ICBMS5 is please to host the launch for Kevin Woods’ new book, “The Fifth Cut: War and the Remaking of Nature in Myanmar,” on Sunday, 16 August from 11 am to 12:30 pm in room 2. While scholars have extensively analyzed the military, political, and economic dimensions of Myanmar’s civil war, the role of environmental transformation in mediating both revolution and the state’s efforts to countering it remains largely unexamined.… Read more: Book Launch: The Fifth Cut by Kevin Woods

The third plenary session of ICBMS is “Rare Earth: Extractive Industry, Global Supply Chain and Transboundary Water Pollution,” on Saturday 15 August from 9:40 to 11:10 am in Conference Room 4. Myanmar has become a major source of heavy rare earths, particularly in Kachin State along the Chinese border. Mining in northern Myanmar is estimated to supply roughly half of the world’s heavy rare earths, which are essential for electric… Read more: Plenary 3: Rare Earth

Plenary Session 2 of ICBMS5 is titled “Migration from Myanmar in Southeast Asia: Multiple Realities of Migration, Policy Implications, and Practices.” This session will bring together a range of experts from the non-governmental and academic sectors to view the multifaceted reality of migration from Myanmar in its multiple forms: refugees, migrant labor, long-term Thai border camp residents and recent arrivals leaving behind the precarity and wide spread of conflict in… Read more: Plenary 2: Migration from Myanmar in Southeast Asia

Plenary session 1 of ICBMS5, “The Way Forward for the Thai-Myanmar Border: Humanitarian Actions, Governance, Health, and Regional Responses” will be held on Friday, 14 August from 11 am to 12:30 pm in the Thong Khaw room of UNISERV. The crisis along the Thai-Myanmar border is no longer a temporary emergency; it is a protracted reality that demands a fundamental shift and requires immediate, coordinated action across multiple sectors. This… Read more: Plenary 1: The Way Forward for the Thai-Myanmar Border

The ICBMS5 committee is happy to announce our conference’s keynote speaker, Saturnino (‘Jun’) M. Borras Jr., Professor, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. His keynote address will be “Crisis and Opportunity: Agrarian Transformations and the Struggles for a Just Myanmar Society and World.” This keynote address will be held Saturday, 15 August 2026, from 9:00-9:40 am at Conference Room 1, 2nd Floor, UNISERV. Jun Borras is… Read more: Keynote Speaker: Saturnino Jun Borras

Due to overwhelming demand and the safety limitations of our conference venue, we regret to announce that registration for non-presenting observers will be closed automatically once we reach 800 registrants, which will likely be prior to the original deadline of 7 August. Registration for non-presenting observers will close immediately once we reach 800 participants. If you plan to attend as an observer, we strongly encourage you to complete your registration… Read more: Observer Registration is Closing Soon

Registration for non-presenting observers of ICBMS5 is now open. All fees are waived for observers, but we ask that everyone interested in attending please register online here as early as possible due to limited space and seating. For those participants (presenters, chairs, speakers, exhibitors, discussants) who have not yet registered, we kindly request that you do so as soon as possible here. If you are a participant and are registering… Read more: Observer Registration is Open!

Accepted ICBMS5 participants, including individual and panel presenters, roundtable participants, moderators, discussants and chairs can now register online at the ICBMS website registration page here. The schedule of fees for different types of participants, as well as early and regular payment rates is available through the link. Please note that the final date for all participants to register is 15 June 2026. Registration for non-participants observers will be open in… Read more: Participant Registration is Open

The announcement for accepted abstract, roundtable, and panel proposal submission to ICBMS5 will be postponed until April 18 due to the high volume of submissions received, and the extension to the original submission date. Our review committee is still at work going through all the submissions and we ask your patience before we announce the full list of accepted submissions to present at ICBMS5 in Chiang Mai in August.

The online submission system will close automatically at 23:59 on Feb 28; if you plan to submit to ICBMS5 please have your registration and submission completed before that time!

This is the last week for submissions to ICBMS5 of all varieties: individual abstracts, roundtable, or panel proposals. Please register and have your submissions complete on the online submission system here before 23:59 (Thailand time) on the 28th of February!

The deadline for submissions of all types: individual abstracts, panel and roundtable proposals for ICBMS5 has been extended to 28 February. For those who have not yet done so, please register with the online submission system here. If you are unsure of how to begin or proceed with the submission process, please read here. The submissions system will automatically close for all submissions at 23:59 GMT +7 (Thailand time) on… Read more: Time Extended for Submissions