| Dr | Abdulaziz | Almaleh | King Khalid University | Saudi Arabia | Smart Cities and Urban Analytics | Resilience | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | M | Elsawy | Aswan university | Egypt | Smart Cities and Urban Analytics | Srtuctural Engineering | Excellence in Innovation | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Seher | Konak | Tourism Faculty/Eskisehir Osmangazi University | Turkey | Smart Cities and Urban Analytics | Smart tourism/smart hotel/smart restaurant | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Konstantinos | Kaselouris | National Technical University of Athens | Greece | Smart Cities and Urban Analytics | Urban Accessibility | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Melanie | Neeb | Regierungspräsidium Giessen | Germany | regression analysis | Leadership | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Limin | Xiao | Sun Yat-sen University | China | regression analysis | healthcare and transformative tourism | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Xinyu | Liu | 北京大学经济学院 | China | regression analysis | 创新经济学 | Young Innovator Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mahbouba | Nasraoui | University of Burgundy, Dijon, France and University of Sousse, Souuse, Tunisia | France | regression analysis | Panel data econometrics: fixed-effects models, GLS and instrumental-variables regression (2SLS, ivreg2) for addressing endogeneity | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Shawn (Xiaoguang) | Chen | University of Western Australia | Australia | regression analysis | Public policy | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Maria Elpida | Christopoulou | University of Freiburg | Germany | regression analysis | Subdomain: Medical Research / Respiratory Medicine_Thema: Inflammation and Remodeling in Asthma & COPD_Dienstbereich: Post-doctoral Research, Department of Pneumology, University Medical Center Freiburg | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Prof | Xueye | Chen | Ludong University | China | regression analysis | MEMS | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Togba V. | Sumo | University of Nairobi | Kenya | Real-world Case Studies | Agricultural Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Padmanabhan | Krishnan | VIT UNIVERSITY | India | Real-world Case Studies | Composite science and technology | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Baris | Erdil | Van Yuzuncu Yil University | Turkey | Real-world Case Studies | Civil Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Petr | Korba | Zurich university of applied sciences | Switzerland | Real-world Case Studies | Electrical Power Systems | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Nahid | Sultana | University of Southern Queensland | Australia | Real-world Case Studies | The informal sector of the economy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Mohamed | Zakzouk | National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences | Egypt | Real-world Case Studies | Oil Spill Detection | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Simone | Pedrazzi | Università di Modena Reggio Emilia | Italy | Real-world Case Studies | Analisi termiche di fenomeni fisici | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Moshe | Herskovitz | Rambam Health Care Campus | Israel | Real-world Case Studies | Epilepsy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jennifer | Turner | University of Calgary | Canada | Real-world Case Studies | Data informed decision making / educational leadership | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |