Dr Tricia Yeoh, CEO, IDEAS

Hasbeemasputra Abu Bakar, Community Engagement & Lived Experience Advocate, SIUMAN

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

Peter Beattie, Political Economist & Political Psychologist, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Dr Adrian Ang, Research Fellow and Coordinator of the US Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Dr James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania

Kusaaliny Mahendran, Councillor, Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ)

Sumedha Dasgupta, Senior Analyst, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

Ahmet T. Kuru, Author, “Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment”

Brian Hioe, Editor, New Bloom Magazine

Dr Wong Chin Huat, Political Scientist, Sunway University

Chong Ja Ian, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore

Dr Benjamin Loh, Senior Lecturer, School Of Media and Communication, Taylor's University

Brian Hioe, Co-Founding Editor, New Bloom Magazine

Leena Rikkilä Tamang, Director for Asia and the Pacific, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)