Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Department of Sharia Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga (FEB Unair), together with the Regional Leadership Council (DPW) of the Indonesian Islamic Economic Expert Association (IAEI) of East Java and the IAEI Central Leadership Council (DPP), held a National Seminar on Islamic Economics, for Sharia Economics experts incorporated in IAEI, also from academic elements, students, practitioners, local governments, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers, lecturers 4.
Seminar by taking the topic "Optimization of the Indonesian MSME Business to become stronger and more global competitive", organized from the Fadjar Notonagoro Hall, 2nd floor Feb Unair.

Present giving a speech: Dr. Iskandar Ritonga M.Ag. - Chairman of the East Java IAEI Regional Leadership Council; Erwin Indra Wijaya, SE., M.AP. - Head of KUMKM Training UPT (representing the Head of the Cooperative and MSME Office, East Java Province); and Prof. Dr. Dian Agustia, SE., MSi., Ak., CMA., CA - Dean of FEB Airlangga University.
In his remarks, the Dean of FEB Unair expressed his pleasure to be able to stay in touch through the National Islamic Economic Seminar held through the synergy between the East Java IAEI DPW along with the IAEI Central Leadership Council, because when connected to the Unair FEB, the UNAIR FEB had the Sharia Economy Department, one of the 4 departments at FEB Unair. Of the 4 latters, FEB UNAIR has 13 study programs, according to Prof. Dian Agustia, SE., MSi., Ak., CMA., Ca. Islamic economics has extraordinary developments not only domestically but also abroad.
Airlangga University not only has a vision in carrying out the mandate of the Ministry of Education and Culture to compete at the global level, namely by carrying out the task of closing the world ranking by QS World University Rankings, where Airlangga has a target to enter the top 500 of the world's best universities, and this year can be entered in the rank of 369 best universities in the world, as well https://www.instagram.com/p/cublf1avkn3/ ). While by Subject, for Subjects: Economics and Economies, FEB Unair managed to get the 201-250 world, and the best 1 (one) in Indonesia. This extraordinary achievement is certainly the result of support from the Department of Economics and the Ministry of Sharia Economics. This means that Islamic economic education developed very extraordinary both at the national and international level.

According to Prof. Dr. Dian Agustia, SE., MSi., Ak., CMA., Ca. Also as the AFEBI National Management Board, which coordinates online learning (Special Learning Commission for online learning in AFEBI), that the Association of Islamic Economics Experts, is one of the professional organizations for Islamic economists, in addition to the Sharia Economic Community (MES), the forum of Islamic Economics and Business Lecturers (Fordebi), the role of this association is not only small, but it will be very extraordinary. The role of the association will live side by side with higher education in Indonesia. Because the curriculum in higher education must be able to support each other with the existence of professional associations. Higher education will not be able to run alone, because in the practice association and in theory implemented. As the regulations in the Ministry of Education and Culture, one of which is that in curriculum development must cooperate with professional associations.

Present as Keynote Speaker: Astera Primanto Bhakti - Secretary General of IAEI, Director General of Treasury of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia. In his speech, Astera Primanto Bhakti conveyed the need to understand who the MSMEs were, which were always debated. Then the need to pay attention to financial access for MSMEs where the constraints can be seen from two sides, from the banking side also from the MSME side itself,
Astera Primanto Bhakti added, for the global level, MSMEs need to see and utilize the existing demographic potential, so there is no need to compete in advance at the global level (no need to force themselves to become exporters), but rather focus on how to access our own market, so that MSMEs need to support and utilize the potential demographics that exist, so there is no need to compete in advance at the global level (no need to force themselves to become exporters), but rather focus on how to access our own market. Therefore, it is our duty to find out what is the advantage and what support is needed from MSMEs in East Java.

Astera Primanto Bhakti also reminded Gap Knowledge between practitioners and academics still exists, although slightly reduced by the existence of MBKM programs, but that is still our homework. In addition, Astera Primanto Bhakti invited all who were present, especially those who were newly inaugurated to think of various dynamics that exist today.

In the seminar event also held the inauguration of the Indonesian Islamic Economic Expert Association (IAEI) Commissioner for the period 2023-2027: 1. Universitas Airlangga, 2. STAI Al-Azhar Gresik, 3. STAI Muhammadiyah Tulungagung; 4. UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim; 5. UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim; 6. Ibrahimy Situbondo University; 7. Ibrahimy Situbondo University; 8. Islamic Institute of Islamic Religion Darussalam Block Banyuwangi; 9. Idia Prenduan Sumenep Madura; 10. Mandala Institute of Technology and Science; 11. STAI AN NAJAH MANDIRI; 12. Al Fithrah Islamic High School Surabaya; 13. Nahdlatul Ulama Madiun Islamic High School; 14. Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah State Islamic University; 15. Sayyid State Islamic University Ali Rahmatullah; 16. Muhammadiyah University Malang; 16. Kediri Islamic Institute of Religion; 17. Kediri Islamic Institute.

Present as the speaker and moderator;
Session I:
1. Prof. Dr. Sri Herianingrum, SE., M.Sc. - Professor of Universitas Airlangga
2. Dani Wildan - Division Head Social Entrepreneurship & Incubation PT. Bank BRI
3. Ananta Wiyogo - President Director of PT. FINANCIAL MULTIGRIYA SARANA, and
4. Dr. Binti Nur Asiyah, MSi. (DPW East Java) - Moderator
Session II:
1. Sigit Iko Sugondo - Practitioner of Community Empowerment, Regional Economy and Zizwaf Management
2. Dr. Sulistya Rusgianto, SE., MIF, Ph.D. - Moderator / Commissioner of IAEI Universitas Airlangga
Session III:
1. Prof. Dr. Raditya Sukmana, Ma. - Chairperson of the Scientific Research and Development Division of the IAEI DPP
2. Dr. Sulistya Rusgianto, SE., MIF, Ph.D. -Moderator / Commissioner of IAEI Universitas Airlangga
hopefully through this Islamic Economic National Seminar, blessings can be obtained from Allah SWT, and the newly inaugurated IAEI commissariat, can carry out the mandate as well as possible until the end of his position.