Negar Azimi is the Senior Editor of Bidoun Projects.

Anne Barlow is Executive Director of Art in General, New York, a non-profit organisation that supports artists primarily through the commissioning of new work and an international residency exchange programme.

Isak Berbic is a photography, video and performance artist.

Palmina d’Ascoli is a doctoral student in modern literature at the University of Paris, Pantheon Sorbonne and an art writer.

Often collaborating with others across borders and communities, Shezad Dawood employs film, painting, neon, sculpture and virtual reality to deconstruct systems of image, language, site and narrative.

Hydar Dewachi is London-based artist, photographer and freelance IT engineer.

Michelle Dezember is the Head of Education at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar.

Paul Domela is Programme Director of Liverpool Biennial after being Deputy Chief Executive from 2001-2007.

Dr Cynthia P. Schneider teaches, publishes and organises initiatives in the field of cultural diplomacy, with a focus on relations with the Muslim world.

Peter Eleey is the Curator of MoMA PS1 in New York, where he most recently organised survey exhibitions of the paintings of Henry Taylor and the films of George Kuchar.

Hu Fang is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Vitamin Creative Space and the Pavilion in Beijing.

Joe Girandola is a professional artist originally from Baltimore, USA.

Judith Greer is Director of International Programmes for Sharjah Art Foundation.

Marieke van Hal is an art historian and the Founding Director and President of the Biennial Foundation.