Dr Sakia Haque, Founder, Travelettes

Adrian Pereira, Executive Director, North-South Initiative

H. E. Md. Shameem Ahsan, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Malaysia

Dr James Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Dr Ali Riaz, President , American Institute of Bangladesh Studies

Michael Kugelman, Director, Wilson Center's South Asia Institute

Dr Ali Riaz, Professor​ at the Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University

YB Hannah Yeoh, Segambut MP

Faisal Mahmud, freelance journalist

Paul McPhun, Director, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) regional South-East & East Asia Pacific Partnership (SEEAP)

Dr Pradeep Taneja, Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics, University of Melbourne

Carlos Casanova, Senior Economist, UBP

Jerald Joseph, Human Rights Consultant and Former Commissioner, SUHAKAM

Prof. Hans Genberg, Professor of Economics, Asia School of Business

Khor Yu Leng, Political Economist, Segi Enam Advisors