Dr Zulkanain Abdul Rahman bertugas sebagai Profesor Madya di Jabatan Sejarah, Fakulti Sastera Dan Sains Sosial, Universiti Malaya. Berasal dari Kampung Ulu Sungai Buloh, Simpang Ampat, Alor Gajah, Melaka. Mendapat pendidikan Ijazah Sarjana Muda (Sejarah Malaysia) dari Universiti Malaya; Ijazah Sarjana (Sejarah Rusia) dari Universiti Leeds, United Kingdom; dan Ijazah Doktor Falsafah (Sejarah Eropah  Moden) dari Universiti East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom. Beliau mengkhusus dalam bidang sejarah Eropah Moden dan politik antarabangsa; dan terlibat secara aktif dalam melakukan penyelidikan berkaitan sejarah Malaysia; dan demokrasi dan pilihan raya di Malaysia. Pada tahun 2011, Kerajaan Negeri Melaka menganugerahkan beliau Bintang Cemerlang Melaka (BCM); dan kemudiaannya Darjah Seri Melaka (DSM) pada Oktober 2015. Pada Ogos 2023, beliau dianugerahkan pula Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) yang membawa gelaran Datuk. Beliau pernah dilantik sebagai Timbalan Dekan (Penyelidikan dan Pembangunan), Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial dari September 2012 hingga September 2017 sebelum mengambil Cuti Sabatikal. Beliau dilantik semula sebagai  Ketua, Jabatan Sejarah, Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial, Universiti Malaya mulai September 2018 hingga December 2022; dan dalam masa yang sama merangkap Ketua, Pusat Kajian Demokrasi dan Pilihan Raya (UMCEDEL). Kini, beliau merupakan Ahli Lembaga Penasihat Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia; dan Panel Pakar Rujuk (Sejarah), Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia.

Dr. Mehdi Soltanzadeh was born in 1980 in Iran. After earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in Iran, he traveled to Malaysia in 2006 to attend an international humanities seminar, where he met several distinguished professors from Malaysian universities. This experience inspired him to pursue a doctorate faculty of arts and social sciences, department of history at the University of Malaya, one of the premier and oldest institutions in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Following the completion of his doctoral studies, Dr. Mehdi chose to remain in Malaysia, driven by his fascination with the country's history, culture and multi-racial society. He collaborated with the Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia for a year as a senior researcher, mostly on researching and translation of  Manuscripts, then he became of life member of Malaysia Translators’ Association,  he engaged in research with the Department of Malay Studies at the National University of Malaysia, focusing on translating various Persian classical texts into Malay. Additionally, he serves as a translator for the Islamic Encyclopaedia Foundation in Iran, where he has translated numerous entries authored by Malaysian and Indonesian scholars from Malay language into Persian language for publication in the Islamic World Encyclopaedia in Iran. Dr. Mehdi now is a senior lecturer at Academy of Malay Studies, Universiti Malaya.

Professor Jason Chuah FRSA SFHEA holds the Chair of Commercial and Maritime Law at the City Law School, UK. He has recently been appointed as a Dean of Faculty of Law at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He was the holder of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Award, Barclays Bank Scholarship and the Cambridge Commonwealth Fellowship at Cambridge University. His PhD looked at the influence of the need for commercial certainty on the judicial development of commercial and maritime law. He also has a Professional Certificate in Export with Distinction from the UK Institute of Export. He holds a First Class Hons degree in Law from the University of Malaya. He has written thirteen books and well over 200 articles. He is editor of several international journals, including the Journal of International Maritime Law, International Company and Commercial Law Review, International Trade Law and Regulation, Shipping & Trade Law, International Transport Law Review, and Finance & Credit Law. He has served on research councils in the UK, South Africa, Poland, Canada and Colombia. His work has been cited by institutions in the UK, US, EU and Asia. He is also Executive Director of the London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Group. He has been involved in various consultations with the Ministry of Justice, the OECD, the ICC, the Association of British Insurers, the UNCITRAL, etc.