Veerle Nouwens, Shangri-La Dialogue Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Iskandar Fareez, DAP Public Policy Committee Member

S. Piarapakaran, President, Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia (AWER)

Imran Yusof, Head of Research, MIDF Amanah Investment Bank

Dr Benjamin Loh, Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, Taylor's University

Datuk William Ng, Chairman, Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia (SAMENTA)

Dr Geoffrey Williams, Professor & Economist, Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST)

Dr Afzanizam Abdul Rashid, Chief Economist, Bank Muamalat

James Gomez, Regional Director, Asia Centre

Joe Sidek, director, George Town Festival

Sudhir Vadaketh, editor in chief, Jom Media

Dr Matthew Wong, Managing Director, CarbonWorks | Co-Founder, CarbonGPT

Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr Norma Mansor, Director, Social Wellbeing Research Centre of Universiti Malaya