Event Schedule

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:05

Opening by MC
Andini Effendi, Journalist

09:15 - 09:30

Welcoming speech and Rapporteur:
Febrio Nathan Kacaribu, Chairman of Fiscal Policy Agency

09:30 - 09:45

Remarks:

  1. Penny Williams PSM, Australia’s Ambassador to Indonesia
  2. Scott Morris, Vice President of the Asian Development Bank

09:45 - 10:15

Keynote Speech
H.E. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Finance Minister of Indonesia

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee break and Press Conference

10:30 - 12:00

Session 1: Prominent Keynote
“Setting the Stage – Revisiting Growth Strategy  in A New Geo-economic Setting”

  • Policy Responses and Strategies: Navigating Geoeconomic Shifts and Structural Transformation
  • Future Skills for Accelerating Strong and Sustainable Growth 
  • Positioning Green Transition as New Opportunities
  • Leveling Up National Industrial Policies
  • Fueling New Economic Growth through Resilient Food Security

Speakers: 
Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University (online)

Discussant: 

  • Arief Anshory Yusuf, Member of National Economic Council

Moderator:
Andini Effendi

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 - 15:00

Session 2: 
"Future Skills for Accelerating Strong and Sustainable Growth”

  • Skills required for high-added-value industrial transformation
  • The role of government and private sectors in supporting education reforms and industry-driven skills development.
  • Insight on how to prepare societies for the challenges and opportunities presented by an increasingly digitalized future
  • Case studies from other countries that have successfully navigated skill transformation for economic growth

Speakers: 

  1. Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD
  2. Fook Yen Chong, Principal Social Sector Specialist, ADB
  3. Yuhyun Park, Founder of DQ Institute and HumanX - Global Standards for Digital Economy

Moderator:
Reza Anglingkusumo, ADB

15:00 - 16:30

Session 3:
Positioning Green Transition as New Opportunities

Topics:

  • Capitalizing on Global Trends in New Green Industries as the Driver of Economic Growth.
  • Clean Energy for Sustainable Development
  • Agglomeration in Green Industrial Clusters

Speakers:

  1. Tetsushi Sonobe, Dean, ADB Institute
  2. Natasha Beschorner, Head of Public Sector Policy of Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Asia-Pacific & Japan
  3. Alexandre Hugo Laure, World Bank

Moderator:
Della Temenggung, Deputy Director Prospera  

19:00 - 21:00

Networking Dinner (invitation only)

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 10:30

Session 4: 
Special Session with James A. Robinson:
“Institutional Quality and Human Capital: Key Levers for Indonesia’s Economic Goals”

  • Revisiting the relationship between institutions, human capital and economic development.
  • Promoting human capital through strong institutions for long-term economic growth and resilience.
  • Ensuring equitable access to resources across regions to drive productivity.
  • Strengthening governance around education and healthcare spending to enhance long-term impact.

Speakers: 
James A. Robinson, 2024 Nobel Prize Winner, University of Chicago (online)

Discussants: 
Febrio Kacaribu, Chairman of Fiscal Policy Agency

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:15

Session 5: 
“Leveling Up National Industrial Policies”

  • Economic Complexity, Accelerating Digital Transformation and Innovation
  • Navigating challenges in industrial policy implementation in a competitive global economy
  • The future of down-streaming industrial policy in Indonesia 

Speakers:

  1. Cesar A. Hidalgo, author of The Atlas of Economic Complexity, Research Head at Corvinus University of Budapest, former professor at MIT
  2. Rachmat Kaimuddin, Deputy Coordinating Minister for Basic Infrastructure
  3. Rachael McCririck, Assistant Secretary, Assessment Branch, National Interest Framework Division

Moderator:
Byungsik Jun, Deputy Dean, ADB Institute

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 15:00

Session 6: 
"Fuelling New Economic Growth through Resilient Food Security”

  • The free nutritious meal program in Indonesia
  • Agri-tech to boost agricultural sector’s productivity
  • Artificial intelligence: a new tool for agriculture
  • Diversifying food supply sources, building food security in the region

Speakers:

  1. Tigor Pangaribuan, Deputy for System and Governance of the National Nutrition Agency
  2. Jiangfeng Zhang, Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development, Sector Group ADB
  3. Jacob Maina, CEO Farmer Lifeline Technologies (Winner of the 2023 Waislitz Global Citizen Disruptor Award)
  4. Dirgayuza Setiawan, Former Director of Business Development and Portfolio Management, ID FOOD and Author of “Pangan Indonesia”

Moderator:
Arif Ramayandi, ADBI

15:00 - 15:10

Closing Remarks
Febrio Kacaribu, Chairman of Fiscal Policy Agency