| Prof | Richard | Gilbert | University of California, Berkeley | United States | Legal and Ethical Considerations in Social Media and Digital Marketing | Competition Policy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Chennyfer | Rached | University of Sao Paulo | Brazil | Community Management and Engagement | Profissional Identity | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Pratibha | Singh | Birla Institute of Management Technology | India | Understanding Consumer Behavior | Consumer behaviour | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof | Steffen | Lehmann | UNLV School of Architecture | United States | Social Media and Digital Marketing Strategy | Public Library: User Engagement and Design | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ashwani | Gupta | University of Maryland | United States | Analytics and Reporting | Energy and Environment | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | John | Manrique | UTPL | Venezuela | Web Analytics and Metrics | Earth Sciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Peter | Leeflang | University of Groningen | Netherlands | Future Trends in Social Media and Digital Marketing | Future of marketing practice | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Emad | Rakha | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | Social Media and Digital Marketing Strategy | Research in Breast Cancer | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Huajun | Tang | Macau University of Science and Technology | China | Understanding Consumer Behavior | Supply chain management | Best Scholar Award |
| Prof | Dawa Chyophel | Lepcha | KNS Institute of Technology | India | Future Trends in Social Media and Digital Marketing | Image Processing/Computer Vision/ Machine Learning | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof | Fangcheng | Tang | Beijing University of Chemical Technology | China | Social Media Platforms and Their Features | Collaborative Pattern of Platform and Their Network Structure | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Xiaoming | Tao | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong | Future of Social Media and Digital Marketing | smart textile interactive technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yu | Pan | Shanghai International Studies University | China | Mobile Marketing | Information systems and digital marketing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Seok-Jae | Ko | Kyung Hee University | South Korea | Understanding Consumer Behavior | Patient-doctor relationship / Patient, Doctor / South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mehmood | Khan | University of Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Introduction to Social Media and Digital Marketing | Supply Chain Marketing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Amanda | Díaz-García | Universidad de Zaragoza | Spain | Social Media and Digital Marketing Strategy | Clinical Psychology | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | VISHAL | TRIVEDI | IIT Guwahati | India | Analytics and Reporting | NA | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Suraksha | Gupta | University of Arts | United Kingdom | Future of Social Media and Digital Marketing | Responsible Marketing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Catherine | Banet | University of Oslo, Faculty of Law | Norway | Legal and Ethical Considerations in Social Media and Digital Marketing | Energy law, energy markets | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Maria | Economidou-Kogetsidis | University of Nicosia | Cyprus | Introduction to Social Media and Digital Marketing | Email Pragmatics and Language | Best Researcher Award |