DR. JEFFREY ORDANIEL
COMMO. JAY TARRIELA
H.E. FERDINAND MARCOS, JR.
GEN. EDUARDO AÑO (RET., AFP)
HON. FERDINAND MARTIN ROMUALDEZ
CAPT. XIAOBO LIU (RET., PLAN)
FIRST ADM.DATUK CHE ENGKU SUHAIMI C.E. DAIK
VADM. IRVANSYAH
VADM. HIROAKI KANOSUE
H.E. LAI THAI BINH
H.E. JOSE MANUEL G. ROMUALDEZ
H.E. ENDO KAZUYA
H.E. HAE KYONG YU
HON. MARYKAY CARLSON
H.E. ANDREAS MICHAEL PFAFFERNOSCHKE
H.E. DAVID HARTMAN
H.E. HARSH KUMAR JAIN
UNDERSEC. NESTOR HERICO
GEN. EMMANUEL BAUTISTA (RET., AFP)
RADM. KATSUYA YAMAMOTO (RET., JMSDF)
CAPT. JASON LEHTO
FIRST ADM. EKA SATARI
FIRST ADM.DATUK HAJI MD FAUZI BIN OTHMAN
VADM PRADEEP CHAUHAN (RET., INDIAN NAVY)
LT. CDR. MOHD SHARIM BIN ZAKARIA
COMMO. NELSON TIMBANG
CAPT. SHAH RULASHARI AHMAD OMAR
COL. RYAN SEVERO
DR. SATU LIMAYE
MARSHALL LOUIS ALFEREZ
ANTONIO T. CARPIO
DR. HAI-DANG VU
DR. SUMATHY PERMAL
FRETTI GANCHOON
PROF. BEC STRATING
PROF. JAMES KRASKA
DR. SARAH KIRCHBERGER
PROF. XIAOLU LEI
PROF. WONGI CHOE
BRAD GLOSSERMAN
PROF. JAY BATONGBACAL
PROF. BO HU
DR. HAI DO
PROF. FREGA W. INKIRIWANG
RAY POWELL
AMB. LAURA DEL ROSARIO
PROF. DINDO MANHIT
DR. BIC TRAN
JONATHAN MALAYA
PHUONG-THAO NGUYEN
PROF. ALESSIO PATALANO
PROF. BRAHMA CHELLANEY
GREGORY POLING
JENNIFER PARKER
PROF. KENTARO FURUYA
RADM. ROMMEL ONG (RET., AFP)
CARL BAKER
DR. JOHN BRADFORD
DANIELA BRAUN
DR. ALEXANDER VUVING
DR. COLLIN KOH
DR. AARON JED RABENA
DR. ANNETTE BRADFORD
ATSUKO KANEHARA
BENJAMIN BLANDIN
CHRIS GARDINER
DR. CURIE MAHARANI
DANA LEE
DON MCLAIN GILL
GEORGI ENGELBRECHT
HAI DINH
HANK HENDRICKSON
PROF. I MADE ANDI ARSANA
JACQUELINE J. ESPENILLA
JEROME JOGNO
KARLA PABELINA
PROF. KAZUKI BABA
DR. MATEUSZ CHATYS
MATTEO PIASENTINI
PATRICK ZOLL
DR. PETER LEE
COMMO. PETER LEAVY (RET., RAN)
PROF. RENE DE CASTRO
DR. ROBIN MICHAEL GARCIA
DR. ROSALIE HALL
PROF. SALAWATI MAT BASIR
DR. SOPHIE WUSHUANG YI
SOPHIYA NAVARRO
THOMAS DANIEL
TONETTE DE JESUS
DR. VAN PHAM
DR. YANHUI ZHONG
PROF. YOHANES SULAIMAN
PROF. YUSUKE TAKAGI
DR. JEFFREY ORDANIEL
Lead Convenor, The Manila Dialogue on the South China Sea
COMMO. JAY TARRIELA
Chief, West Philippine Sea Transparency Office, Philippine Coast Guard
H.E. FERDINAND MARCOS, JR.
President of the Philippines
GEN. EDUARDO AÑO (RET., AFP)
National Security Adviser, Philippines
HON. FERDINAND MARTIN ROMUALDEZ
Speaker, House of the Representaives 19th Congress of the Philippines
CAPT. XIAOBO LIU (RET., PLAN)
Director, Marine Study Center, Grandview Institution, Beijing
FIRST ADM.DATUK CHE ENGKU SUHAIMI C.E. DAIK
Director of Maritime Affairs of Sabah and Labuan, MMEA
VADM. IRVANSYAH
Chief, Indonesian Coast Guard (Bakamla)
VADM. HIROAKI KANOSUE
Vice Commandant for Operations, Japan Coast Guard
H.E. LAI THAI BINH
Ambassador of Viet Nam to the Philippines
H.E. JOSE MANUEL G. ROMUALDEZ
Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States
H.E. ENDO KAZUYA
Ambassador of Japan to the Philippines
H.E. HAE KYONG YU
Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines
HON. MARYKAY CARLSON
Ambassador of the United States to the Philippines
H.E. ANDREAS MICHAEL PFAFFERNOSCHKE
Ambassador of Germany to the Philippines
H.E. DAVID HARTMAN
Ambassador of Canada to the Philippines
H.E. HARSH KUMAR JAIN
Ambassador of India to the Philippines
Shri Harsh Kumar Jain joined the Indian Foreign Service in September 1993.
Over the course of his diplomatic career, he has served at various positions in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and abroad.
He served as India’s Ambassador to Ukraine from 2022-2024, Slovak Republic from 2017-2018, and Kazakhstan from 2014-2017. Prior to this, he served in different capacities at Indian Missions in Moscow (1995-96), Kyiv (1996-98), St. Petersburg (1999-2002), London (2004-07) and Kathmandu (2007-11).
He also served as a Member of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on the Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the context of International Security during 2012-13.
At headquarters in Delhi, he served as the Head of the BIMSTEC and SAARC Division (2020-21), Global Estate Management Division (2019-20) and e-Governance, Information Technology and Cyber Diplomacy Division (2011-14). He served as desk officer for Afghanistan during 2002-04.
Shri Harsh Kumar Jain holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering. He is married to Smt. Vandana Jain and they have a son.
He speaks Hindi, English and Russian.
He joined the Embassy of India in Manila on 02 August 2024.
UNDERSEC. NESTOR HERICO
Deputy Director General, National Security Council of the Philippines
GEN. EMMANUEL BAUTISTA (RET., AFP)
Trustee, Foundation for National Interest
RADM. KATSUYA YAMAMOTO (RET., JMSDF)
Program Director, Security Studies, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
CAPT. JASON LEHTO
Attache, U.S. Coast Guard
FIRST ADM. EKA SATARI
Director for Cooperation, Indonesian Coast Guard (Bakamla)
FIRST ADM.DATUK HAJI MD FAUZI BIN OTHMAN
Director, Maritime Intelligence Division, MMEA
First Admiral Maritime Datuk Haji MD Fauzi bin Othman is the Director of Maritime Intelligence Division (MIND), Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). He has held a variety of staff and command assignments, including as the Director of Logistic Section of Maritime District 8 Kuantan, Deputy Director of the Human Resource Branch at MMEA's Headquarters, Senior Assistant Director (Technical) of Supply Branch at Headquarters, Senior Assistant Director (Operation) at Maritime Coordination & Enforcement Center Lumut Perak, Director of Miri Maritime Zone, Director of Development Division Headquarters, and Director of Sultan Ahmad Shah Maritime Academy. He also holds a Degree in Business Management (Marketing) from the Universiti Teknologi Mara, and a Diploma in Marine Technology from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
VADM PRADEEP CHAUHAN (RET., INDIAN NAVY)
Director-General, National Maritime Foundation-India
LT. CDR. MOHD SHARIM BIN ZAKARIA
Head of Strategic & Research Branch, Maritime Intelligence Division, MMEA
COMMO. NELSON TIMBANG
Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Intelligence, Philippine Coast Guard
CAPT. SHAH RULASHARI AHMAD OMAR
Director, Strategic Planning and International Division, MMEA
COL. RYAN SEVERO
Assistant Commandant, Special Intelligence Training School
DR. SATU LIMAYE
Vice President, East West Center
MARSHALL LOUIS ALFEREZ
Assistant Secretary, Maritime and Ocean Affairs Office, Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippines
ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chairman, Institute of Maritime and Ocean Affairs
DR. HAI-DANG VU
Researcher, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
DR. SUMATHY PERMAL
Senior Fellow, Centre for Maritime Security and Diplomacy, Maritime Institute of Malaysia
FRETTI GANCHOON
Senior State Counsel, Department of Justice, Philippines
PROF. BEC STRATING
Director, La Trobe Asia & Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
PROF. JAMES KRASKA
Charles H. Stockton Chair of International Maritime Law, U.S. Naval War College
DR. SARAH KIRCHBERGER
Director, Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK)
PROF. XIAOLU LEI
Professor of Law, Wuhan University China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies
PROF. WONGI CHOE
Professor and Head of Center for ASEAN-India Studies, Korea National Diplomatic Academy
BRAD GLOSSERMAN
Senior Adviser, Pacific Forum
PROF. JAY BATONGBACAL
Professor, University of the Philippines College of Law
PROF. BO HU
Director, South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative
DR. HAI DO
Deputy Director General, East Sea Institute, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
PROF. FREGA W. INKIRIWANG
Associate Professor, Republic of Indonesia Defense University
RAY POWELL
Director, Sealight-Gordian Knot Center, Stanford University
AMB. LAURA DEL ROSARIO
President, Miriam College
PROF. DINDO MANHIT
President, Stratbase Institute
DR. BIC TRAN
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
JONATHAN MALAYA
Assistant Director General for Strategic Communications, Philippine NSC
PHUONG-THAO NGUYEN
PhD candidate, OSIPP, Osaka University
PROF. ALESSIO PATALANO
Co-Director Centre for Grand Startegy, King’s College London
PROF. BRAHMA CHELLANEY
Professor of Strategic Studies, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi
GREGORY POLING
Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative-CSIS, Washington, DC
JENNIFER PARKER
Expert Associate at the National Security College, ANU
Jennifer Parker is an Expert Associate at the National Security College, Australian National University and an Adjunct Fellow in naval studies at the University of New South Wales Canberra. Jennifer also holds the position of Nancy Bentley Associate Fellow in Indo-Pacific Maritime Affairs at the Council on Geostrategy.
Jennifer hosts and produces the weekly Maritime Matters podcast the Australian Naval Institute's Saltwater Strategists podcast focused on Indo-Pacific maritime affairs.
Jennifer served for more than 20 years with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). During her time in the RAN Jennifer specialised as a Principal Warfare Officer, including undertaking deep specialist training with the Royal Navy in Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer. Jennifer has extensive operational experience from the Middle East to the Caribbean, and most areas in between.
PROF. KENTARO FURUYA
Captain, Japan Coast Guard; Adjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
RADM. ROMMEL ONG (RET., AFP)
Professor of Praxis, Ateneo School of Government
CARL BAKER
Executive Director, Pacific Forum
DR. JOHN BRADFORD
Executive Director, Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS)
DANIELA BRAUN
Country Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Philippines
DR. ALEXANDER VUVING
Professor, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu
DR. COLLIN KOH
Senior fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
DR. AARON JED RABENA
Professorial Lecturer, University of the Philippines Asian Center
DR. ANNETTE BRADFORD
JFIPP Fellow, Japan Foundation
ATSUKO KANEHARA
Research Director for the Canon Institute for Global Studies
BENJAMIN BLANDIN
Network Coordinator - MarSecNet, Yokosuka Council for Asia-Pacific Studies
CHRIS GARDINER
CEO, The Institute for Regional Security
DR. CURIE MAHARANI
Executive Director, Indo-Pacific Strategic Intelligence (ISI Indonesia)
DANA LEE
Project Assistant, Governance and Sustainable Department, Asia-Europe Foundation
DON MCLAIN GILL
Lecturer, Department of International Studies, De La Salle University
GEORGI ENGELBRECHT
Senior Analyst, International Crisis Group
HAI DINH
Second Secretary, Embassy of Viet Nam in Manila
HANK HENDRICKSON
Executive Director, US-Philippines Society
PROF. I MADE ANDI ARSANA
Head Master of Geomatics Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada
JACQUELINE J. ESPENILLA
Senior Fellow, U.P. Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea
JEROME JOGNO
Program Manager for Leadership and Strategic Communication, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Philippines
KARLA PABELINA
Lecturer, Ateneo de Manila University
PROF. KAZUKI BABA
Assistant Professor, Japan Coast Guard Academy
DR. MATEUSZ CHATYS
Senior specialist, Centre for Asian Affairs
MATTEO PIASENTINI
Senior Lecturer, University of the Philippines Diliman
PATRICK ZOLL
Correspondent for geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific, Neue Zurcher Zeitung
DR. PETER LEE
Research Fellow, Center for Regional Studies, Asan Institute for Policy Studies
COMMO. PETER LEAVY (RET., RAN)
Phd Candidate, President Australian Naval Institute, Australian National University
PROF. RENE DE CASTRO
Distinguished Professor, De La Salle University
DR. ROBIN MICHAEL GARCIA
President, WR Advisory Group
DR. ROSALIE HALL
Executive Director, University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies
PROF. SALAWATI MAT BASIR
Legal Advisor, National University of Malaysia
DR. SOPHIE WUSHUANG YI
Research Fellow, Marine Studies Center, Grandview Institution
SOPHIYA NAVARRO
Program Manager for Security and Innovation, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Philippines
THOMAS DANIEL
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy and Security Studies programme, ISIS Malaysia
TONETTE DE JESUS
Senior Program Manager for Governance and Foreign Relations, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
DR. VAN PHAM
Founding Director, The South China Sea Chronicle Initiative
DR. YANHUI ZHONG
Researcher & Office Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, SCNU
PROF. YOHANES SULAIMAN
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, UNJANI
PROF. YUSUKE TAKAGI
Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo