| Dr | Ali | Khodadoust | University of Guilan | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saint Bickolard | Mabicka Iwangou | IRAF/CENAREST | Gabon | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Ana | Couto | FCUP / CIIMAR | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | İsmail | Altın | Karadeniz Technical University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yanjie | Sun | Tianjin University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Alexander | Degtyarev | Saint-Petersburg State University | Russia | Best Paper Award |
| Prof | Long | Yu | Dalian University of Technology | China | Best Paper Award |
| Prof | Dimitrios | Moutopoulos | University of Patras | Greece | Best Paper Award |
| Prof. Dr | Frederic | DEBEAUFORT | University of Burgundy | France | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |
| Prof | Ali | Mehdinia | Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science | Iran | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |
| Prof | Aires | Oliva-Teles | FCUP / CIIMAR | Portugal | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |