FEB Unair Holds International Conference to Discuss Sustainable Economic Development
The Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Airlangga (FEB Unair) again held an international conference titled International Conference on Sustainable Environmental Development and Economical Growth (ISEDEG) on Thursday (1/8/2019) at the FEB Unair Building.
The conference which was attended by academics from within and outside the country also brought together scientists from various disciplines from Taiwan, Germany and Australia to share their views on sustainable and environmentally sound economic growth with the main theme “Enhancing Sustainable Environmental Development and Economical Growth”.
Nisful Laila, chief executive and Deputy Dean of FEB, explained that what made this conference different from the others was that the cross-scientific themes covering economy, energy and the environment allowed academics to collaborate to solve community problems with a multidisciplinary, solution-based approach.
"We want academics, the public and public policy makers to collaborate in finding the best solutions for sustainable economic development issues," said Nisful when interviewed by the media crew at the conference.
Opened with a keynote speech from Prof. Chun-Ping Chang from Taiwan, this conference received 125 papers from home and abroad to be presented on various topics including maritime economy, renewable energy economy, environmental conservation to topics such as air quality management which are currently being discussed in the media.
In addition, the best papers at this conference which have been selected since last June will be submitted for publication in the proceedings of the Scopus indexed journal. According to Nisful, this cross-scientific theme presents many quality papers with interesting topics, such as papers with the title "TrashMart" or waste management transactions as innovative solutions for tackling environmental issues in Surabaya.
Nisful believes that this conference can have a significant impact on Unair and Indonesia. "This conference is an effort to further strengthen Unair's steps towards a World Class University while at the same time providing the best solutions for sustainable development issues in Indonesia in particular and the world in general," he concluded.
