Dr Lee Hwok-Aun, Senior Fellow, Malaysian Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

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

Mr Poobalan Sanderakasan, Founder, Lion Dance Troupe

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

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

June Low, Sex Educator

Eugene Tay, Founder and Host, Supernatural Confessions

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