Dr. Ryan Clarke is a multi-domain strategic intelligence veteran with an international career in leadership positions in defense technology companies, investment banking, venture capital, biodefense, strategic think tanks and Tier 1 national security units. He is the author of seven books/monographs and over 70 journal articles. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge where he was awarded the Salje Medal for the most innovative research. Dr. Clarke is a Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore. He has lived in the Indo-Pacific for 18 years and has a lock on this domain.

Sean Lin is an Assistant Professor at Feitian College Middletown New York. He is a former U.S. Army Officer and Microbiologist. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Microbiology and Immunology at University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Master Degree in International Relations from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He is a frequent commentator for the Epoch Times Media Group, Radio Free Asia and Voice of America. He is also a member of the Committee of Present Danger: China.

LJ Eads is a prior U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officer, Signals Intelligence Analyst, and the Founder of Data Abyss. LJ is the Director of Research Intelligence at Parallax Advanced Research. He has developed artificial intelligence capabilities in the domains of Space, Cyber, and Open-Source Intelligence for the Intelligence Community. He currently develops capabilities that are directly improving the United States ability to collect, analyze, and provide intelligence products in the arena of China’s strategic science and technology development using multi-lingual open sources.