Mr Vijay Prishad, Historian and Director, Tricontinental: Institute For Social Research

John Zogby, Pollster and Founder, Zogby Strategies

H.E. Edgard Kagan, US Ambassador to Malaysia

Dr Dirk Kotze, Professor of Political Science, University of South Africa

Pushpan Murugiah, CEO, The Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4)

Brian Hioe, Co-Founding Editor, New Bloom Magazine

Bethany Allen, Author of "Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World"

Premesh Chandran, Co-founder, Asia Mobiliti

Arief Hamizan, Committee Member, ReformARTsi

Professor Datuk Dr Shahrin Sahib, Vice- Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)

William Pesek, Columnist, Nikkei Asia

Jonathan Leo, Content Director, Kakuchopurei.com

Dr Olsi Jazexhiu, Assistant Professor, Department of History, International Islamic University Malaysia

Dr Rahul Mishra, Associate Professor, Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University