Dr Niaz Asadullah, Professorial fellow, North South University in Bangladesh

Aaron Denison, Doctoral Candidate, Hiroshima University

Dr Benjamin Barton, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Dr Welyne Jeffrey Jehom, Anthropologist, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya

Rajes Paul, Sports Journalist, The Star

Ong Johnson, Partner, Halim Hong & QuekLo Khai Yi, Partner, Halim Hong & Quek

Michael Kugelman, Director, Wilson Center's South Asia Institute

Dr Oh Si Eun, Principal Adviser, Pacific Research Centre

Khoon Goh, Head of Asia Research, ANZ Bank

Dr Geoffrey Williams, Economist

Kenny Lam, Partner, RDS Law

Syahredzan Johan, MP for Bangi

Julia Goh, Senior Economist, UOB