Michael Kugelman, Director, South Asia Institute, Wilson Centre

Brendan Sobie, Independent Analyst and Consultant, Sobie Aviation

Carlos Casanova, Senior Economist, UBP

Dr Johanna Riha, Research Lead for the Gender Equality and Intersectionality Package, United Nations University’s International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH)

Adrian Pereira, Executive Director, North-South Initiative

H.E. Edgard Kagan, US Ambassador to Malaysia

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

Tim Mulholland, President, TJM Limited, Chicago

Professor Dr Ahmed Razman Abdul Latiff, Economic Analyst, Putra Business School

Dr Juanita Vasquez Escallon, Chief of Social Policy, UNICEF | Zouhair Rosli, Deputy Director of Research, DM Analytics

Puan Balqais binti Yusoff, Head of Policy and Strategy Department of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Employees Provident Fund (EPF)

Robert Reich, Berkeley Professor, Co-Founder, Inequality Media

Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism

Premesh Chandran, Co-founder, Asia Mobiliti