SCEF Steering Council for Emergence of

a Federal Democratic Union

This seminar is an online event via Zoom

Date: September 28, 2026 (Monday)

Time: 06:00 – 07:00 PM (Melbourne Time)

02:30-03:30 PM (Myanmar/Yangon Time)

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Meeting ID: 896 6683 9791

Passcode: 522994

Presenter: Dr Tun Aung Shwe and Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe

Dr Tun Aung Shwe is a Burmese medical doctor, academic, public-health and development practitioner, and pro-democracy advocate. Since July 2021, he has served as Myanmar’s National Unity Government Representative to Australia and, since March 2025. He leads the Civil Service Transformation and Policy Institute, formerly ICBP, strengthening civil-service institutions and professional capacity within the NUG and emerging federal units. He also founded Lawkapala Foundation and Lawkapala Institute of Public Policy and Governance. A UNSW alumnus and PhD candidate, Tun holds master’s degrees in public health, health management, and development studies. He previously taught at UNSW and held leadership roles in Football United/Sport for Social Change, expanding sport-based youth development and peacebuilding across Myanmar from 2009 to 2021. His work spans public health, humanitarian systems, governance, social cohesion, and evidence-informed advocacy, connecting academic research with the needs of conflict-affected communities, interim public institutions, and international policymakers.

Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe is an Artist, women’s rights activist, and former Member of Parliament and Government Minister from Myanmar. She is known especially for her work supporting women, youth, children, and ethnic communities, and for her role in Myanmar’s democratic movement. She served as a Member of Parliament (Amyotha Hluttaw) representing Yangon Region Constituency No.10 (2016–2021). In the 2020 general election, she was elected as Karen Ethnic Affairs Minister for Yangon Region, but could not take office after the 2021 Myanmar military coup. In April 2021, she became Minister of Women, Youths and Children Affairs in the National Unity Government of Myanmar. After a cabinet restructuring in 2025, she stepped down from the minister role but continued supporting the NUG as an adviser. As an artist, she is a co-founder of Kawthoolei Art school and now serving as a program director, organizing full time art school for refugees and IDPs youth and children, community outreach art activities and healing through art projects.

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