| Dr | Hai-Ying | Liu | The Climate and Environmental Research Institute NILU | Norway | Strategy Implementation | Urban SDGs, nature-based solutions, climate adaptation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Djamel | Boussaa | Qatar University | Qatar | others | Urban Regeneration | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Wadie | Othmani | Carthage University | Tunisia | others | Urban Planning and Geography of Tourism | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Jin Pyo | Kim | Kyung Hee University | South Korea | Sustainability Strategies | Urban Flood | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Sabyasachi | Tripathi | Adamas University | India | Growth Strategy | Urban Economics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Li | Mingyu | College of Geography and Ocean Sciences, Yanbian University. | China | Environmental Analysis | Urban Ecology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sanam | Dabirian | Concordia University | Canada | others | Urban building energy modeling | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Johan | Bouma | formerly Wageningen University | Netherlands | Environmental Analysis | UN Sustainable Development Goals | Lifetime Achievement Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Shilong | Huang | North China Electric Power University | China | Environmental Analysis | UHV Power Line | Industry Innovator Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Yuhong | Liu | State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University | China | Competitive Advantage | Tribology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Beibei | Wang | School of Economics and Management, SEU Jiulonghu Campus, | China | Strategic Planning | Travel Behaviour and Society | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Jiayi | Luo | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | United States | Industry Analysis | Transportation, Geotechnics, Computer Vision | | View Profile |
| Dr | Kebiao | YUAN | Ningbo University of Technology | China | Strategic Decision-Making | Transportation Planning and Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof Dr | Yanjie | Ji | Southeast University | China | Strategic Planning | Transportation Planning and Control | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jinpeng | Li | Department of urban studies | United Kingdom | Environmental Analysis | Transportation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | M. Amine | MASMOUDI | Rabat Business School | Morocco | others | Transportation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Jiaqi | Shen | College of Transportation, Tongji University | China | Strategic Decision-Making | Transport Economics, Freight, Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Sonu | Bhatnagar | Abbott Laboratories Singapore Pte Ltd | Singapore | Strategic Leadership | Transfusion | | View Profile |
| Ms | Fabienne | Riesel | Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt | Germany | Innovation Management | Transformation Processes | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Lina | Zhong | Beijing international studies university | China | Marketing Strategy | Tourism marketing | | View Profile |