Ong Kian Ming, Former Bangi MP

Robert Reich, Berkeley Professor, Co-Founder, Inequality Media

Bethany Allen, Author of "Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World"

Premesh Chandran, Co-founder, Asia Mobiliti

Eman Abdelhadi, Activist & Academic, The University of Chicago

Professor Datuk Dr Shahrin Sahib, Vice- Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)

Dr Azmi Hassan, Senior Fellow, Nusantara Academy of Strategic Research

William Pesek, Columnist, Nikkei Asia

Dr Olsi Jazexhiu, Assistant Professor, Department of History, International Islamic University Malaysia

Dr Rahul Mishra, Associate Professor, Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Firdaos Rosli, Chief Economist, Ambank Group

Faisal Abdul Aziz, Chairman, Bersih

Chua Sook Ning, clinical psychologist

Onysha Boak, Programme Officer, Project Liber8