TEMILNAS XVIII lively at Universitas Airlangga Surabaya

April is not only about the five-year democratic party of the Indonesian people, but also an opportunity for Universitas Airlangga to prove its spirit of excellence with morality. On April 13-16, 2019, the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlanggal hosted the National Scientific Meeting, which is the largest annual agenda of Islamic economic fighters under the auspices of FoSSEI. This grand agenda was attended by around 500 students, from more than 60 universities throughout Indonesia, who met in a forum to knit ukhuwah, and build bright ideas to develop the country. By taking the big theme "Development of the Halal Industry in Indonesia through Optimization of ZISWAF and Sociopreneur".

The event was opened symbolically with the beating of the gong by Prof. Dr. Raditya Sukmana, SE., MA. as Head of the Department of Sharia Economics. In his speech he said that in Indonesia, the development of Islamic economics starts from the people directly, he calls it the term bottom up, one of which is from the role of the youth, the students who are very militant. In the Opening Ceremony held in the Fadjar Notonagoro Hall, FEB UNAIR, a Declaration of Indonesian Halal Activists was also held led by the FoSSEI National Presidium and attended by all FoSSEI cadres who were present to always be a pioneer in consuming halal products for the surrounding environment.

After the Opening Ceremony was completed, it was followed by a discussion of the blue print containing the strategic plan of the FoSSEI movement in the struggle to ground the Islamic Economy. At the same time, the Pitching Competition and the Islamic Economic Olympiad were also held at the Sukolilo Hajj Dormitory in Surabaya.

The event will be continued in the next few days with the main agenda of the National Discussion which will be attended by representatives from 14 FoSSEI regions as well as symposium participants who have previously written scientific papers containing ideas resulting from discussions in each region and group. The results of the National Discussion will be submitted to relevant stakeholders after the International Seminar on April 15, 2019.

The international seminar with the theme "Development of Halal Industry through ZISWAQ and Sociopreneur Optimization" will be held in the Fadjar Notonagoro Hall, FEB UNAIR. By inviting several competent speakers, it is hoped that they can educate students and the public more deeply about the development of the halal industry and social entrepreneurship. God willing, this international seminar will be attended by the Governor of East Java, Ms. Khofifah Indar Parawansa who will deliver the keynote speech.

In addition to the main agendas above, there are several other agendas including inspirational talk shows and workshops with FoSSEI alumni.

Hopefully the implementation of TEMILNAS for the next 3 days can run smoothly and meaningfully, and be able to strengthen all of us in preaching to ground the Islamic Economy in the archipelago. (mub)