| Dr | Paul | TADZONG MOUAFO | University of Dscjang, Cameroon | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Paul Michael Nii Anang | Okoee | Fugro GB North Marine Limited | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | PAULO | HORTA | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | Brazil | Outstanding Academic Achievement Award |
| Mr | Peter Teye | Busumprah | Ocean Rock Base and Ghana Ocean Climate Innovations Hub | Ghana | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof. Dr | Pierre | Auger | IRD | France | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Qian | LI | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Qiwei | Wei | Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Ricardo | Amils | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Spain | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Richard | Gregory | East Tennessee State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | rodrigo | ozorio | CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Sahar | Mehanna | National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | sahar | chebaane | Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saint Bickolard | Mabicka Iwangou | IRAF/CENAREST | Gabon | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sarat | Mohapatra | Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | SeungHyun | Lee | KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SHIPS& OCEAN ENGINEERING | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shankha Shubhra | Goswami | Abacus Institute of Engineering and Management | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Shasha | Liu | Univsrsity of Science and Technology Beijing | China | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | Shirin | Fassihi | University of Vienna | Austria | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sukhendu | Dey | The University of Burdwan | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | SUZANE DE OLIVEIRA | Suzane | UFPR | Brazil | Women Researcher Award |