the Landmark Awards are open to individuals and companies operating in every gaming vertical and across every jurisdiction.

Margaret Dunn, Portfolio Director at Clarion Gaming, said: “The Landmark Awards were created to recognize the people and businesses that are setting new standards and inspiring others. Each year we’ve celebrated achievements that reflect the very best of this industry across every discipline from game design and technology innovation to sustainability, safer gambling, and community impact. Recipients have included outstanding individuals, long-serving professionals, trailblazing start-ups as well as the pioneering commercial and not for profit organizations which are driving sustainability.”

Looking ahead to what will be the greatest gathering of industry professionals in gaming history with a projected attendance in excess of 60,000 Margaret Dunn added: “ICE Barcelona is where the global gaming community meets to share ideas, forge partnerships, launch new technologies and in the process help to shape the future of the industry. The ICE Landmark Awards mark the creativity, collaboration and entrepreneurialism which underpin and which remain the hallmarks of this wonderful business.”

Nominations for the 2026 ICE Landmark Awards should include a maximum 100-word citation and be submitted to margaret.dunn@clarionevents.com by 19 December 2025.

The winners will be confirmed ahead of ICE Barcelona, with presentations taking place live on the Enterprise Stage during the show.