KEIN Seminar and FGD discusses the Five National Industry Roadmap

On Saturday 4 February 2017 the National Economic and Industry Committee (KEIN) in collaboration with Airlangga University held a Seminar and Focus Group Discussion on the roadmap of five national industries, namely the maritime industry, tourism industry, agro industry, creative/digital industry and manufacturing industry. The event was held at the Wyndham Hotel (formerly known as the Pullman Hotel) Jl. Basuki Rahmat, Surabaya.
    Present at the event were the Chairman of KEIN, Mr. Sutrisno Bachir, SE, Chancellor of Universitas Airlangga, Prof. Dr. Moh. Nasih, SE., MT., Ak., Head of the Department of Industry and Trade (representing the Governor) of East Java, Dr. Ir. Moch Ardi Prasetiawan, M.Eng.Sc, ME., Deputy for Business Restructuring and Development (representing the minister) Ministry of SOEs, Dr. Aloysius K. Ro, MBA, Ak., Ir. Director General of Product Competitiveness Strengthening (representing the Minister) of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, R. Nilanto Perbowo, M.Sc,.
    The seminar consists of three series of events, namely opening, keynote speech and discussion. The opening ceremony began with remarks from the Chancellor of the Airlangga University, then continued with the remarks of the Head of KEIN, and closed the third speech was the Chair of the East Java Disperindag. The keynote speech was delivered by two speakers from the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises.
At the end of the opening session, the Chancellor of Airlangga University handed over the book “Airlangga Innovation” to KEIN, the Ministry of KKP, the Ministry of SOEs and the East Java Provincial Government. The book is a contribution of Unair's thoughts for the development of the national industry. There are three focuses of the book's discussion, namely the health industry (medical, pharmaceutical and medical technology), the marine and fishery industry and the livestock and veterinary industry. The last two industries are focused on strengthening food self-sufficiency. Each section of the book discusses three things, namely the existing conditions, strategies and best practices (innovations and inventions) of the Unair academic community.
The discussion was delivered by KEIN Member, Mr. Ir. Benny Pasaribu, Ph.D. and FEB Unair Lecturer/Researcher, Drs. Ec. Bambang Eko Afiatno, SE. Mr. Benny delivered material on the competitiveness of Indonesia's industry and its improvement strategy. Mr. Bambang gave a speech about the condition of the manufacturing industry which consists of Micro, Small, Medium and Large Enterprises in East Java as a buffer zone for national industry, especially eastern Indonesia.
The seminar participants from KEIN included the vice chairman of KEIN, Arif Budimanta, and other KEIN members such as Hendri Saparini, M. Najikh, M. Fadhil Hasan, and Irfan Wahid. From the leadership ranks of Universitas Airlangga attended Vice Chancellor 1, Prof. Djoko Santoso, dr., PhD., Sp.PD, K-GH, FINASIM, Vice Chancellor 3 Prof. Moch. Amin Alamsyah, Ir., M.Sc., Ph.D and University Secretary, Koko Srimulyo, Drs., M.Sc., Finance Director, Dr. Ardianto, SE., M.Sc., Ak and Director of Human Resources, Dr. Purnawan Basundoro, SS, M. Hum.
After the seminar and Ishoma, participants were divided into 5 small focus group discussions (FGD), which were categorized based on KEIN's chosen focus industries, namely maritime, agro, tourism, creative/digital and manufacturing. In each FGD three speakers were presented as trigger speakers, namely two from academics and one from practitioners/professionals. The rest are active participants who come from various institutional backgrounds.
The speakers for the Maritime FGD were Denny Kusumawardani, M.Si (Unair), Tri Achmadi, Ph.D (ITS) and Dr. Faruq (Pelindo 3). The resource persons for the Agro FGD were Tri Haryanto, Ph.D (Unair), Prof. Nuhfil Hanani (Unibraw) and Dr. Triantarti (P3GI). The resource persons for the Tourism FGD were Dr. Ari Prasetyo (Unair), Dr. Sri Endah Nurhidayati (Unair) and Dr. Yusak Anshori (AHRI). The resource persons for the Creative/Digital FGD are Prof. Bambang Tjahjadi (Unair), Dias Satria, Ph.D (Unibraw), Nanik Sriwahyuningsih, MPA (Activist) and Gregorius, M.Sc. (Practitioner). The speakers for the Manufacturing FGD were Dyah Wulansari, Ph.D (Unair), Dwi Budi Santoso, Ph.D (Unibraw) and Philips Permono (GPFI).
The backgrounds of the participants vary from universities, research institutions, SKPD of the East Java Provincial Government, Professional Organizations (ISEI, APPINDO, etc.), KADIN, Unair lecturers and researchers, S2 and S3 students, mass media and individuals from industry-related institutions. The event, which started at 9.00 and ended at 17.00, went smoothly and enthusiastically, both from the speakers and participants (AJ).