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Wyman Wai, Director and PerformerMurasaki Haru, Artistic Director, Howl's Theatre Co.

William Attwell, Associate Director, Sustainable Fitch

Dr Florence Kuek, Senior Lecturer, Chinese Studies Department, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya

Alwyn Bowden, CEO, Pengerang Energy Complex

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Preeta Samarasan, Author

Dato' Dr. Rajah Rasiah, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Universiti Malaya

Professor Vishna Devi Nadarajah, Pro Vice-Chancellor, International Medical University (IMU)

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

Ibrahim Suffian, Programme Director, Merdeka CentreDr Bridget Welsh, Honorary Research Associate, University of Nottingham Malaysia Asia Research Centre

Matt Armitage, Kulturpop

Pauline Fan, Festival Curator