| Dr | Zakari | Tsiga | Spacial Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Program | Nigeria | Strategic Planning | Project Management; Complex Projects; Multi-Donor Funded Projects; | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Adeola | Adejayan | EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY | Nigeria | Financial Management | International finance and Financial sector development | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Farouk | Musa | ANAN University Kwall, Plateau State | Nigeria | Corporate Ethics and Governance | CEO Characteristics and Earnings Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yusuf | Toyin Yusuf | Kwara State University | Nigeria | Entrepreneurship | Infrastructure and Entrepreneurship | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Hoa | Luong | University of Otago | New Zealand | Business-level Strategy | Strategic Management and Business Strategy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Shiyi | Ren | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | Others | Machine Learning | | View Profile |
| Dr | Jose | Gonzalez | Stolt Tankers B.V. | Netherlands | Innovation Strategy | Marine industry | Excellence in Innovation | View Profile |
| Dr | Christian | Ratering | Radboud University | Netherlands | Strategic Planning | Spatial Transport and mobility planning | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Ayse | Saka-Helmhout | Radboud University | Netherlands | Innovation Strategy | Corporate social innovation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Oscar | Franco | UMCUtrecht | Netherlands | Strategic Leadership | Health | Lifetime Achievement Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Gohar | Isakhayan | Wageningen University and Research | Netherlands | Innovation and Technology Strategy | Business strategies for climate smart agriculture | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Johan | Bouma | formerly Wageningen University | Netherlands | Environmental Analysis | UN Sustainable Development Goals | Lifetime Achievement Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Ramesh | Shrestha | Avant Garde Solutions Pvt. Ltd. | Nepal | Strategy Formulation | Business Strategy, Strategic Marketing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Paras | Singh | Biodiversity conservation society Nepal | Nepal | Strategic Planning | Biodiversity conservation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Al-Mouksit | Akim | Mohammed VI Polytechnic University | Morocco | Strategy Evaluation | Policy impact evaluation, food security, migration, sustainable development goal | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | BRAHIM | HIBA | MMohammed V University | Morocco | Strategic Leadership | strategic thinking | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | M. Amine | MASMOUDI | Rabat Business School | Morocco | others | Transportation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Ayat-Allah | Bouramdane | International University of Rabat | Morocco | Strategic Decision-Making | Climate Change - Energy Flexibility | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | KHALID | EL MAJDOUB | ENSEM, MOROCCO | Morocco | others | Automatique - Modélisation - Contrôle - Génie électrique | Excellence in Innovation | View Profile |
| Prof | Lhoussaine | ALLA | Sidi Mohamed ben Abdellah University | Morocco | Marketing Strategies for Business Growth | Marketing Touristique | Best Paper Award | View Profile |