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Dato' Seri Wong Siew Hai, President, Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association

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Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management

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Dr Azmi Hassan, Senior Fellow, Nusantara Academy of Strategic Research

William Pesek, Columnist, Nikkei Asia

Jack Kouzi, Director for Strategy, VFS Group

Dr Olsi Jazexhiu, Assistant Professor, Department of History, International Islamic University Malaysia

Dr Rahul Mishra, Associate Professor, Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Gordon Loke, Managing Director & CEO, KTI Landmark Berhad

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