Dr Geoffrey Williams, Economist, Malaysia University of Science and Technology

Matt Armitage, Founder, Kulturpop

Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca, Global Lead and Clinical Lead, National Academy for Social Prescribing

Dr Rosli Omar, Naturalist and photographer

Derek Toh, CEO, Hiredly

Dato' Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus, President, Mercy Malaysia

Kam Raslan, Author

Dr Ali Izadi-Najafabadi, Head of APAC Research, Bloomberg-NEF

Dr Helena Varkkey, Associate Professor of Environmental Politics and Governance, Universiti MalayaDr Matthew Ashfold, Atmospheric Scientist and Assoc Prof, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Antoine Gross, General Manager, Southeast Asia & India, impact.com

Pauline Fan, Festival DirectorAdriana Nordin Manan, Co-Curator

Mannar Mannan Maruthai, ex-lecturer, Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics Department, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya; former president, Malaysian Tamil Writers Association

Lee Min Hui, Public Policy Analyst, ISIS Malaysia

Lily Lau

Dr Apurva Sanghi, Lead Economist for Malaysia, World Bank