| Prof | Lorenzo | Torrisi | Università degli studi di Messina | Italy | Microstructure-property relationships | Diffusione di Ar in Grafene e grafene oxide | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Behrooz | Beidokhti | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Iran | Welding Processes | HIC in Pipeline Electrical Resistance Welds | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jin | Jiang | Shantou University | China | Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena | 3D Modelling for Welding Process | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Naamwin Irkoum Zephirin | SOMDA | Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences institute (including Health and Agriculture), PAULESI | Burkina Faso | Other | Gestion Environnementale | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof | Yuewei | Ai | Central South University | China | Welding Processes | Laser Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Alena | PIETRIKOVÁ | Technical University of Kosice | Slovakia | Soldering Surface Modification Inspection | Solder joints | Excellence in Innovation |
| Prof | Mingjing | Jiang | Suzhou University of Science and Technology | China | Other | Geotechnical engineering | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Prof | Ahmed | El-Sayed | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Other | Structural Engineering | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof | Mustapha | SAHAl | Laboratoire de recherche : Physique, Énergie, Traitement de l’Information (Lab. PETI), Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Ouarzazate | Morocco | Other | Modélisation et Simulation de cellules solaires à base de couches minces | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof | Guido | Di Bella | Università degli Studi di Messina | Italy | Electron Beam Welding & Processing Friction Stir Welding | Friction Stir Welding | Top Researcher Award |
| Prof | Joseph M | Pappachan | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | United Kingdom | Neural network applications | AI techniques for Foot ulcer Diagnosis | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mohammed | Al-Sarem | Information System Department,Taibah Univesity | Saudi Arabia | Other | Smart reference evapotranspiration | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Waleed | Ead | Beni-Suef University | Egypt | Other | IOT, artificial intelligence | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Sowmya | T | Cmrit | India | Other | Intrusion detection system | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof | Marija | Milošević | Faculty of Sciences of Mathematics, University on Niš, Serbia | Serbia | Other | Mathematics/Probability/Stochastic differential equations | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof | Majid | Elyasi | Babol Noshirvani University of Technology | Iran | Microstructure-property relationships | Metal tube bending | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Milton Sergio | Fernandes de Lima | Instituto de Estudos Avancados | Brazil | Advanced welding | Lasers | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Prof | Americo | Scotti | Federal University of Uberlandia (Brazil)/ University West (Sweden) | Brazil | Welding Processes | wire arc additive manufacturing | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Prof | Antonio | Pereira | University of Aveiro | Portugal | Welding Processes | Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yusheng | Shi | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | 电弧增材制造中的微观结构-性能关系 | Best Innovation Award |