| Assist Prof Dr | GUOGE | YANG | 厦门大学 | Australia | Innovation Strategy | Enterprise growth | 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 |
| Prof Dr | JORGE DOMINGO | MENDIOLA SANTIBAÑEZ | Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro | Mexico | Innovation and Technology Strategy | Medical application in multiple sclerosis | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Xiaosong | Gu | ANGEL YEAST CO., LTD | China | Innovation and Technology Strategy | Food and health | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Ping | Wang | Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | China | Innovation and Technology Strategy | Drug development | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Aman | Khan | Northeast Forestry University | China | Innovation and Technology Strategy | Microbiology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Niels | Lubbes | Johannes Kepler University | Austria | Innovation and Technology Strategy | Geometry | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Gebeyehu B | Gebremeskel | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Innovation and Technology Strategy | Ensemble Machine Learning | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Junming | Wang | Henan University of Chinese Medicine | China | Innovation and Technology Strategy | Neuropharmacology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Chul-Won | Park | Gangneung-Wonju National University | South Korea | Innovation and Technology Strategy | World-class transmission grid operation platform | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Xiaojuan | Xu | Anhui University of Technology | China | Innovation and Technology Strategy | Nondestructive testing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |