| Mr | Chris | Killmore | BlueScope Steel | Australia | Microstructure-property relationships | Weld zone softening during thermal cutting of Abrasion resistant plate | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maria | Contin | Centro de Quimica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas CIQUBIC-CONICET UNC | Argentina | Visual | Retina | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Marisa Alejandra | Frechero | Universidad Nacional del Sur- INQUISUR | Argentina | Microstructure-property relationships | Materiales para energía | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mirco Daniel | Chapetti | University of Mar del Plata - CONICET | Argentina | Modeling Welding Strength | Fatigue integrity | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saida | Makhloufi | Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables | Algeria | Evaluation | Energie | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmed Fouzi | Tarchoun | Ecole Militaire Polytechnique | Algeria | Other | Biopolymers | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | lamia | MEDOUNI-HAROUNE | Centre de Recherche en Technologies Agroalimentaires, Bejaia university | Algeria | Evaluation | Microbiologie industrielle/ Optimisation de la production de bactéries probiotiques/ Secteur de recherche et développement de l'industrie alimentaire | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Abderrahim | Benmoussat | Tlemcen University Algeria | Algeria | Control and automation | Materials Properties | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hedayatullah | Ehsan | Ghalib University | Afghanistan | Other | Health, Medicine | Excellence in Research |