Sir Paul Nurse, Chancellor of the University of Bristol & Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2001

James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania

Dr Eric Olmedo, Lead Researcher of the Ethnicity & Food Cluster, Institute for Ethnic Studies UKM

Samantha Chong, Human Rights Lawyer & Drug Policy Reform Advocate

Lee Min Hui, Senior Analyst, Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS Malaysia)

Dr Lee Hwok-Aun, Senior Fellow of Malaysian Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Peter T. C. Chang, Deputy Director of the Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya

Shahnaz Al Sadat, Chairperson of LeapEd Services

Clayton Swope, Deputy Director of Aerospace Security Project, Centre for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

Dhana Raj Markandu, Senior Analyst, Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

Dr Ang U-Jin, Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Karim Bettache, Professor of Global Political Economy, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Law Yao Hua, Co-founder, Macaranga

Angeline Tan, Analyst, Foreign Policy and Security Studies Programme, ISIS Malaysia