Australian Foreign Policy for Myanmar

Australia Myanmar Institute invites you to a scheduled Zoom meeting

Date: July 25, 2022 (Monday)  

Duration: 1 hour

Time: 06:00-7:00 PM Australia/Melbourne Time (14:30-15:30 Myanmar/Yangon Time)

Join Zoom Meeting: please click here

Meeting ID: 2852417834

Passcode: 12345 

Simon Fellows is a career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and is currently Assistant Secretary, Southeast Asia Mainland Branch. His previous roles have included Assistant Secretary, Myanmar Taskforce; Director East Asia Summit and Regional Architecture Section; and Adviser Southeast Asia at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. He has served overseas as Deputy Head of Mission in Kabul and Phnom Penh, with an earlier posting to Port Moresby. He holds a Masters in International Relations from the University of New South Wales.

Dr Emma Leslie is the Founder-Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies in Cambodia.  She has a very extensive history of work for peace in South East Asia, including Myanmar for over 25 years.  She is an active participation in initiatives for mediation and peace negotiation and is also a board member of the Peacebuilding Initiative of the University of Melbourne.  She is a Member of the Order of Australia. 

***NOTE: Zoom can work very well, but it poses difficulties for people with a poor internet connection. So, people from Myanmar (or elsewhere) who might have a poor internet connection or low bandwidth should turn off the video mode and listen to the seminar. You may be able to switch on the video from time to time just to see who is speaking, but definitely don’t use the video mode if you wish to speak yourself.  You can also pose questions using the chat function.  The whole seminar will be uploaded later on the AMI website and Facebook page.