| Ms | Elena | Scutelnicu | "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati | Romania | Welding processes | Behaviour of materials subjected to welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | ARGELIA FABIOLA | MIRANDA PEREZ | Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla | Mexico | Phase transformations in weldments | Automatización de procesos | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Valeryi | Kostin | E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute | Ukraine | Microstructure-property relationships | Materials Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Antonio | Pereira | University of Aveiro | Portugal | Welding Processes | Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Americo | Scotti | Federal University of Uberlandia (Brazil)/ University West (Sweden) | Brazil | Welding Processes | wire arc additive manufacturing | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Prof Dr | Alberto T. | Estevez | Universitat Internacional de catalunya | Spain | Welding Processes | Biofabrication/Architecture | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | YOMNA | ABDALLAH | Universitat Internacional de catalunya | Spain | Welding Processes | Biofabrication/Architecture | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | El-Sayed M. | Sherif | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Other | Materials Science/Electrochemistry/Corrosion | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Outhmane | Siar | ArcelorMittal R&D | France | Welding Processes | Resistance Spot Welding | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Chris | Killmore | BlueScope Steel | Australia | Microstructure-property relationships | Weld zone softening during thermal cutting of Abrasion resistant plate | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Milton Sergio | Fernandes de Lima | Instituto de Estudos Avancados | Brazil | Advanced welding | Lasers | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Mr | Jabair Ali | Mohammed | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Welding Processes | effect of Welding parameters on the material | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Murali Mohan | Cheepu | Starwelds Inc | South Korea | Welding processes | TIG Welding / Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing | Innovations in Welding Research Award |
| Mr | Fu | Chao | Shandong institute of petroleum and chemical technology | China | Microstructure-property relationships | Weldability of High-Grade Pipeline Steel | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Cyrus | Amini | university of Tabriz | Iran | Welding Processes | friction stir welding | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Nikita | Martyushev | Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | Process Electrical Resistance Welding Electronic Packaging and Reliability Nano | Electric contact welding of rails | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dmitriy | Il’yaschenko | National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | Welding Processes | energy-saving technologies for welding production | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kanawat | Ratanapongpien | King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi | Thailand | Residual Stress | Suface modification | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Abderrahim | Benmoussat | Tlemcen University Algeria | Algeria | Control and automation | Materials Properties | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | JORGE | FERNANDEZ | UNICAMP | Brazil | Simulation Sensing and Monitoring | Hybrid Dielectric Plasmonic Waveguide | Best Researcher Award |