1) Award winner 2) Badge wearer 3) Degree recipient 4) Honor recipient 5) Honored one 6) Receiver 7) Recipient 8) The conferees were 1) Parleyer 
• (n.) One upon whom something is conferred. • (n.) One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.
Con`fer·ee' noun [ Confer Referee .] 1. One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate. 2. One upon whom something is conferred. 
[n] - a person on whom something is bestowed 2. [n] - a member of a conference
noun a member of a conference
a person on whom something is conferred, esp. the recipient of an academic degree. · a person, group, etc., that confers or takes part in a conference.