Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism

Daniel Bastard, Head of Asia-Pacific Desk, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Ding Jo-Ann, Advocate for Media Freedom and Independence & Principal (Asia), Luminate

Premesh Chandran, Co-founder & Former CEO, Malaysiakini

Malek Ali, Founder & Managing Director, BFM 89.9

Emillia Shariff, Managing Partner, SpeakUp Malaysia

Stephen Chiu, Chief Asia FX and Rates Strategist, Bloomberg Intelligence

Jason Wee, Co-Founder, Architects of DiversityDeepa George, Managing Consultant, MyHRC Services

Robin Hicks, Associate Editor, Eco-Business

Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism

Muhammad Zulhusni, Journalist, Tech Wire AsiaDashveenjit Kaur, Journalist, Tech Wire Asia

Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman, Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)

Vikram Khanna, Associate Editor, The Straits Times

Kevin Brockland, Founder & Managing Partner, Indelible Ventures

Nasir Jamal, Bureau Chief, Dawn Media Group