David Hickey, Executive Director for Asia Pacific, Meltwater

Geoff Howie, Market Strategist, SGX

Dr Niaz Asadullah, Southeast Asia Lead at The Global Labor Organisation, Professor of Economics at Monash University Malaysia

Sebastian Strangio, Southeast Asia Editor, The Diplomat

Elaine Pearson, Asia Director, Human Rights Watch

Tim Mulholland, President, TJM Limited, Chicago

Elizabeth Cardosa

Jean Ho, Filmmaker

Alex Ong, Migrant CareSivaranjani Manickam, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)

Associate Professor Dr Lee Kuok Tiung, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr Norma Mansor, Director, Social Wellbeing Research Center, Universiti Malaya

Dr Afzanizam Abdul Rashid, Chief Economist, Bank Muamalat

Dr Andrea Chloe Wong, Philippines' political analyst