| Prof | Zhijie | Fan | The Third Research Institute of Ministry of Public Security | China | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Network Intrusion Detection | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zine | Ghemari | University of M'sila | Algeria | Others | Vibration Sensor | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zineddine | Kouahla | University of Guelma | Algeria | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | IOT BigData indexing Clustering | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zinie | Abita | Mizan-Tepi University | Ethiopia | Others | public health | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zunjie | Yu | Shandong University of Science and Technology | China | Others | Cybersecurity | Best Researcher Award |