FAQ
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Here’s everything you need to know about our Call for Participation at Workday Rising and Workday Rising EMEA.
General FAQ
Workday Rising is our annual flagship conference that brings together a passionate community of customers, partners, and industry experts to connect, learn, and reimagine how work gets done with AI. With an energy unlike any other industry event, it's one of the most sought-after stages in enterprise AI, where your insights and experiences can help thousands of HR, Finance and IT professionals from around the world solve real business challenges.
Workday Rising will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada from October 12-15, 2026. Workday Rising EMEA will take place in Barcelona, Spain from November 17-19, 2026.
You can access sessions and resources from past Workday events here. If you’ve attended a Workday event in the past, use your registration information to log in. If not, simply sign up for access at no cost to you.
As a reminder, your company must be a part of the Workday partner ecosystem in order to become a sponsor at Workday Rising. Learn more about our partner programs.
If you have any other questions about Workday Rising, send an email to risingregistration@workday.events.
Speaker Submissions FAQ
The Call for Participation is an opportunity for our customers and partners to share a compelling story or use case at our flagship event and submit a nomination for a customer award. For Workday Rising EMEA, entries must highlight customers headquartered in EMEA using one or more Workday products that are live and in production.
If you’re selected as a speaker, we’ll pair you with a Workday subject matter expert and include a free pass to the event (not including travel related expenses).
The Call for Participation is now closed.
- Speakers: Selected individuals will be notified by late June 2026.
- Awards Nominees: Finalists will be notified in September 2026.
Customer Awards FAQ
- Submissions close on April 21, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time.
- Customer Awards finalists will be notified in September 2026.
- Winners announced on October 14, 2026, at Workday Rising in Las Vegas.
- Winners announced on November 19, 2026, at Workday Rising EMEA in Barcelona.
- Any Workday customer who is using one or more Workday products that are live and in production.
- Partners involved in the implementation can be highlighted in the submission.
- Workday partners who are using a Workday product within their own organization can also submit an entry and are considered a Workday customer within this awards program.
For Workday Rising:
A donation to a charity listed and approved on benevity.com as chosen by the winner in the amount of 5,000 U.S. Dollars.
Award recognition at Workday Rising 2026.
Complimentary pass to Workday Rising North America 2027 (one per winner, excludes hotel and travel expenses).
Eligible customers will be entered into the Industry Innovation Awards
For Workday Rising EMEA:
A donation to a charity listed and approved on benevity.com as chosen by the winner in the amount of 5,000 Euros.
Invitation to attend Workday Rising EMEA 2026 award ceremony.
Complimentary pass to Workday Rising EMEA 2027 (one per winner, excludes hotel and travel expenses).
Note: Government and government-related entities are not eligible to receive charitable donations and Workday Rising passes. Entries for customers where the subject has an open RFP with Workday will not be eligible to receive the charitable donation or the complimentary Workday Rising pass for 2027. In the entry form, customers must also confirm they’re able to accept the award, per their own policies.
Only one Customer Awards nomination is allowed per company.
Yes, Workday partners and third parties can submit an entry, but they must confirm in their entry form that they have permission from the customer to participate in the awards program.
- Round 1: A panel of Workday experts review entries and select a short list for each category.
- Round 2: The judging panel assesses and ranks the short-listed entries against each other according to the judging criteria.
Due to the volume of submissions, we are not able to follow up with every entry. If you are short-listed as a finalist, a member of the team will notify you by September 2026. If you are not contacted, that indicates that your submission has not been selected as a finalist. If you still have questions, you can reach out to customer.awards@workday.com.
Submit your entry in English.
Finalists will be notified in September 2026.
Send an email to customer.awards@workday.com.
The Workday Industry Innovation Awards recognize organizations that are using Workday in innovative and inspiring ways to address issues that are particularly important to their respective industry.
Specific industries covered by the Industry Innovation Awards program include:
- Tech and media
- Financial services and insurance
- Healthcare
- Higher education
- Manufacturing
- Nonprofit
- Professional and business services
- Retail, consumer goods, and hospitality
- Public sector
Each industry listed above will determine award winners in 3 or more categories that are relevant to their industry.
Simply apply to the overall Customer Awards and you will automatically be entered into the Industry Innovation Awards for your industry. We will also tag your submission for consideration in additional industry-specific categories if there is one that is a better match than the original category you chose.
Your submission will be judged using a panel and process that is appropriate for your respective industry based on how your submission addresses the unique challenges, opportunities, and composition of that industry.
Winners will be recognized during your industry-specific summit or user group meeting at Workday Rising. Details on prizes and promotional opportunities for Industry Innovation Award winners will be shared as we get closer to the judging cycle.