Prof. Mouawiya Al Awad, Professor at Zayed University / Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Dubai

Prof. Lubna Al Kazi, Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City

Dr. Fahad Al Sharif, Senior Researcher at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS), Riyadh

Dr. Marla Asis, Director of the Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC) / Editor of the Asian Pacific Migration Journal (APMJ), Manilla

Prof. Ibrahim Awad, Director of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS), Cairo

Dr. Khalil Bohazza, Director of the Labour Affairs GCC Executive Bureau, Manama

Dr. Ryszard Cholewinski, Senior Migration Specialist at the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS), Beirut

Dr. Jean-Christophe Dumont, Head of the International Migration Division in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Organisation for Economic Development (OECD), Paris

Prof. Ray Jureidini, Professor at the Hamid Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha

Dr. Nader Kabbani, Director of Research at the Middle East Council for Global Affairs (MECGA), Doha