Emmanuel Samarathisa, Journalist, The Malaysianist

Meredith Weiss, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Southeast Asia Consortium, State University of New York at Albany

Yap Xiang, Borneo Komrad

Marcus Low, General Manager and VP, APJ, Sonar

Dhana Raj Markandu, Senior Analyst, Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

Professor Dr Arthur Chang, Professor of OB/GYN, University of Texas Health Science Centre

Murali Ram, Cities & Advisory, Malaysia Lead, Arup

Hetal Doshi, Organisational Psychologist and CEO, O-Psych

Datuk Professor Ahmad Farhan Sadullah, Vice Chancellor and Professor of Transport, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Dr Sheila Nair, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Northern Arizona UniversityDr Stephen Nuño-Perez, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Northern Arizona University

H. E. Florentino Batista González, Ambassador of Cuba to Malaysia

June Low, Sex Educator

Associate Professor Syaza Shukri, Associate Professor of Political Science, International Islamic University Malaysia

Donovan Cheah, Lawyer