Apply for the 2025 ZeroDX Award
Organizations can apply for consideration either through self-nomination or recommendation by expert judges. Upon submission, applicants will receive confirmation of their nomination within five working days. The final award designation, along with certificates and trophies, will be presented during a live event scheduled to take place on 19 September 2025 in Qingdao, China.
Winners will be awarded the esteemed ZeroDX title. Winners who attend the in-person award ceremony in Qingdao, China will be recognized in various subcategories, chosen based on excellence in innovation, customer experience, and operational efficiency. Alongside these accolades, winners will enjoy a range of benefits, including positive media exposure, participation in the award ceremony, access to the global Zero Distance community and forums, as well as curated sightseeing opportunities.
Any data submitted for award evaluation purposes during the application process will be handled with the utmost care and confidentiality, safeguarding the data privacy and security of all participants in the award.
Nominations are assessed by the judging panel. Final decisions on the listing are made by BEA and MLab in partnership with the Haier Model Institute. ZeroDX 2025 will be announced in Qingdao on 19 September 2025. If you have any queries please contact us at info@business-ecosystem-alliance.org.
Participation and Assessment
Organized by BEA, MLab, and HMI, Zero Distance Excellence (ZeroDX) celebrates and showcases organizations that have demonstrated exceptional achievements in innovation, autonomy, and customer-centricity. The criteria are based on a multitude of factors that capture the essence of Zero Distance and the principles that underpin its success.
Organizations from diverse sectors and industries are encouraged to participate. This includes public, private and social organizations. Whether your organization is a large multinational corporation or a small startup, if you have embraced transformative practices to remove the boundaries between value-creators in the organizations and the customers, we want to hear from you.
To help, we provide the Zero Distance Organizational Maturity Assessment System with which to review where your organization has minimized its distance to your users and where it can improve to achieve Zero Distance in hopes of achieving value creation for all in your ecosystem.
There are three assessment dimensions, including level of organizational autonomy, user value and value-added sharing driving force.
