Professor Datuk Dr Mohd Tajudin Mohamad Ninggal, vice president, Open University Malaysia

Dr Syaza Shukri, Associate Professor of Political Science, IIUM

Prof. Emeritus Dr Johan Saravanamuttu, Professor of Political Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Adjunct Senior Fellow, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Associate Professor Dr Ahmed Razman Abdul Latiff, economic analyst, Putra Business School

Associate Professor Dr Michael Buckland, Neuropathologist and Director, Australian Sports Brain Bank

Dr Geoffrey Williams, Professor & Economist, Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST)

Datin Sri Sharifah Menyalara Hussein, CEO and Founding Director, M&C Saatchi MalaysiaProf. Emeritus Datuk Dr Hj Shad Saleem Faruqi, Holder of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Chair, University of Malaya

Dr Camelia May Li Kusumo, associate professor, School of Architecture, Building and Design, Taylor's UniversityTaufiq Nazarudin, founder, Designframework

Professor Datin Paduka Dr. Fatimah Mohamed Arshad, research fellow, Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Nigel Marks, associate professor of physics, Curtin University

Professor Dr David Chin, Founder and Artistic Director, Bachfest MalaysiaProfessor Dr Manuel Bärwald, Distinguished Visiting Bach Scholar, Bachfest Malaysia

Professor Robert Shapiro, Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Professor Bradley Freeman, Professor of Digital Media, School of Arts, Sunway University

Associate Professor Dr Fernando Casal Bertoa, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham United Kingdom and member of the OSCE/ODIHR Core Group of Political Party Experts

Gayathry Venkiteswaran, assistant professor, School of Media, Languages and Cultures, University of Nottingham Malaysia