Dr Shankaran Nambiar, Fellow, Institut Masa Depan Malaysia

Dr Oh Ei Sun, Principal Adviser, Pacific Research Centre

Aira Azhari, Senior Manager, IDEAS

Associate Professor Dr Sabariah Mohamed Salleh, Head of Programme, Centre for Research in Media and Communication, UKM

Dr James Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Radzi Razak, Spokesperson, Gerakan Media Merdeka (GERAMM)

Sharmila Sekaran, Chairperson, Voice of the Children

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

Rajes Paul, Sports Journalist, The Star

Dr Geoffrey Williams, Economist

Dr Renard Siew, Sustainability and Climate Change Specialist

Barathi Selvam, Senior Research Officer, Women's Aid Organisation

Richard Ker, Founder & Chief Storyteller, Richard Ker Digital

Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism

Cha-ly Koh, CEO, Urbanmetry