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

Emmanuel Samarathisa, Journalist and Founder, The Malaysianist

Dr Shankaran Nambiar, Head of Research, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research

Professor Sibrandes Poppema, President, Sunway University

Chong Ja Ian, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore

Professor Sibrandes Poppema, President, Sunway UniversityPhil Baty, Chief Global Affairs Officer, Times Higher Education

Haresh Deol, Twentytwo13

Azmyl Yunor, Singer-Songwriter & Senior Lecturer at the School of Arts, Sunway University

Megat Johari Megat Mohd Noor, President, Malaysian Society for Engineering & Technology

Dr Ferooze Ali, Senior Fellow, Asia-Middle East Center for Research and Dialogue

Charles Santiago, Chairman, National Water Services Commission (SPAN)

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

Lim Chia Wei, Managing Director, Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd

Misun Woo, Regional Coordinator, APWLD