| Assoc Prof Dr | Yang | Yunan | Beihang University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yang-Bao | Miao | Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yifan | YAO | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | YING | LI | City University of Hong Kong | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yoshiaki | Kanamori | Tohoku University | Japan | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yoshitake | Ueda | Department of Comprehensive Surgery for Community Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine | Japan | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Young Soo | Yoon | Gachon University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Youssef | Bencharki | ICARDA | Morocco | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yu | Xiao | Harbin Institute of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yu | Cao | Dalian maritime university | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yuexia | Zhang | Beijing Information Science & Technology University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Yung-Fu | Chnag | Cornell University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yuping | Wu | Faculty of management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zahra | Gholi | Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. | Iran | Best Paper Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zia | Bashir | Quaid-i-Azam University | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award |