Sylvia is a Washington D.C. based researcher working on Asian security issues, nuclear policy and disruptive technologies. Currently, she is pursuing doctoral studies from the Department of Defence at King's College London on technological change and nuclear strategy. She is the Co-Chair of the WCAPS CBRN Working Group and CSIS PONI mid-cadre fellow. She holds a MSc degree in International Relations from London School of Economics and Political Science and M.A. in Non- proliferation and Terrorism Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. She has been invited to present papers, deliver talks and participate in crisis simulation and Track II dialogues at various national and international forums like the Ford Foundation, Columbia University, Stanford University, Council on Foreign Relations. Her publications include chapters in books, articles in journals, and commentaries/opinion pieces and was featured in Women in Foreign Policy.

Neha Dewan is an expert in International Relations and Security, focusing on South Asian politics. She is a Non-Resident Fellow and Political Affairs Officer at Global Policy Insights (GPI). She also heads The Commonwealth Project at GPI as the Project Lead and is the Research Coordinator for the Artificial Intelligence & Public Policy Programme. Along with her research expertise, she is also a Consultant at the UNESCO New Delhi Cluster Office, mandated to cover South Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal. She is also a Non-Resident Fellow at TRENDS Research & Advisory, Abu Dhabi. She holds an MPhil in International Relations & Politics from the University of Cambridge, BA (Honours) in Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College for Women and an advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding (CTPB), receiving the best dissertation and excellency awards for her work on conflict studies. She has also served as a Research Fellow for Dr Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament (India) and former International diplomat, and has had experience working with diplomats, international governments, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan among others. She has published widely on her expertise and has had several speaking engagements.

Jasmine is the Head ESG Issuer Communications at EMEA, MSCI. She holds a Masters degree in Capital Markets, Regulation and Compliance from the ICMA Centre, University of Reading, UK and is currently pursuing an Executive Masters in International Strategy and Diplomacy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. As EMEA Lead for ESG Issuer Communications, she engages in ESG issues with corporates rated and researched by MSCI ESG Research to educate them on their MSCI ESG assessments, raise standards for sustainability disclosures, and explain how investors use ESG criteria in investment decision making. Prior to this, she was responsible for ESG Marketing in APAC and global execution of ESG marketing strategies, at MSCI.

Arpit is the Co-Founder and CEO of Global Policy Insights, a centrist Policy think tank. He is also the Co-Founder of EnviPol, an Environmental Consulting firm based out of India. Along with leading these organisations, he is a Lecturer at the San Francisco State University where he teaches Comparative Perspectives in Public Service to graduate students.He is a graduate of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs and holds an MPA degree (Pi Alpha Alpha) with a focus on Governance, Politics, and Policy Studies. He was also the first non-US citizen to hold the position of the Editor-in-Chief of the Cornell Policy Review. He is the author of the book “Our Egalitarian Universe?” and has been the editor of “Not Without her: Communal Harmony” – a monograph printed by the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, Government of India, with essays from the top civil servants of the country. He has published articles in various prestigious journals on the themes of democracy, governance, systems thinking, game theory,