Muslim Imran, Founding Director, Asia Middle East Center for Research & Dialogue (AMEC)

Dato' Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus, President, Mercy Malaysia

Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Pro-Democracy Activist

Padma Shri Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dancer

Paul McPhun, Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Doctors Without Borders

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

Devasheesh Bais, Fellow, Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP)

Alexey Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University

Thomas Daniel, Senior Fellow, ISIS Malaysia

Bohdan Kushch, Ukrainian Citizen

Dr James Gomez, Regional Director, Asia Center