About this Event
Indonesia’s energy transition presents both urgent challenges and significant opportunities. While sustainability ambitions are growing, legacy energy systems, competing development priorities and questions of investment and legitimacy continue to influence the pace and direction of change.
The Indonesia Sustainability Update establishes a forum for critical discussion and cutting-edge research on Indonesia’s sustainability future. The event will explore Indonesia’s sustainability policy landscape, the persistence of legacy energy systems, and the financial and political mechanisms shaping the country’s energy transition.
Featuring keynote addresses by Dr Perdana Roswaldy and Dr Aichiro Suryo Prabowo, and remarks by Professor Sharyn Davies, the public morning session will provide fresh perspectives on Indonesia’s sustainability challenges and opportunities.
The afternoon will bring invited participants together for collaborative discussions to identify shared research priorities, develop interdisciplinary and transnational collaborations, and explore opportunities for joint publications and grant applications.
The forum is hosted by the Herb Feith Indonesian Engagement Centre at Monash University through a Mobility Grant, building on its established expertise in Indonesian studies and commitment to strengthening connections between researchers and practitioners.
Format: We will organize the Update into two sessions. The morning session, which is open to the public, will feature Professor Sharyn Davies, Dr. Perdana Roswaldy and Dr. Aichiro Suryo Prabowo. The afternoon session is invite-only and will focus on collaborative brainstorming around potential research themes: (1) financing sustainability: funding Indonesia’s sustainability and transition plans, and (2) unruly priorities: land use problem and/or mass decarbonization (EV, phasing out fuel). The agenda is outlined below:
Session
Time
Activity
Speaker/Lead
Morning session
(open to the public)
9:30 – 10:00
Arrival and coffee
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome remarks and opening
Prof. Sharyn Davies
10:15 – 11:00
Research presentation I
Dr. Perdana Roswaldy
11:00 – 11:45
Research presentation II
Dr. Aichiro Suryo Prabowo
11:45 – 12:00
Q&A
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch break
Afternoon session
(invite-only)
13:00 – 14:00
Collaborative brainstorming I
Dr. Perdana Roswaldy
14:00 – 14:30
Tea break
14:30 – 14:45
Collaborative brainstorming II
Dr. Aichiro Suryo Prabowo
14:45 – 15:15
Closing remarks
Prof. Sharyn Davies
18:00
Dinner (invite only)
Event venue & nearby stays
Japanese Studies Centre, Monash Clayton, 12 Ancora Imparo Way, Melbourne, Australia
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