| Dr | Mohammed | AISSAOUI | ENSI UMA | Tunisia | Innovation Strategy | wireless communications | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | clarice | garcia | RMIT University | Australia | Innovation Strategy | Foresight | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Penghui | Cao | Changsha university of science & technology | China | Innovation Strategy | Energy storage | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | MARIA LURDES | FELSNER | State University of Midwest | Brazil | Innovation Strategy | Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry/Chemometrics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Miloš | Dimitrijević | University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Economics | Serbia | Innovation Strategy | Sustainable Agricultural Innovation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Anne | Lusk | Boston University | United States | Innovation Strategy | Electric Vehicle | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | dana | egozi | kaplan medical center | Israel | Innovation Strategy | virtual reality | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Bárbara | Socas-Rodríguez | University of La Laguna | Spain | Innovation Strategy | Analytical Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jose | Gonzalez | Stolt Tankers B.V. | Netherlands | Innovation Strategy | Marine industry | Excellence in Innovation | View Profile |
| Prof | Liang | MEI | National School of Development, Peking University | China | Innovation Strategy | open and user innovation, innovation system | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Karima | Megdouli | Sorbonne universite | France | Innovation Strategy | machine learning to optimise a supersonic ejector | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | silvia | rocchetta | Dublin City University Business School | Ireland | Innovation Strategy | Circular economy and innovation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Shyam | Sihare | Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Govt College | India | Innovation Strategy | Computer Digital Image Processing | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Guifang | Wang | University Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Innovation Strategy | Business and economic/business/digitalisation of SMEs | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Luca | Dezi | University of Rome La Sapienza | Italy | Innovation Strategy | SMEs | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Svetlana | Tuzova | Federal Institute of Industrial Property | Russia | Innovation Strategy | patent analytics for innovation | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Venkata Suresh | Bade | GMR Institute of Technology | India | Innovation Strategy | Natural Energy sources | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Subhadeep | Roy | National Institute of Pharmaceutical education and Research, Kolkata | India | Innovation Strategy | 3D In-vitro Diseases Model, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Mir Asif | Iquebal | ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Insittute | India | Innovation Strategy | Agricultural Bioinformatics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sarika | | ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute | India | Innovation Strategy | Agricultural Bioinformatics | Women Researcher Award | |