| Dr | chao | yuan | Guangzhou University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Ghulam | Zakir-Hassan | Irrigation Research Institute | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mehdi | Zareian Jahromi | Amirkabir University of Technology - PEDAR Group | Iran | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Hossein | Zargar | The University of British Columbia | Canada | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Diyar | Zeebaree | Computer Networks Information System | Iraq | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | An | Zeng | Guangdong University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Trino | Zepeda | Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnologia | Mexico | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Haixiang | Zhang | Tianjin University | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Chunguo | Zhang | Chang'an University | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Ji | Zhang | University of Southern Queensland | Australia | Outstanding Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Ming-Qing | Zhang | BUCT | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | guowei | zhang | 天津大学 | Singapore | Graph Analytics Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Wenchao | Zhang | Jiangsu Shipping College | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ting | Zhang | Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College | China | Young Scientist Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Qiushi | Zhang | School of Computer Science, Northeast Electric Power University | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Weidi | Zhang | Shaanxi University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Guiguan | Zhang | Shandong University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Zhang | Zhang | Beijing Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mingxi | Zhang | Curtin | Australia | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Dongfang | Zhao | University of Washington | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |