Keynote Speech SBN PowerBiz Project Closure Event 18 September, 2025 Rose Garden Hotel, Yangon <Click here to read in English> <Click here to read in English> တက်ရောက်လာကြတဲ့ ဧည့်သည်များ၊ လုပ်ဖေါ်ကိုင်ဖက် မိတ်ဆွေများအားလုံး မင်္ဂလာပါ။   ဒီနေ့ SBN Myanmar ရဲ့ Power Biz Bridging Business and Nutri Link-Up Event မှာ အခုလို စုံစုံညီညီ တက်ရောက်ပေးကြရင်း ပြန်လည်ဆုံတွေ့ကြရတာ ဝမ်းသာပါတယ်။ ကျွန်တော် ကျေးဇူးတင်စကားလေးနဲ့ ပထမဆုံး စပါရစေ။ အခု Program လေးဖြစ်မြောက်အောင် ပံ့ပိုးပေးတဲ့ Worl

Personal Reflection It all started in 2008, when I was working as a part-time bartender during my college years in Singapore. One evening, I was serving two guests at a champagne brand launching event. After some light conversation, one of them asked if I had “Facebook.” I was puzzled. Back then, even the phrase “social media” wasn’t in use, and I could hardly imagine what it meant. Out of curiosity, I created an account — and I’ve been living with social media ever since. Se

Field Notes #003 , Rethinking in Progress, Essay Why we must reimagine Trust, not as a product but a medium. I am from Burma, a country long suffered from the frictions of institutions due to the lack of trust between them. Some would argue and point to a small group of people and their decisions for all the problems and perhaps I personally will not dismiss their feeling empathetically. However it is also undeniable that fractured " institutional trust " significantly contri

Field Note #002, Ground Truths, Personal Reflection It was a fine Wednesday morning at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, in November 2024. I was attending the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit. I stood beside a table where I was supposed to host a roundtable on Myanmar’s current agri-food realities. The event app showed five delegates had registered. A few minutes passed — two delegates arrived. I greeted them warmly. They sat for a while waiting for others … until they rea

Field Notes #001, Emerging Patterns, Essay Read in Burmese Patterns are one of the most generous gifts of nature.  They are an open book...

Opening Message Mekong CREATES National Project Launching Event July 8, 2025 Pan Pacific Hotel, Yangon < Click here to read in Burmese. မြန်မာလိုဖတ်ရှုရန် ဤနေရာကိုနှိပ်ပါ။ > Mingalarbar and good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us this morning despite your busy schedules. It’s great to see many familiar faces in the room – colleagues from Mekong Institute, representatives from different stakeholder groups including FAO, World Food Program, SBN, UNOPS, Myanmar Rice Fed

Opening Remark, Video Message World Food Safety Day 2025, Under the Theme "Science In Action" 10th June 2025 Institut Français de...

Acceptance Speech, Chair of the Executive Board of Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) Myanmar 3rd December 2024 Zealax Hotel,...

Opening Speech, Women Entrepreneurship Program (WEP) Funded by USAID, Feed The Future Burma Agriculture and Food Systems Development...

Acceptance Speech, Chair of the Executive Board of Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) Myanmar 17 September 2022 Mecure Hotel,...

Opening Speech Food Safety Forum, Producers Assembly 28th September, 2019 Diamond Jubilee Hall, University of Yangon Mingalabar and good...