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A profound political shift is taking place in Myanmar. While its new government is just settling in, the promise it offers continues to excite its people and the global investment community. Yet the biggest challenges are yet to come.

What tops the new government’s list of priorities? How will it build its policymaking capacity? What initiatives can realistically be implemented now, within the current political infrastructure? And what are the longer-term goals?

A hundred days into the new government’s term, the second Myanmar Summit will convene a timely discussion what these changes mean for the country’s economy and for domestic and foreign investors.

K E Y T O P I C S :

•Thefirst100days• Myanmar’s policy priorities • Myanmar’s infrastructure imperative • Building a sustainable economy • The role of digital technology and social media in fostering economic growth • Financial services reform

P R O G R A M M E A G E N D A *

2.00 PM BANKING ON GROWTH— THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL REFORM ON THE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENTSimon Makinson, chairman of ASEAN group and head of Myanmar Practice Group, Allen & OveryTin Min Htut, director, First Rangoon CorporationySean Turnell, associate professor, Macquarie UniversityThiri Thant Mon, co-founder and managing director, Sandanila

2.50 PM SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW: MYANMAR’S SUSTAINABILITY IMPERATIVEJeremyPrepscius,vice-president,Asia-Pacific,Business for Social Responsibility

3.05 PM NETWORKING BREAK

3.35 PM SIZZLE SESSION: MYANMAR’S EMERGING ENTREPRENEURSNgwe Tun, founder, Genius CoffeeJustinSway,chiefexecutiveofficerandfounder,MMone Online CompanyMyoMyintKyaw,chiefexecutiveofficer,Revo TechThet Mon Aye, founder, Star Ticket

4.15 PM ALL TOGETHER NOW: ETHNIC AND SOCIAL INCLUSION IN MYANMARKyaw Yin Hlaing, founder and director, Center for Diversity and National HarmonyYun Sun, senior associate, Henry L. Stimson Center and non-resident fellow, Brookings Institution

4.45 PM IN CONVERSATION WITH SERGE PUNSerge Pun, chairman, Serge Pun & Associates

5.05 PM REFLECTIONS FROM BANYAN AND CLOSING REMARKS

5.30 PM CONFERENCE CLOSE

8.30 AM CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKSCharlesGoddard,editorialdirectorAsia-Pacific, The Economist Intelligence Unit

9.00 AM OPENING KEYNOTE

9.30 AM SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW: MYANMAR AND THE WORLDScot Marciel, United States Ambassador to MyanmarNyantha Maw Lin, managing director, Vriens & Partners

10.00 AM WHAT IF? MYANMAR’S INFRASTRUCTURE IMPERATIVEStephaneLamoureux,chiefexecutiveofficer,KBZ Gatewayandchiefinformationofficer,KBZ GroupMarkBedingham,chiefexecutiveofficer,Singapore Myanmar Investco

10.30 AM NETWORKING BREAK

11.00 AM FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS: PRIORITIES FOR REGIONAL AND GLOBAL INVESTORSBoonkiat Cheewatragoongit, senior vice-president, Charoen Pokphand GroupVivekPathak,director,EastAsiaandthePacific,International Finance CorporationPeter Beynon, country chairman, Jardine MathesonSunil Seth, chief executive, Myanmar, Tata Sons

11.45 AM ON THE SOFA: COMMUNICATION IS KEY— THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTHFerry Grijpink, partner, McKinsey & CompanyEric Schaer, chief executive, MySQUARCrystal Lee, regional manager, South-East Asia, ViberDavidMadden,founderandchiefexecutiveofficer,Phandeeyar: Myanmar Innovation Lab

12.30 PM IN CONVERSATION: THE VIEW FROM BUSINESS WinWinTint,chiefexecutiveofficer,City MartSai Sam Htun, executive chairman, Loi Hein

1.00 PM NETWORKING LUNCHEON

For the full programme and speaker line-up, visit myanmar.economist.com

* All topics and speakers are subject to change.

H E A R F R O M E X P E R T S I N C L U D I N G :

JUSTIN SWAYChiefexecutiveofficerand founderMMone Online Company

ERIC SCHAERChief executiveMySQUAR

DAVID MADDENFounder and chiefexecutiveofficerPhandeeyar: Myanmar Innovation Lab

MYO MYINT KYAWChiefexecutiveofficerRevo Tech

THIRI THANT MONCo-founder and managing director Sandanila

SERGE PUNChairmanSerge Pun & Associates

MARK BEDINGHAMChiefexecutiveofficerSingapore Myanmar Investco

SAI SAM HTUNExecutive chairman Loi Hein

SEAN TURNELLAssociate professorMacquarie University

STEPHANE LAMOUREUXChiefexecutiveofficerKBZ Gateway and chiefinformationofficerKBZ Group

FERRY GRIJPINKPartnerMcKinsey & Company

YUN SUNSenior associate Henry L. Stimson Center and non-resident fellow Brookings Institution

SCOT MARCIELUnited States Ambassador to Myanmar

SIMON MAKINSONChairman of ASEAN group and head of Myanmar Practice GroupAllen & Overy

NGWE TUNFounderGenius Coffee

VIVEK PATHAKDirector, East Asia andthePacificInternational Finance Corporation

PETER BEYNONCountry chairmanJardine Matheson

TIN MIN HTUTDirectorFirst Rangoon Corporation

THET MON AYEFounderStar Ticket

SUNIL SETHChief executive, MyanmarTata Sons

CRYSTAL LEERegional manager, South-east AsiaViber

NYANTHA MAW LINManaging directorVriens & Partner

JEREMY PREPSCIUSVice-president, Asia-PacificBusiness for Social Responsibility

BOONKIAT CHEEWATRAGOONGIT Senior vice-presidentCharoen Pokphand Group

WIN WIN TINTChiefexecutiveofficerCity Mart

KYAW YIN HLAINGFounder and director Center for Diversity and National Harmony

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8.30am Chairman’s opening remarks

Charles Goddard, editorial director, Asia-Pacific, The Economist Intelligence Unit

9.00am Opening keynote

A profound political shift has taken place in Myanmar. While the new government has only just settled in, its

promise continues to excite the country’s people and the global investment community. The biggest political

changes are yet to come: the new government lacks seasoned policymakers and has yet to lay out tangible

milestones for achieving its lofty goals.

What are the government’s economic policy priorities?

What initiatives can it implement now? What are the longer-term goals?

How will the new government build its policymaking and administrative capacity?

9.30 am Spotlight Interview: Myanmar and the world

To promote political reform and trade, the United States recently tweaked its long-imposed sanctions on

Myanmar. The sanctions list remains in effect, but seven state-owned enterprises and three state-owned banks

have been removed from it, while six companies have been added. Foreign businesses operating in Myanmar

often cite sanctions as a barrier to investment, but their gradual easing will create new opportunities.

What immediate effect will the easing of sanctions have on foreign investment in Myanmar?

How does the United States assess Myanmar’s transition so far?

How can foreign business take advantage of the more open political environment?

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As Myanmar’s political and economic transition continues, what role will it play in South-East Asia? How

can Myanmar make the most of regional integration?

Speakers

Scot Marciel, United States Ambassador to Myanmar

Nyantha Maw Lin, managing director, Vriens & Partners

Moderator

Simon Long, Banyan columnist, The Economist

10.00am What if? Myanmar’s infrastructure imperative

We ask three investors and businesspeople to indulge in a moment of blue-sky thinking. In the absence of

constraints, what would Myanmar’s infrastructure mix look like a decade from now? Would Yangon’s potholed

streets be freshly paved? Would country people be physically and digitally connected to their city cousins?

Could the increased flow of goods and information boost Myanmar’s trade output?

Then, we’ll take a reality check. How likely is this vision to become a reality? What are the roadblocks? What

single, big policy reform could the new government enact to overcome them?

Panellists

Stephane Lamoureux, chief executive officer, KBZ Gateway and chief information officer, KBZ Group

Mark Bedingham, president and chief executive officer, Singapore Myanmar Investco

Moderator

Andrew Staples, South-East Asia director, The Economist Corporate Network

10.30am Networking break

11.00am Friends and neighbours: Priorities for regional and global investors

Myanmar’s geographic position and demographics dovetail neatly with its neighbours’ economic objectives.


Both China and India see investment in Myanmar’s resource assets and transport infrastructure as aiding their

own energy and security goals. China, in particular, has been an early and influential investor. Much of the

$14 billion it has poured into the country has gone into critical infrastructure, though its dogged pursuit of

Myanmar’s energy and mineral assets remains controversial.

Japanese firms see Myanmar’s labour pool as an opportunity to extend their South-East Asian supply chains and

further their quest for productivity. Neighbouring Thailand, where an estimated 2m Burmese already work,

anxiously looks to Myanmar to rejuvenate its ageing and increasingly costly manufacturing labour pool.

For investors further afield, the impetus for investment is as compelling, but Myanmar’s political environment has

posed a greater obstacle. However, the change of government and the gathering pace of political reform

have given US-based multinationals reasons to pressure their government on sanctions, whose repeal would

greatly alter investors’ risk calculations.

Myanmar’s new leadership must tread a careful path between helping its foreign investment partners achieve

their national objectives and ensuring that such investment serves local development goals. A panel of

international investors will discuss their roles and experiences in connecting Myanmar to the global economy,

and the effect this is having on the country.

What do investors see as the most pressing areas for reform?

Where do the key opportunities lie? How are savvy investors managing the risks?

Panellists

Boonkiat Cheewatragoongit, senior vice-president, Charoen Pokphand Group

Vivek Pathak, regional director, East Asia and the Pacific, International Finance Corporation

Peter Beynon, country chairman, Myanmar and Cambodia, Jardine Matheson

Sunil Seth, chief executive, Myanmar, Tata Sons

Moderator



11.45am On the sofa: Communication is key—The role of digital technology and social media in fostering economic

growth

New technologies and business models are having an outsized impact on Myanmar’s economic development,

as in all emerging economies. For a society just emerging from decades of isolation and autocracy, Myanmar

has been remarkably quick to adopt smartphones and social media as tools for commerce and building civil

society. Will this growing digital acumen allow Myanmar to effect social and economic change faster and more

productively?

Leaders from technology and marketing organisations will discuss:

the role of online advertising and commercial tools in engaging underserved segments of society

how social media can expand commercial opportunities and increase public access to services and

information

the use of mobile technology to overcome gaps in the infrastructure used to secure access to banking

and finance and to redistribute wealth through social programmes

Panellists

Ferry Grijpink, partner, McKinsey & Company

Eric Schaer, chief executive officer, MySQUAR

Crystal Lee, regional manager, South-East Asia, Viber

David Madden, founder and chief executive officer, Phandeeyar: Myanmar Innovation Lab

Moderator


12.30pm In conversation: The view from business

Speakers

Win Win Tint, chief executive officer, City Mart

Sai Sam Htun, executive chairman, Loi Hein


Moderator


1.00pm Networking luncheon

2.00pm Banking on growth—The impact of financial reform on the investment environment

Myanmar has achieved some major milestones in its financial-services industry of late, though it is liberalising at a

very gradual pace. After nearly a quarter-century of development, the country’s first stock exchange came

online last year and began trading this year, albeit with less than a dozen firms listed. The country has also slightly

liberalised its banking sector to let a few foreign banks operate in the country—but only to serve foreign

businesses.

Myanmar needs to hasten its financial integration with the rest of the world, and to continue building regulatory

and oversight capacity as its economy develops. The Central Bank of Myanmar continues to struggle with

containing inflation and combatting the “dollarisation” many of its neighbours in ASEAN contend with, but

observers worry it lacks the autonomy and power to do so.

Our panel of industry participants and government policymakers will discuss how Myanmar can increase the

pace of financial liberalisation to stimulate growth and investment without losing control of its nascent regulatory

infrastructure.

Panellists

Simon Makinson, chairman of ASEAN group and head of Myanmar Practice Group, Allen & Overy

Tin Min Htut, director, First Rangoon Corporation

Sean Turnell, associate professor, Macquarie University

Thiri Thant Mon, co-founder and managing director, Sandanila

Moderator



2.50pm Spotlight interview: Myanmar’s sustainability imperative

Myanmar’s economy is the world’s second-most vulnerable to extreme weather, according to the Global

Climate Risk Index put out by Germanwatch, a think tank. Massive flooding and other weather events that

threaten the country’s fragile ecology are somewhat beyond its control. But Myanmar can address the growing

local threats to the environment, and it needs to: the UN Food and Agriculture Organization recently found that,

after Brazil and Indonesia, Myanmar has the world’s third-highest rate of deforestation, losing over 2% of its total

forest cover annually.

Opaque land rights and unresolved issues around indigenous entitlements also complicate efforts to reduce the

environmental and social impact of industry in Myanmar. The country’s abundant and relatively cheap labour

force makes it an attractive destination for the garment and manufacturing industries. But if Myanmar is to avoid

the mistakes of some of its neighbours, it must strike a careful balance between economic development and

social and environmental protection. What environmental compromises are acceptable in the effort to

spearhead economic development? How can Myanmar develop both profitably and sustainably?

Speaker

Jeremy Prepscius, vice-president, Asia-Pacific, Business for Social Responsibility

Moderator


3.05pm Networking break

3.35pm Sizzle session: Myanmar's emerging entrepreneurs

Panellists

Ngwe Tun, founder, Genius Coffee

Justin Sway, chief executive officer and founder, Jobnet and Shwe Property

Myo Myint Kyaw, chief executive officer, Revo Tech

Thet Mon Aye, founder, Star Ticket


Moderator


4.15pm All together now: Ethnic and social inclusion in Myanmar

Building a sustainable peace between the state and the country’s many ethnic factions—which struggle to

achieve autonomy and an equitable distribution of the mining and forestry revenue generated on their lands—is

critical to Myanmar’s future success. Many of the political parties and civic organisations that represent

Myanmar’s 135 recognised ethnic minorities now depend on the government to champion their causes, but it is

not clear how central their issues are to the new administration’s already crowded agenda. To resolve the

country’s myriad ethnic conflicts, minority groups and the government must effectively cooperate with the

military, too. Such cooperation has often proved difficult in the past.

How can Myanmar become an inclusive, pluralistic society?

Speakers

Kyaw Yin Hlaing, founder and director, Center for Diversity and National Harmony

Yun Sun, senior associate, Henry L. Stimson Center, and non-resident fellow, Brookings Institution

Moderator


4.45pm In conversation with Serge Pun

Serge Pun, executive chairman, Serge Pun & Associates

Moderator



5.05pm

Reflections from Banyan and closing remarks


Charles Goddard, editorial director Asia-Pacific, The Economist Intelligence Unit

5.30pm Conference close