757 TechNite has always been about putting the region’s tech and innovation community on stage. In 2026, that idea gets louder.
After a sold-out 2025 event at the Chrysler Museum of Art that brought together more than 400 leaders, founders, technologists, educators, defense innovators, investors, and community builders, 757 TechNite is heading to one of the most iconic stages in Virginia Beach.
The 2026 757 TechNite Awards will take place Thursday, October 29, from 5–8 p.m. at The Dome in Virginia Beach.
And this year, the theme is clear: this is not just an awards show. It is a lineup.
Nominations are now open for the 2026 757 TechNite Awards, and Innovate Hampton Roads is calling on the region to help identify the people, companies, and organizations that deserve to be part of this year’s show.
757 TechNite celebrates the builders behind the region’s technology, innovation, business, education, government, and defense ecosystem. It is a night designed to recognize the people doing the work, the companies gaining momentum, and the leaders helping push Hampton Roads forward.
Last year’s event showed just how much energy exists across the region. The room was packed. The conversations were real. The honorees represented a cross-section of what makes Hampton Roads different, from entrepreneurs and emerging companies to CIOs, educators, defense leaders, government innovators, and regional champions.
In 2026, that energy moves to The Dome.
The question for the region is simple: who do you want to see on stage?
The 2026 awards will recognize excellence across nine categories, highlighting the founders, executives, technologists, educators, defense leaders, and innovation champions making an impact across the 757.
Nominations are open now, and the process is designed to surface the people and companies doing meaningful work across the region. That includes established leaders, emerging companies, technical teams, startup founders, education innovators, government partners, and those working behind the scenes to help strengthen the region’s tech and business landscape.
757 TechNite is not just about celebrating individual achievement. It is about showing the full strength of the region’s innovation story.
757 TechNite brings those stories together in one room.
Now, it is time to build the lineup.
Nominations are open for the 2026 757 TechNite Awards. If you know a founder, company, executive, educator, government innovator, defense contractor, technologist, or regional leader whose work should be recognized, now is the time to put their name forward.
The stage is set. The lineup is forming.
757 TechNite takes place Thursday, October 29, 2026, from 5–8 p.m. at The Dome in Virginia Beach.
Submit nominations and learn more at https://www.innovate757.org/757technite/
