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Prof Jomo K. Sundaram PhD
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Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Research Advisor at Khazanah Research Institute, Fellow of the Academy of Science, Malaysia, Visiting Fellow at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, and Adjunct Professor at the International Islamic University in Malaysia.
He was a member of the Economic Action Council, chaired by the Malaysian Prime Minister, and the 5-member Council of Eminent Persons appointed by him (May-August 2018). He was Assistant Director General and Coordinator for Economic and Social Development (ADG-ES), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations from August 2012 until December 2015. He was Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) from January 2005 until June 2012, and (Honorary) Research Coordinator for the G24 Intergovernmental Group on International Monetary Affairs and Development from December 2006 until September 2012.
In 2007, he was awarded the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. He has authored and edited over a hundred books and translated ten volumes besides writing many academic papers and articles for the media.
Jomo held the Tun Hussein Onn Chair in International Studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia, during 2016-2017, was Professor in the Applied Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya until November 2004, Founder Director (1978-2004) of the Institute of Social Analysis (INSAN) and Founder Chair (2001-2004) of IDEAs, International Development Economics Associates (www.ideaswebsite.org); he now chairs its Advisory Panel. He was also on the Board of the United Nations Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva. He serves on the editorial boards of several learned journals.
During 2010-2012, he was G20 sherpa to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and also UN G20 Finance Deputy during 2011-2012. During 2008-2009, Jomo served as adviser to Father Miguel d’Escoto, the President of the 63rd United Nations General Assembly, and as a member of the [Stiglitz] Commission of Experts of the President of the United Nations General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System.
Born in Penang, Malaysia, in 1952, Jomo studied at the Penang Free School (PFS, 1964-1966), Royal Military College (RMC, 1967-1970), Yale (1970-1973) and Harvard (1973-1977). He has taught at Science University of Malaysia (USM, 1974), Harvard (1974-1975), Yale (1977), National University of Malaysia (UKM, 1977-1982), University of Malaya (1982-2004), and Cornell (1993). He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University (1987-1988; 1991-1992) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (2004).
Some of his most cited book publications include Rents, Rent-Seeking and Economic Development: Theory and the Asian Evidence, Tigers in Trouble: Financial Governance, Liberalisation and Crises in East Asia, Globalization Versus Development: Heterodox Perspectives, Southeast Asia's Industrialization, Southeast Asian Paper Tigers? Behind Miracle and Debacle, Manufacturing Competitiveness: How Internationally Competitive National Firms and Industries Developed in East Asia, Ethnic Business? Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia, After The Storm: Crisis, Recovery and Sustaining Development in East Asia, The Origins of Development Economics, Pioneers of Development Economics, The New Development Economics, the two volumes of The Long Twentieth Century -- Globalization Under Hegemony: The Changing World Economy and The Great Divergence: Hegemony, Uneven Development and Global Inequality, Policy Matters: Economic And Social Policies To Sustain Equitable Development, Flat World, Big Gaps: Economic Liberalization, Globalization, Poverty and Inequality, Growth Divergences: Explaining Differences in Economic Performance, Towards Full and Decent Employment, Reforming the International Financial System for Development, Poor Poverty: The Impoverishment of Analysis, Measurement and Policies, Is Good Governance Good for Development?, Globalization and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and Ending Malnutrition: From Commitment to Action.
Some of his more widely read titles on Malaysia include Malaysia’s Political Economy, Malaysian Eclipse: Economic Crisis and Recovery, Ugly Malaysians? South-South Investments Abused, Deforesting Malaysia: The Political Economy of Agricultural Expansion and Commercial Logging, M Way: Mahathir’s Economic Policy Legacy, Bail-Outs? Capital Controls, Restructuring & Recovery in Malaysia,Malaysian Industrial Policy and Malaysia@50: Development, Distribution, Disparities.
He is married to Felice Noelle Mallillin Rodriguez and has three children, Nadia (born 1987), Emil (born 1989) and Leal (born 1990).
Prof Zainul Abidin Rasheed
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Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed is Adjunct Professor at the National Technology University, Singapore.
He is a member of the NTU Board of Trustees. Former Non-Resident Ambassador to Kuwait, Former Member of Parliament of Singapore and
Former Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Between 1976 and 1996, Mr Zainul Abidin served in various capacities in journalism including as Editor of Berita Harian, The Sunday Times, and Associate Editor of The Straits Times. He was seconded to the Council for the Development of Singapore Muslim Community (Mendaki) as its CEO from 1990 to 1993, and to Singapore Islamic Religious Council (MUIS) as its President from 1991 to 1996.
In 1997, Mr Zainul Abidin entered politics and was elected as MP for Cheng San GRC (1997 to 2001) and then Aljunied GRC (2001 to 2011). During this period, he was also appointed Executive Secretary of the Singapore Port Workers’ Union (1997 to 1998), General Manager of NTUC Fairprice Cooperative Ltd (1997 to 1998) and Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998 to 2001). He also held the post of Mayor of the Northeast Community Development Council (2001 to 2008). In 2004, he was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and was promoted to Senior Minister of State 2 years later.
Mr Zainul Abidin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics and Malay Studies from the University of Singapore in 1971.
Dr Peter Lee
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Dr. Peter Lee was one of the four original trustees in establishing the East Asian History of Science Trust EAHST Hong Kong in 1979, which was re-registered as the East Asian History of Science Foundation EAHSF. The formal opening was officiated by Dr Needham in person in 1981.
Serving as the EAHSF Deputy Chairman and Honorary Secretary, he assumed the Chairmanship after the retirement of Dr. David K.P Li in 2014 and renamed it the Joseph Needham Foundation for Science and Civilisation JNFSC, to further promote the Needham scholarly legacy beyond East Asia .
In tandem with his dedication to actively promoting the study and research of the Joseph Needham’s work since 1970s, he was the Hong Kong based regional head of several multinational companies in consumer products, performance chemicals, pigments and telecommunication sectors, capping a 30 plus years career bridging both academic and corporate endeavours.
Dr. Lee received his early education in Hong Kong; earned a B.S. in Chemistry at Seattle University, a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Michigan State University in 1971, and subsequent postdoctoral research at New York University. While given the opportunity to continue further research at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland, he opted to embark on a career in industrial chemistry, and joined The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia in 1972 as a research chemist.
From 1975 to 1977, he was granted a special sabbatical from The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia, to work with Dr. Joseph Needham, then Master of Gonville & Caius College in Cambridge, on a chemical technology section of the Science and Civilisation in China series.
In late 1978, his scholarly plan in the SCC series was disrupted when he accepted a dual business development and technical position in the company’s Far East Division and relocated back to Hong Kong. He was instrumental in bringing Coca-Cola’s return to Mainland China since 1949, appointed the first President of Coca-Cola China in 1979 and was named Senior Vice-President of Coca-Cola Pacific in 1985. He subsequently diversified his career interests in several sectors till his corporate retirement in 2007 and still actively engaged today.
Throughout his entire corporate/business career, Dr. Lee has worked tirelessly to promote the Needham scholarly legacy. Together with the late Dr. Philip WC Mao, the founding Chairman and other enthusiastic directors, he played a significant role in successful fund- raising to build the permanent library of the Needham Research Institute which was completed in 1991. He has continued to take a leading role in developing a number of significant projects discussed elsewhere in the foundation website https//: www. jnfschk.org, reaching out to both secondary students, tertiary students and interested public.
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Prof Kishore Mahbubani
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Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Kishore Mahbubani is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Kishore has had the privilege of experiencing two distinct careers. He was a diplomat for the Singapore Foreign Service for 33 years, from 1971 to 2004. During that time, he had postings in Cambodia, Malaysia, Washington DC and New York. He served twice as Singapore’s Ambassador to the UN, including two stints as President of the UN Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002. He was Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Ministry from 1993 to 1998. As a result of his excellent performance in his diplomatic career, he was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Gold) by the Singapore Government in 1998.
Kishore joined academia in 2004, when he was appointed the Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School), NUS. He was Dean from 2004 to 2017, and a Professor in the Practice of Public Policy from 2006 to 2019. In April 2019, he was elected as an honorary international member to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which has honoured distinguished thinkers, including several of America’s founding fathers, since 1780. In 2026, he was appointed as a Distinguished Guest Professor at the Institute for Social and Cultural Research of Macau University of Science and Technology.
After graduating from St. Andrew’s School in 1967, Kishore was awarded the President’s Scholarship. He graduated with First-Class Honours in Philosophy from the University of Singapore in 1971. From Dalhousie University, Canada, he received a Master’s degree in Philosophy in 1976 and an honorary doctorate in 1995. He spent a year as a fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University from 1991 to 1992.
Kishore has achieved several “firsts” in his two careers. He was the Founding Dean of the LKY School, the founding Director of the Civil Service College, and the first Singapore Ambassador to serve on the UN Security Council. He was also the first Singaporean to publish articles in globally renowned journals and newspapers like Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New York Times and the Financial Times, and to co-authored articles with distinguished global thought leaders like Kofi Annan and Larry Summers. He has never shied away from taking on new challenges.
He is also a prolific author, having published ten books: Can Asians Think?; Beyond the Age of Innocence; The New Asian Hemisphere; The Great Convergence; Can Singapore Survive?; The ASEAN Miracle (co-authored with Jeffery Sng); Has the West Lost It?; Has China Won?; The Asian 21st Century, an open access book which has received over 4 million downloads; and a memoir, Living the Asian Century.
Kishore has received significant international recognition for his many accomplishments. In June 2004, he was accorded the Foreign Policy Association Medal for being “a gifted diplomat, a student of history and philosophy, a provocative writer and an intuitive thinker.” He was listed as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines in September 2005, and was included in the March 2009 Financial Times list of Top 50 individuals who would shape the debate on the future of capitalism. Foreign Policy named him as a Top Global Thinker in 2010 and 2011, describing him as “the muse of the Asian century”. He was selected by Prospect magazine as one of the top 50 world thinkers for 2014.
Kishore is currently helming the Asian Peace Programme (APP) at the Asia Research Institute at NUS, which he founded in 2020. The APP works with scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and other experts all over the world to come up with and share practical ideas on how to protect peace in Asia. You can learn more about the APP here: https://ari.nus.edu.sg/asian-peace-programme/
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Dr Peter TC Chang
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Dr. Peter T. C. Chang is a Visiting Professor at the China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU), Beijing
Research Associate at the Malaysia-China Friendship Association
Former Deputy Director, Institute of China Studies, University Malaya
He is trained in the field of comparative philosophy and religion. In recent years, Dr. Chang’s research is focused on analyzing the new lease of life ancient philosophical and religious traditions are relishing in modern China. The project looks at how a rejuvenated Confucianism could shape the evolving character of the Chinese milieu and in turn impact the global community. Multidisciplinary in scope, the study covers subjects ranging from social-political reform to inter-civilizations engagements, and bioethical issues to environmental concerns.
Dr. Chang is analyzing the opportunities and risks associated with the Belt and Road Initiative. He is examining this from the perspective of China’s soft power, specifically the Chinese traditional as well as popular cultural imprints upon the world at large in general, and Malaysia in particular.
Nurul Izzah Anwar
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Nurul Izzah Anwar is a social policy activist, former legislator and public servant. She served as a Member of Parliament for three terms and was a founding member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.
She later headed the Technical and Vocational Empowerment Committee under the Ministry of Education in 2018. She also served as the former Head of Secretariat for the Finance Advisory Council (ACFIN) at the Ministry of Finance, where she supported work on fiscal policy and economic reforms. In 2021, together with economist Fatimah Kari, she published a pioneering Covid-adjusted Multidimensional Poverty Index report, sampled from her constituency of Permatang Pauh.
She now chairs SULUH Centre (formerly POLITY), a think tank dedicated to translating evidence-based research into impactful policies, advocacy and interventions that drive meaningful change. Nurul Izzah holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from UNITEN Malaysia and a Masters in International Relations in Southeast Asia Studies from the School of Advanced International Studies-Johns Hopkins University.
Chew Kheng Chuan
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Chew Kheng Chuan, is an independent consultant in philanthropy and an advocate of the arts in Singapore. He was educated at Harvard College and the London School of Economics. He was Chairman of the Substation Limited, a home for the Arts in Singapore, from 2000 -2021. He is acknowledged as one of the most successful fundraisers in Asia, serving in senior advancement roles at the National University of Singapore (2003-2008) and Nanyang Technological University (2008-2012).
He is a volunteer at the Gaza Scholarship Initiative – Asia/Malaysia (GSI).
GSI is a Palestinian-led international initiative founded by academics, writers, and professionals committed to educational justice for Palestinians impacted by scholasticide.
Established in November 2023, GSI supports Palestinian students whose education has been disrupted by genocide, war, displacement, and the destruction of Gaza's higher education sector. Operating at the intersection of emergency response and long-term academic recovery, GSI connects students with scholarships and support through a global network of universities, donors, volunteers, and partners.
Today, GSI is also investing in sustaining higher education inside Gaza through direct student support, virtual learning, academic partnerships, and educational continuity initiatives that help preserve academic life and contribute to the long-term rebuilding of Gaza's educational institutions.
Wu Shaopeng
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Curator | Artist
Key Talent Supported by the Ministry of Culture of China for Cultural Industry Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Research Fellow, Fujian Talent Think Tank for Comic Art, Illustration, and Picture Books
Curator, Wulin Art Season, Jinjiang, Fujian (2022–2024)
Founder, "Return to Nanyang" International Cultural and Artistic Outreach Initiative
Born into a family of Filipino Chinese returnees, Wu Shaopeng is an inquisitive artist and curator driven by curiosity and a passion for exploration. Having grown up amidst the confluence of diverse cultures, he seeks, horizontally, to embrace the richness of the wider world, and vertically, to uncover the universal emotions and languages that transcend time, geography, and national boundaries.
Working as both an artist and curator, Wu's work has received national recognition, and between 2023 and 2025 he was featured on China Central Television (CCTV) on three occasions.
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吴少鹏 简介 策展人、艺术家 中国文化部文化产业创意创业重点扶持人才 福建省连环画插画与绘本人才智库 研究员 福建晋江梧林艺术季（2022-2024）策展人 “再下南洋”文化艺术出海计划 发起人 成长于菲律宾归侨家庭，作为一位充满好奇心和探索欲的提问者，在多元文化的交融中，横向上追求接受更加广阔世界的洗礼，纵向上找寻超越时间与国度的人类的共同情感与语言。 以艺术家、策展人身份，2023-2025三上央视CCTV
Xue Wei
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XUE Wei is Deputy Director of Shanghai Science & Technology Museum. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Public Administration. He has long been engaged in audio-visual education and informatization, with extensive experience in educational technology, digital transformation, and smart governance.
At Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, which operates a “three-in-one” museum cluster (integrating the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, Shanghai Natural History Museum, and Shanghai Astronomy Museum), Mr. Xue oversees security, asset management, cultural and creative industrialization, and digital technology. In recent years, he has actively followed frontier technologies such as large language models, artificial intelligence, and embodied intelligent robots, promoting their application in science popularization. He has led projects including the embodied intelligent robot exhibition and AI-empowered science education, helping to translate cutting-edge technologies into tangible public science experiences.
In the field of cultural and creative industrialization, Mr. Xue has focused on integrating IP resources across the three museums, exploring market-oriented mechanisms to foster integration of culture, commerce, tourism, sports, and exhibitions, as well as nighttime economy development, while promoting the transformation of science content into cultural and creative products. He has also actively advanced museum-school collaboration and cross-regional sharing of science resources, leading initiatives such as the science education empowerment camp for rural teachers and the museum-school alliance pilot program, dedicated to leveraging science education to promote educational equity and enhance public scientific literacy.
薛巍，上海科技馆副馆长，工学学士、公共管理硕士。长期从事电化教育与信息化工作，在教育技术、数字化转型与智慧治理领域拥有丰富经验。
在上海科技馆“三馆合一”（上海科技馆、上海自然博物馆、上海天文馆）的管理格局下，他分管安全保卫、资产管理、文创产业化发展及数字技术等工作。近年来，他积极关注大模型、人工智能和具身机器人等前沿技术，推动其在科普领域的落地应用，牵头实施具身智能机器人展项、AI赋能科学教育等项目，助力前沿科技向公众可感知的科普体验转化。 在文创产业化方面，他着力整合“三馆合一”文创IP资源，探索市场化机制，促进“文商旅体展”融合与夜间经济发展，推动科普内容向文创产品转化。同时，他积极推进馆校合作与跨区域科普资源共享，牵头组织乡村教师科教赋能实践营、馆校联盟科技教育实验校等项目，致力于以科技教育助力教育公平与全民科学素养提升。
Yu Yi-Ming
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Yu Yi-Ming holds a Master degree in Zoology and serves as an Associate Research Curator and Deputy Director of the Business Development Division at the Cultural & Creative Development Center of Shanghai Science & Technology Museum. He is a member of the Chinese Association of Natural Science Museums, the Shanghai Entomological Society, and the Shanghai Science Writers Association, and sailing as the China Outreach and Education Officer for International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 378 in 2020.
Mr. Yu specializes in museum cultural and creative IP licensing and science education. He has curated the co-branded project “Shanghai Natural History Museum × MUJI – ‘Energy of Nature’ Mineral Crystal Collection” and has organized over 100 public science programs, including the “Shanghai Insect Family（上海昆虫家谱）” citizen science project, “My Natural Treasure Box”, and the “Urban Insects” exhibition. He originally conceived and curated exhibitions including Urban Insects, Encountering Animals, Night Chorus of Insects, and Starry Sky Illumination. He has led or participated in more than 30 research projects, including the Yangfan Special Project of the Rising-Star Program under the 2023 Shanghai “Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan”(上海市“科技创新行动计划”启明星项目扬帆专项). He has published 10 papers in journals such as Journal of Natural Science Museum Research(自然科学博物馆研究), Science & Education, Science Education and Museums（科学教育与博物馆）, Environmental Education（环境教育）, China Science and Technology Education（中国科技教育）, and ZooKeys, and has described 3 new insect species. He holds two design patents as the lead inventor, including the “Educational Toy (Insect Learning Card Flip Game)”.
Mr. Yu is the author of five popular science books: The Diverse Living World – Nature Reading Series: Why Are Butterflies So Colorful?, The Diverse Living World – Nature Reading Series: The Dodo from Fairy Tales, Nature Fun House, Birds Are Amazing, and Nautilus Exploration Notes: Birdwatching. He was selected for the 2023 Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Talent Rising-Star Program Yangfan Special Project（上海市青年科技英才扬帆计划）. He received the Excellence Award of the China Natural Education Innovation Competition in 2025, the Shanghai Museum Outstanding Education Project of the Year in 2024, t, the Shanghai Outstanding Popular Science Book Award in 2024, the First Prize of the Shanghai Science Education Innovation Award in 2021, he Special Award of the 5th National Science Museum Education Program Exhibition & Evaluation in 2020, the Second Prize of the Shanghai Science and Technology Award in 2019, the International and Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan Cooperation Award of the Shanghai Museum Exhibition Recommendation in 2018, and the First Prize of the National Science Performance Competition in 2017.
余一鸣，动物学硕士，副研究馆员，上海科技馆文创开发中心事业推广部副部长，中国自然科学博物馆学会、上海市昆虫学会、上海市科普作家协会会员，国际大洋发现计划378航次中国科普专员。从事博物馆文创IP授权与科普教育工作，策划“上海自然博物馆与MUJI‘自然有能量’矿物晶石”等授权项目，牵头“上海昆虫家谱”公众科学项目、“我的自然百宝箱”等科普活动100余场，原创策划“城市昆虫”、“遇见动物”、“夜听虫吟”、“星空之境”等展览，主持及参与上海市启明星项目扬帆专项等课题30余项。在《自然科学博物馆研究》《Science & Education》《科学教育与博物馆》《环境教育》《中国科技教育》《Zookeys》等期刊等发表论文10篇，发表昆虫新种3种，以第一完成人获得“益智玩具（昆虫学习卡翻牌游戏）”等专利授权2项。著有《多样的生命世界·悦读自然系列：蝴蝶为什么这么“花”》、《多样的生命世界·悦读自然系列：童话里走出的渡渡鸟》、《自然趣玩屋》、《鸟儿不得了》、《鹦鹉螺探索笔记：寻鸟记》科普图书5部。入选2023年上海市青年科技英才扬帆计划，获2025年中国自然教育创新大赛优胜奖、2024年度上海市博物馆卓越教育项目、2020年第五届全国科普场馆教育项目特别奖、2024年上海市优秀科普图书奖、2021年上海市科普教育创新奖一等奖、2019年上海市科学技术奖二等奖、2018年度上海市陈列展览推介国际及港澳台合作奖，2017年全国科学表演大赛一等奖等奖项。
Yaskhanov Mukhmad Tapaevich
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President of the Noah's Ark Autonomous Non-Profit Organization, cultural expert at the IUPI (International University of Professional Innovations), head of the Noah's Ark in Russia group.
About the Chechnya Noak's Ark (coming soon).
Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed
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Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed started his career in the Economics Division of the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia in 1974. He left the civil service in 1987 when he was appointed as the Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance. That was the beginning of his long career as a politician until retired from active politics in June 2023. In politics, he had been a Senator, a Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly, and a Member of Parliament for Jeli.
He has held a few positions in the Government of Malaysia, including Deputy Minister of Finance, Second Finance Minister, Minister of Entrepreneur Development, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Higher Education for nine years, and Minister of International Trade and Industry. His last position in the Government of Malaysia was as the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of the Economy. Dato Sri Mustapa Mohamed did his undergraduate studies in Economics at the University of Melbourne and graduate studies in Development Economics at Boston University.
Gita Wirjawan
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Gita Wirjawan's journey spans the corridors of power in government and the halls of academia. As Indonesia's former Minister of Trade and chairman of its Investment Coordinating Board, he quadrupled foreign investment into the country. His experiences at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Citibank provided him with a practitioner's understanding of global capital markets.
Today, as a visiting scholar at Stanford's Precourt Institute for Energy, Gita combines academic rigor with real-world experience. But perhaps his most influential role has been as host of the Endgame podcast—Indonesia's definitive thought leadership platform. With over 200 episodes and 100 million cumulative views, Endgame has become a catalyst for intellectual discourse, inspiring many to help contribute to the enlargement of Indonesia's vision of itself.
This multidimensional experience—from shaping policy in government to moving markets in finance to fostering ideas in media—uniquely positions Gita to tell Southeast Asia's story. His work represents a bridge between what Southeast Asia could become and where it stands today.
Alexander Evgenievich Semyonov
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Was born in Moscow in 1949. Received a profession at Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Since 1972 he has been working in the defense industry complex of the Russian Federation.
Alexander Semyonov began to engage in ufology as part of a research group by F.Yu. Ziegel-A.S. Kuzovkin (1976). President of the informal Association Ecology of the Unknown (AEU) (1989). General Director of Ecology of the Unknown LLC (1992). Honorary Academician of the International Academy of Energy-Information Sciences (IAEIS) (1994). Academician of the International Academy Information, communication, management in technology, nature and society (IAICM) (2002). Professor (2013), member of the Presidium (2016), Honorary PhD (2021) of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems (AGP). Honorary Academician of the Russian Regional Public Organization Academy for the Study of Problems of Information and Applied Anomology (ASPAN) (2014). President of the Association of researchers of the unknown phenomena of nature, cosmos and human abilities Ecology of the Unknown (2019). For personal creative contribution to the implementation of space programs and projects awarded by the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation “Korolev Sign” (2009). Organizer and host of more than 50 international scientific and public conferences Ziegel Readings (Natural Science and Geopolitics) (since 1990). Organizer and coordinator of the joint issue of AEU and TASS periodic scientific information bulletin Anomaly (1990-1998). Author of a number of analytical ufological materials, several Russian and international projects. Member of Russian and international scientific and public forums, conferences, seminars, press conferences.
Since 1998 has been on television and radio broadcasts, as well as on Internet portals more than 900 times: Member of radio programs of VGTRK, Echo of Moscow, Russian Radio, Mayak, RSN, Kommersant FM, Komsomolskaya Pravda, 360o, etc. Member of numerous programs of REN, TVC, MTRK Mir, Astro-TV, Channel 1, NTV, TV-3, STS, Russia-1, Russia-2, Zvezda, OTR, Channel 5, CTV, DTV, Life News, Moscow-Trust, etc., as well as Internet TV channels, including NTDtv, Global Wave, MediaMetrix, Forbidden History, Protohistory Association, RusSvet, Tercer Milenio (Mexico), Peaceinspace (USA), Grani Realnosti (Russia), Nekrasova-LIVE, Channel 56, etc.
Contacts: tel.: +7 (915) 298-14-79,
e-mail: aen-semenov@mail.ru
Zunar
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With over 50 years of experience in cartooning, Zunar exposes corruption through his sketches, driven by his motto: "How Can I Be Neutral, Even My Pen Has a Stand."
Under the previous government, Zunar, whose real name is Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, was arrested seven times and faced nine charges under the Sedition Act.
Awards:
1). Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award (Washington)
2) Cartooning for Peace Award (Geneva), presented by Kofi AnnanZunar has been invited to speak at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, as well as at various cartooning programs in Washington, Paris, Bilbao, London, Amsterdam, and Berlin.He has also been invited to host exhibitions and give talks at several prestigious universities. These include UCL London, Oxford, Harvard, the University of Louisville, New York University (Florence), the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Curtin University in Perth.
Currently, Zunar focuses his cartooning efforts on rebuilding the nation.