| Assist Prof Dr | Abhijeet | Chandra | IIT Kharagpur | India | Behavioral finance and investor decision-making | Behavioural asset pricing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hiroshi | Osano | Konan University | Japan | Corporate Finance | start-up financing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Antonios | Persakis | University of Thessaly | Greece | Financial Reporting | Accountings and earnings management | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | KAINAT | IFTIKHAR | Central University of Finance and Economics | China | Risk management and insurance | Litigtation Risk | Young Scientist Award |