| Dr | Woubit | Abebe | Tuskegee University | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ramata | Cisse | Georgia Gwinnett College | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jerish Joyner | Janahar | Mississippi State University | United States | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Lorraine | Evangelista | University of California Irvine | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Kayode | Taiwo | University of Georgia | United States | Food Waste Reduction Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Ebenezer | Olaniyi | University of Georgia | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Vivek | Kuttappan | Cargill, Inc. | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Maggie | Schoener | Western Illinois University | United States | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Maharjan | Maharjan | Texas A & M AgriLife Research | United States | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Muniba | Khaliq | University of Reading | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Robert | Clarke | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Nutritional Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | S. Noushin | Emami | LSTM | United Kingdom | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | A. M. | Abd El-Aty | Ataturk University | Turkey | Food Packaging Technology Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yaşar | ZENGİN | Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa/Hayat Kimya | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Elif | Kütahneci | Cappadocia University | Turkey | Innovative Food Product Development Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | süleyman | gökmen | Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Technical Sciences Vocational School, Department of Food Processing | Turkey | Innovative Preservation Technologies Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hulya | Yilmaz Onal | Istanbul Medeniyet University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Phatthira | Yingleardrattanakul | Faculty of Food Industry, King Mongkut′s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang/ Department of Health | Thailand | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Franco P. | Mbise | The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania | Tanzania | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | ZWE-LING | KONG | National Taiwan Ocean University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |