BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230119T150000Z DTEND:20230119T160000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Myanmar Roundtable Discussion with Vicky Bowman DESCRIPTION:Please join the US-ASEAN Business Council's Myanmar Committee for a private\, off-the-record virtual discussion featuring Vicky Bowman\, Director of the Myanmar Center for Responsible Business (MCRB) and former UK Ambassador to Myanmar. \n\n\n\nSince the Council's re-entry into the Myanmar market in 2011\, we have considered Ms. Bowman and MCRB as key pillars of the business community\, whose work and efforts have enabled better business practices in-line with international human rights\, environmental\, and labor standards in Myanmar's nascent economy. After the Myanmar military's February 2021 coup\, the landscape and prospects for foreign investments in Myanmar changed dramatically. Despite these hurdles\, Ms. Bowman and MCRB kept their work and course steady by helping navigate businesses through chaos and uncertainty. \n\n\n\nIn August 2022\, Ms. Bowman and her husband were arrested on bogus immigration charges by the military junta. In November 2022\, they were released on general amnesty\, alongside other prominent political prisoners including Dr. Sean Turnell\, Special Economic Advisor to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi\, who had been in jail for nearly two years. \n\n\n\nThis is a unique opportunity for members and friends of the Council to hear directly from Ms. Bowman on her assessment of Myanmar's political and economic trajectory\, as well as to have a frank and private discussion on the state of foreign investments in Myanmar\, moving forward.\n\n\n\nPlease contact Jack Myint at jmyint@usasean.org with any questions or concerns. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Please join the US-ASEAN Business Council'\;s Myanmar Committee for a private\, off-the-record virtual discussion featuring Vicky Bowman\, Director of the Myanmar Center for Responsible Business (MCRB) \;and former UK Ambassador to Myanmar. \;
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\nSince the Council'\;s re-entry into the \;Myanmar market in 2011\, we have \;considered Ms. Bowman and MCRB as key pillars of \;the business community\, whose work and efforts have enabled \;better business practices in-line with international human rights\, environmental\, \;and labor standards in Myanmar'\;s nascent economy. After the Myanmar military'\;s February 2021 coup\, the \;landscape and prospects for foreign investments in Myanmar changed dramatically. Despite these hurdles\, Ms. Bowman and MCRB kept their work and course steady by helping navigate businesses through chaos and uncertainty. \;
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\nIn August 2022\, Ms. Bowman and her husband were arrested on bogus immigration charges by the military junta. In November 2022\, they were released on general amnesty\, alongside other prominent political prisoners including Dr. Sean Turnell\, Special Economic Advisor to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi\, who had been in jail for nearly two years. \;
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\nThis is a unique opportunity for members and friends of the Council to hear directly from Ms. Bowman on her assessment of Myanmar'\;s political and economic trajectory\, as well as to have a frank and private discussion \;on the state of foreign investments in Myanmar\, moving forward.
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\nPlease contact Jack Myint at \;jmyint@usasean.org \;with any questions or concerns. LOCATION:Zoom UID:e.9078.8933 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260421T211809Z URL:http://usasean.memberzone.com/events/details/myanmar-roundtable-discussion-with-vicky-bowman-8933 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR