On Saturday 4 February 2017, the National Economic and Industrial Committee (KEIN) in collaboration with Universitas Airlangga held a Seminar and Focus Group Discussion on the roadmap for 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 the Pullman Hotel) Jl. Basuki Rahmat, Surabaya.
Present at the event were, among others, the Chairman of KEIN, Mr. Sutrisno Bachir, SE, Chancellor Universitas Airlangga , Prof. Dr. Moh. Nasih, SE., MT., Ak., Head of the East Java Industry and Trade Service (representing the Governor), Dr. Ir. Moch Ardi Prasetiawan, M.Eng.Sc, ME., Deputy for Business Restructuring and Development (representing the minister) of the Ministry of BUMN, Dr. Aloysius K. Ro, MBA, Ak., Ir. Director General of Strengthening Product Competitiveness (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 event began with remarks from the Chancellor Universitas Airlangga , then continued with remarks from the Chairman of KEIN, and closing with a third speech from the Chairman of the East Java Department of Industry and Trade. The keynote speech was delivered by two speakers from the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and the Ministry of BUMN.
At the end of the opening session, the Chancellor Universitas Airlangga handed over the book "Airlangga Innovation" to KEIN, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, the Ministry of BUMN and the East Java Provincial Government. The book is a contribution to Unair's thinking for the development of national industry. There are three focuses of discussion in the book, namely the health industry (medicine, pharmacy and medical technology), the marine and fisheries industry and the livestock and animal industry. The last two industries are focused on strengthening food independence. Each part of the book discusses three things, namely existing conditions, strategies and best practices (innovations and discoveries) of the Unair academic community.
The discussion event 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 about the competitiveness of Indonesian industry and strategies for improving it. Mr. Bambang gave a speech about the condition of the manufacturing industry consisting of Micro, Small, Medium and Large Enterprises in East Java as a buffer area for national industry, especially eastern Indonesia.
Seminar participants from KEIN included the deputy chairman of KEIN, Arif Budimanta, and other KEIN members such as Hendri Saparini, M. Najikh, M. Fadhil Hasan, and Irfan Wahid. From the leadership of Universitas Airlangga Vice Chancellor 1, Prof. Djoko Santoso, dr., PhD., Sp.PD, K-GH, FINASIM, Vice Chancellor 3 Prof. Moch. Amin Alamsyah, Ir., M.Si., Ph.D and University Secretary, Koko Srimulyo, Drs., M.Si., Director of Finance, Dr. Ardianto, SE., M.Si., Ak and HR Director, Dr. Purnawan Basundoro, SS, M. Hum.
After the seminar and Ishoma, participants were divided into 5 small focused discussion groups (FGD), which were categorized based on KEIN's chosen focus industries, namely maritime, agro, tourism, creative/digital and manufacturing. In each FGD three resource persons were presented as trigger speakers, namely two from academic circles and one from practitioners/professionals. The rest are active participants who come from various institutional backgrounds.
The Maritime FGD resource persons were Denny Kusumawardani, M.Si (Unair), Tri Achmadi, Ph.D (ITS) and Dr. Faruq (Pelindo 3). The speakers for the Agro FGD were Tri Haryanto, Ph.D (Unair), Prof. Nuhfil Hanani (Unibraw) and Dr. Triantarti (P3GI). The Tourism FGD resource person was Dr. Ari Prasetyo (Unair), Dr. Sri Endah Nurhidayati (Unair) and Dr. Yusak Anshori (AHRI). The resource person for the Creative/Digital FGD was Prof. Bambang Tjahjadi (Unair), Dias Satria, Ph.D (Unibraw), Nanik Sriwahyuningsih, MPA (Activist) and Gregorius, M.Sc. (Practitioner). The Manufacturing FGD resource persons were Dyah Wulansari, Ph.D (Unair), Dwi Budi Santoso, Ph.D (Unibraw) and Philips Permono (GPFI).
The participants' backgrounds varied from universities, research institutions, SKPD of the East Java Provincial Government, professional organizations (ISEI, APPINDO, etc.), KADIN, Unair lecturers and researchers, master's and doctoral students, mass media and individuals from industry-related institutions. The event, which started at 9.00 and ended at 17.00, ran smoothly and enthusiastically, both from the speakers and participants (AJ)
