Meredith Weiss, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Southeast Asia Consortium, State University of New York at Albany

Datuk Dr Thirunavukarasu Rajoo, President-Elect, Malaysian Medical Association (MMA)

Professor Dr William Ray Langenbach, Chairperson, Centre for Artistic Research, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman | Margo Prebenda, Researcher, Greenpeace

Adib Zalkapli, Political Analyst

Ben Suffian, Program Director, Merdeka Centre

Shinjiro Murata, General Director, Médecins Sans Frontiéres (Japan)

Dr James Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Sharmila Sekaran, Chairperson, Voice of the Children

Dr Lau Zhe Wei, Assistant Professor with the Department of Political Science, International Islamic University Malaysia

Dr Geoffrey Williams, Economist

Adib Zalkapli, Director, BowerGroupAsia

Anil Netto, President / Member of the Steering Committee, Aliran / The Penang Forum | Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow of the Regional Economic Studies Programme & Coordinator of the Malaysian Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Dr Lee Hwok Aun, Senior Fellow, Malaysian Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute