Dr Anasuya Jegathevi Jegathesan, Dean of Psychology and Social Sciences, University of Cyberjaya

Pauline Fan, Festival DirectorAdriana Nordin Manan, Co-Curator

Mannar Mannan Maruthai, ex-lecturer, Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics Department, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya; former president, Malaysian Tamil Writers Association

Nishant Shah, Professor of Global Media & Director of the Digital Narratives Studio, Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Communication and Journalism

Dr Sophie Lemière, Fellow at CSIS Washington DC & Director, SoCo