The DigiTwin 2026 Awards were presented on 7 August 2026 at the University of Oxford, UK.

Following evaluation by the DigiTwin Awards Committee, the conference recognized outstanding achievements across eight award categories:

• Digital Twin Outstanding Scientist Award
• Digital Twin Young Scientist Award
• Innovation Application Award
• Best Presentation Award
• Best Student Presentation Award
• Best Poster Award
• Best Doctoral Thesis Award
• Outstanding Organisation Award

Digital Twin Outstanding Scientist Award

Prof. Qinping Zhao  Beihang University, China
Prof. Stefan W. Pickl  University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany

Digital Twin Young Scientist Award

Prof. Erica Pastore  Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Prof. Jun Xu  Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Innovation Application Award

Jaguar Land Rover  UK
SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd.  China

Best Presentation Award

Dr. Abdallah Hasaballa  University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Helen Brooks  UK Atomic Energy Authority, UK
Prof. Jose Antonio Marmolejo  Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
Prof. Junfeng Wang  Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Prof. Mohamed Marzouk  Cairo University, Egypt

Best Student Presentation Award

Hibat Allah BABTY  Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
Tianhe Gao  Dalian University of Technology, China
Haitham Al-Shami  Aalto University, Finland
Junyang Chen  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zhi Wang  Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Best Poster Award

Dr. Giulia Pellegrino  University of Salento, Italy
Prof. Massimiliano Gervasi  University of Foggia, Italy
Prof. Weihua Lu  Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Best Doctoral Thesis Award

Dr. Jan Mertes  engineering methods AG, Germany
Dr. Shuaiming Su  The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Enxhi Ferko  Jotne Connect, Norway
Dr. Xin Ma  Beihang University, China
Dr. Riku Ala-Laurinaho  Aalto University, Finland

Outstanding Organisation Award

Prof. Stefan W. Pickl  University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany

In recognition of his organization of the DigiTwin 2025 conference in Germany.

For details of each award category, please visit the DigiTwin 2026 page.