Julia Roknifard, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham

H. E. Danielle Heinecke, Austalia's High Commissioner to Malaysia

Muslim Imran, Asia Middle East Center for Research & Dialogue (AMEC)

Collins Chong, foreign affairs and security analyst with the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue at University Malaya

See Yun Chuan & Howard Ng, Festival Co-founders

Pauline Fan, Creative Director, PUSAKA

Dr Viraj Perera, Director of Industry Partnerships & Commercialisation with the Faculty of Natural Sciences (FoNS), Imperial College London

Benjamin Lephilibert, Founder & CEO, LightBlue Consulting

Julian Koh, Co-Founder, Commune

Veerle Nouwens, Shangri-La Dialogue Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Chong Ja Ian, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore

Dhinesha Karthigesu, DirectorIan Skatu, Actor and Ensemble Member

Mahi Ramakrishnan, Founder, Beyond BordersSimraatraj Kaur Dhillon, Research & Advocacy Analyst, Bait Al Amanah

Chong Ja Ian, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore