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

Tommy Xie, Head of Asia Macro Research, OCBC Bank

Poovarni Rajagopal, Tax Partner, Invatex Consulting

Kishore Mahbubani, Author, Living the Asian Century

Dr Ong Kian Ming, Former Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry

Subin Dennis, Researcher, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research

Dr Darren Lim, Senior Lecturer, ANU College Of Arts And Social Sciences

Kamarul Muhamed, Founder & Group CEO, Aerodyne Group

Anna Loi, Co-Founder and Director of Content and Digital Marketing, Good & Honest Co.Gary Bowerman, Director, Check In Asia

Angeline Tan, Researcher in the Foreign Policy and Security Studies Programme, ISIS Malaysia

Dr Apurva Sanghi, Lead Economist for Malaysia, World Bank

Safuan Zari, Chief Ecosystem Development Officer, MRANTI

Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh, President, Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM)

James Rodgers, Author, Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin