Steve Ahern, Speaker, Radiodays Asia & Organiser, Asia Podcast Awards

Hannah Yeoh, Youth and Sports Minister

Ben Suffian, Program Director, Merdeka Centre

Dr Syaza Shukri, Associate Professor of Political Science, International Islamic University of Malaysia

Muhammad Harish Kumar, President, Malaysia Society of Awareness

Shinjiro Murata, General Director, Médecins Sans Frontiéres (Japan)

Adrian Pereira, Executive Director, North-South Initiative

Zen Chow, Tax Practice Leader, YCC Group

Dr Kevin Fernandez, Senior Lecturer, Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya

Dr Shankaran Nambiar, Fellow, Institut Masa Depan Malaysia

Zaid Malek, Director, Lawyers For Liberty

Dr Oh Ei Sun, Principal Adviser, Pacific Research Centre

Aira Azhari, Senior Manager, IDEAS

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

Dr James Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies