| Prof | Mohamed | Khalifa | Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies | Libya | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Applied Geology - specialty areas: petroleum geology, with special emphasis on seismic/sequence stratigraphic analysis, reservoir characterization and sedimentary basin analysis. | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | BERNARD | ADIAFFI | University Félix Houphouët-Boigny | Côte d'Ivoire | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Hydrogeology/Geochemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Nabil | Al-Areeq | Thamar University | Yemen | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geology/Petroleum Geology/Sedimentology/Hydrogeology and Water Quality | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Shuping | Zhang | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Remote Sensing of Hydrology | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Dr | Emmanuel Daanoba | Sunkari | University of Mines and Technology | Ghana | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Hydrogeochemistry | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | Mehmet | Arslan | Karadeniz Technical University | Turkey | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Afshin | Zohdi | University of Zanjan | Iran | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Sedimentology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Bo | Yang | China University of Geosciences | China | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Tectonic | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Randall | Guevara-Betancourt | Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnologica (IPICYT) | Mexico | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Exploración Geofísica | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Elena | Konstantinovskaya | University of Alberta | Canada | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Structural Geology, Geomechanics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mohamed | Khalil | Conservation and Survey Division- UNL | United States | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Applied Geophysics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Negash | Roba | Haramaya University | Ethiopia | Earth and Planetary Sciences | GIS/RS | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Ioannis | Koukouvelas | Department og Geology/University of Patras | Greece | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geology | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Pradip | Samanta | University of North Bengal | India | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Macarena | Bertoa del Llano | IANIGLA - CONICET | Argentina | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Caitlin | Jones | Tect Geological Consulting | South Africa | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Economic Geology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Thanh Son | Nguyen | Taiwan | Taiwan | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Decision sciences | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Kalyani | Nayak | CE Geochem Ltd. | United Kingdom | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Sedimentary Geology, Geochemistry | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Kalyani | Nayak | CE Geochem Ltd. | United Kingdom | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Sedimentary Geology, Geochemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Hilmy | MOUSSA | National Resaerch Centre, Dokki, Cairo,Egypt | Egypt | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the rare-metals granites | Best Paper Award | |