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THE MYANMAR FORUM 2012FRIDAY, 8 JUNE 2012

9.00 AM - 5.00 PMBALLROOM II & III, LEVEL 6, MAIN TOWER, MANDARIN ORCHARD SINGAPORE

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME(As of 2 May 2012)

9.00 12.00 pm Welcome Remarks

Mr. Tan Chin Tiong, Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)

Keynote Address

Prospects for Partnerships in Myanmars Economic DevelopmentH.E. U Soe Thane, Minister for Industry and Chairman of the Myanmar

Investment Commission (via pre-recorded video broadcast)

Tea Break

SESSION I: THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

Chair: Mr Rodolfo Severino, Head, ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS

National Reconciliation and Political ReformsU Ko Ko Hlaing, Chief Political Advisor to the President of the Republic of

the Union of Myanmar (tbc)

The Peace Process

Dr Kyaw Yin Hlaing, Assistant Professor, Department of Asian and

International Studies, City University of Hong Kong

Q & A

12.00 1.30 pm Lunch

Luncheon Address

Dr Noeleen Heyzer, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive

Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the

Pacific

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Afternoon Sessions

1.30 - 5.00 pm SESSION II: THE FUTURE OF ECONOMIC REFORMS

Chair: U Winston Sett Aung, Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of

the Union of Myanmar

Financial Sector Reform

U Than Lwin, Deputy Chairman, Kanbawza Bank, Myanmar

The Private Sector Perspective

U Win Aung, Chairman, Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI)

Markets in Myanmar

U Moe Kyaw, Managing Director, Myanmar Marketing Research and Development

(MMRD)

Q & A

Tea Break

SESSION III: SOCIAL PROGRESS POST-REFORMS

Chair: Dr Tin Maung Maung Than, Coordinator, Regional Strategic and

Political Studies Programme, ISEAS

Media - The Fourth Plllar

U Ko Ko, Chairman, Yangon Media Group

The Myanmar National Commission on Human Rights

U Win Mra, Chairman, Myanmar National Human Rights Commission

Environment and Development

U Win Myo Thu, Economically Progressive Ecosystems Development (ECODEV),

Myanmar

Q & A

5.00 pm End of Forum

Tea Reception

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