| Prof | Maddalena | Illario | Federico II Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica | Italy | Innovation and Technology Strategy | Salute e sviluppo sostenibile | Innovation and Strategy Trailblazer Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Qiuxin | Wu | Affiliated Eye Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | China | Innovation Management | Basic research in ophthalmology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | ROBERT | COOPER | McMaster Univ | Canada | Innovation Management | Artificial Intelligence for new product development | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Zhen | Luo | General Research Institute of Nonferrous Metals (GRIM) | China | Innovation Management | Materials | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Fangyun | Wang | Xi’an University of Technology | China | Innovation Management | Corporate governance, corporate finance, corporate innovation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Anita | Boros | Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Pater Karoly Street-1, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary | Hungary | Innovation Management | Green economy (Waste management) | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Enjun | Xia | Beijing Institute of Technology | China | Innovation Management | green Innovation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hasan | Mustafa | Higher Colleges of Technology | United Arab Emirates | Innovation Management | Global Innovation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Fabienne | Riesel | Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt | Germany | Innovation Management | Transformation Processes | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Carmen | Apaza | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos | Peru | Innovation Management | Public Administration | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Aliana Man Wai | Leong | Macau University of Science and Technology | Macau | Innovation Management | Higher Education | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Tiago | Matos | Merck & Co | United States | Innovation Strategy | Vaccines Bioprocessing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Rajesh | Manda | Purdue University, USA | India | Innovation Strategy | Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Pankajavalli | | Bharathiar University | India | Innovation Strategy | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Adigintla | Sudheer | VNIT Nagpur | India | Innovation Strategy | Electrical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sebastien | Labbe | Immune Biosolutions | Canada | Innovation Strategy | World first treatment of COVID-19 by inhaled immunotherapy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Ahmad | Juma'h | University of Illinois Springfield | United States | Innovation Strategy | Blockchain adoption | Excellence in Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | Héctor | Cuevas-Vargas | Universidad Tecnológica del Suroeste de Guanajuato | Mexico | Innovation Strategy | Strategic Management and Business Strategy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Joshua | Afolabi | Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ojoo, Ibadan, Nigeria. | Nigeria | Innovation Strategy | Digital Economy | Excellence in Research Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Addisu Negash | Ali | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Innovation Strategy | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |