H.E. Shikata Noriyuki, Ambassador of Japan to Malaysia

Dr Jayant Menon, Visiting Senior Fellow, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute

Julia Lau, Senior Fellow and Co-coordinator, Indonesia Studies Programme, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute

H. E. Ary Quintella, Ambassador of Brazil to Malaysia

H. E. Jodi Robinson, High Commissioner of Canada to Malaysia

Collins Chong, Foreign Affairs and Security Analyst, Universiti Malaya

Alexey Gruzdev, Deputy Minister of Industry & Trade of the Russian Federation

Farlina Said, Senior Analyst, ISIS Malaysia

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

Zarina Zainuddin, Analyst in Foreign Policy and Security Studies, ISIS Malaysia

Dr Frederick Kliem, Managing Director, Episteme Consultants

Bunn Nagara, Director and Senior Fellow, BRI Caucus for Asia-Pacific, Honorary Fellow, Perak Academy

H. E. Danielle Heinecke, Austalia's High Commissioner to Malaysia

Greg Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Walter Theseira, Associate Professor of Economics, Singapore University of Social Sciences

Bunn Nagara, Honorary Research Fellow, Perak Academy