| Assist Prof Dr | Domenico | Desiato | University of Bari Aldo Moro | Italy | Others | Privacy Preserving Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Federica | Paci | University of Verona | Italy | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | Human Factors in Cyber Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Stefano | Cagnin | University of Padova | Italy | Others | Life science | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Samsul | Huda | Okayama University | Japan | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | IDS in IoT networks | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hideyuki | Kanematsu | National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Suzuka College | Japan | Others | Safe and effective virtual communication for research | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | nedal | tahat | Department of Mathematics Faculty of Sciences, The Hashemite University, Zarqa , Jordan | Jordan | Digital Signatures and Authentication | digital signature | Excellence in Innovation |
| Dr | KHALED | ALZAAREER | Al Hussein Technical University | Jordan | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Voltage stabilityPreventive controlMulti-criteria decision-makingSmart grid | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Nafe | Al-Tawarah | Jordan -Mutah University - Faculty of Allied medical sciences | Jordan | Others | Spatial memory, hippocampus, Neurotoxicity | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Mohammad | Alauthman | Information Security Department, University of Petra | Jordan | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Network Security/cyber-security, cyber forensics, and advanced machine learning application/ services encompass academic teaching and research, with a focus on applying machine learning to cyber-security and forensics | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Oscar | Kisaka | University of Kabianga | Kenya | Others | Climate Smart Agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | kassem | danach | Department of Information Technology and Management Systems, Faculty of Business Administration, Al Maaref University | Lebanon | Others | Machine Learning | Excellence in Research Award |
| Dr | Josphine | Hapazari | National University of Lesotho | Lesotho | Others | Sexual violence against women | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | LAI | CHI MENG | University of Saint Joseph | Macau | Others | Digital Governance/Smart City Innovation | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohammed | Anbar | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | IoT Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Mousumi Ahmed | Mimi | IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technological gy | Malaysia | Malware Analysis and Detection | ML, Deep neural networks, data science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohamad Nazri | Husin | Universiti Malaysia Terengganu | Malaysia | Others | Application of Graph Theory | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | FAN | YANG | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | Others | Digital transformation | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Francesca | Sammut | Mental Health Services Malta | Malta | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Cyberharassment | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amanda | Bezzina | Institute for Education | Malta | Others | Education and Holistic Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Liliana | Aguilar-Marcelino | INIFAP | Mexico | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Omics | Best Innovation Award |