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

Derick Becker, political scientist

Adrian Pereira, Executive Director, North South Initiative

Dr Assal Rad, Scholar of Middle East History

H. E. Andrey Rudenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation

Dr Timothy Cheng, Vice Chairman, Malaysian Medical Association (SCHOMOS)

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change

Bunn Nagara, Honorary Research Fellow, Perak Academy

Thomas Daniel, Senior Fellow, ISIS Malaysia

Dato' Freddie Fernandez

Dr Niaz Asadullah, Southeast Asia Lead, Global Labor Organisation