
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