| Dr | Abdullah | Alazemi | Kuwait University | Kuwait | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hengameh | Karimi | Oxford Business College/University of West London | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Chao | Lyu | Harbin Institute of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Yuhui | Jing | Zhejiang University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Joseph | Blondeau | Royal University Hospital/University of Saskatchewan | Canada | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Xiaobo | Chen | Jinan University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ping-Feng | Xu | Northeast Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Charles | Reitman | Musc Medical Center (Charleston, SC) | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | He | Bai | East China University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | zhaoyang | wang | Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ana Filipa | Pires | Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anna | Schwartz | Coleman Health LLC/Peak Performance Integrative Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kaixin | Ding | Qingdao University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Yong | Zhang | University of Science and Technology Beijing | China | Academic Excellence Recognition Award |
| Mr | Muhammad | Umar | The University of Lahore, Lahore Pakistan | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Lata | Pandey | Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Bing | Li | Kunming University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Riccardo | Sacco | Icahn School of Madicine at Mount Sinai Hospital New York | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Michał | Hajos | University of Agriculture in Krakow | Poland | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Ana | Brito | Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |