SMU Vice President for Business Development and External Relations, Associate Professor Annie Koh participated in a panel discussion titled Taking Myanmar to Work at the recently-concluded World Economic Forum on East Asia in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. During the panel session, Associate Prof Koh stressed the importance for private companies, government agencies like JICA, and academic institutions like SMU, to collaborate to help close “the gap between education, skills, and jobs” in Myanmar. She gave the example of having the “private sector co-invest in curriculum design and transformation of universities to enhance the learning experience of students”. She also suggested the need for “the government to come in with funding to help shape the direction that education should take.” Associate Prof Koh was sharing the panel with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.