Susannah Patton, Director, Southeast Asia Programme & Project Lead, Asia Power Index

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

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 University | Dr Stephen Nuño-Perez, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Northern Arizona University

June Low, Sex Educator

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

Donovan Cheah, Lawyer

Steven Okun, CEO, APAC Advisors

Bob Holmes | Asran Rozain | Myra

Dr Subatra Jayaraj, Primary Care Reproductive Health Specialist and Honorary Secretary of Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia

Aroe Ajoeni, Co-founder & Communications Director, Klima Action Malaysia (KAMY)

Adrian Pereira, Executive Director, North South Initiative