Greg Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Chong Ja Ian, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore

Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham, Member of Parliament For Beruas

Dato' Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi, Minister of Works

Tan Sri Dr Sulaiman Mahbob, Chairman, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)

Wong Chin Huat, political scientist, Sunway University and Deputy Head of Strategy for the Asia HeadQuarters of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Edwin Goh, Independent Public Policy Researcher

Peter McPhee, Emeritus Professor of French History, University of Melbourne

Dr Tricia Yeoh, CEO, IDEAS

Ashley Yeong, Writer, MacarangaWong Siew Lyn, Co-founder & Editor, MacarangaPiarapakaran Subramaniam, President, Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia (AWER)

Mr Fahmi Fadzil, Minister of Communications

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

Alissa Rode, Research Manager for Public Finance Unit, IDEAS