We are pleased to announce the 2026 Myanmar Update - Contours of a New Myanmar. The Update will be held on Friday, 24 July and Saturday, 25 July 2026 at the Australian National University in Canberra.

The conference is convened by the ANU Myanmar Research Centre in the College of Asia and the Pacific, and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales Canberra.

The conference will explore the social, political, economic, technological, and international changes wrought by the 2021 military coup in Myanmar and the subsequent countrywide resistance to military rule, and consider how these changes are likely to shape a post-conflict Myanmar.

This is an opportunity to explicate and celebrate the revolutionary changes brought about by the Myanmar people’s resistance to military rule, while also reckoning with more problematic aspects of the five-year long civil war.

The program and speaker details have been updated on the event site. Please register to secure your place!

Myanmar Update 2026 Convenors

Prof Bina D’Costa – Board Member, Myanmar Research Centre, ANU; CEVAW Chief Investigator and ANU Node lead on migration and trafficking. bina.dcosta@anu.edu.au
Dr Morten Pedersen – Policy director, Myanmar Research Centre, ANU; Senior Lecturer in International Politics, UNSW Canberra. Morten.Pedersen@unsw.edu.au

This is an in-person only event.

PLEASE NOTE:

Free of charge

Morning tea and afternoon tea (24 & 25 July 2026)
Conference reception (24 July)
Lunch for speakers, chairs and organisers (24 & 25 July 2026)

Fees for general participants

Conference lunch (24 & 25 July) is proudly provided by the Australia Mon Association in Canberra: $10 per meal for participant.

Photo by Phoe Thar

Sponsors

The 2026 Myanmar Update is supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific; and The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW Project # CE230100004).

Contact the host of 2026 Myanmar Update: Contours of a New Myanmar