Conference Theme
The theme of this year’s conference is Preparing Indonesia 4.0: Enhancing Human Capital. The conference will discuss the challenges facing Indonesia as it prepares its human capital for potential changes in the global economy, in particular those brought by disruptive technologies that are quickly changing the way we live and work. Human capital development has long been a strategic priority for Indonesian governments in the post-Suharto era.
For Indonesia to compete well in the global market and take full advantage of its demographic dividend, it needs a strong, healthy, and talented work force. Yet, Indonesia still lags in indices of international education, social, and health standards, which would need to change to ensure our competitiveness in the future. With these challenges in mind, President Joko Widodo, now re-elected to a second term, has pledged human capital development as one of the key platforms of his second term in office.
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Guiding Questions
In this conference, we challenge researchers to come up with creative solutions to address the many challenges that Indonesia is likely to face in developing its human capital into the 21st century. As a guide, we invite policy paper abstracts that addresses one of the open-ended questions below.
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1. What policies can the Indonesian Government pursue to actively improve Indonesia’s human capital?
Abstracts that choose to answer this question may focus on issues such as, but not limited to:
Economic reform and development
Education, taking into the future of work in the 21st century and the need for entrepreneurship
Health and Nutrition, taking into special account mental health
Investment in Science and Technology
Infrastructure development
2. What policies can the Indonesian Government pursue to ‘passively’ incentivize the development of Indonesian human capital?
Abstracts that choose to answer this question may focus on issues such as, but not limited to:
Law reform, such as intellectual property, technology, international law relating to trade and investment
Addressing the effects of climate change and environmental pollution
Improving access to justice and the rule of law
Policies addressing corruption, both preventive and remedial policies
Improvements to civil and political liberties
National security
Natural disaster management
Racism and religious intolerance
Submission Rules
Authors must be Indonesian citizens
Papers may be written in either Indonesian or English. However, selected papers will be presented in English.
Authors do not have to be studying in Australia.
Authors must be currently enrolled in tertiary education (S1, S2, or S3) or vocational institutions.
Each paper may have a maximum of two authors. For the avoidance of doubt, both authors would need to be Indonesian citizens.
Abstracts must be around 200-250 words
Policy papers must be around 1,500 words (+/- 10%)
The abstracts and papers will be submitted to a double-blind peer review.
Conference Output
Selected papers will be invited to Canberra, Australia, where they will attend the two-day academic conference. During the conference, they will be invited to present their findings to leading experts and Indonesian policymakers, as well as receive a one-day research workshop – including tips on how to best present your work, turn your research into policy, and how to write journal articles – with some leading scholars based at the Australian National University and the University of Canberra.
Policy papers accepted will be presented to invited Indonesian policymakers at a ceremony on 18 April 2020.
Abstract and Essay Reviewers
Dr. Firman Kartaadipoetra - Indonesia Project, ANU
Ms. Nurkemala Muliani - Indonesia Project, ANU
Mr. Septian Razi - College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU
Ms. Inez Nimpuno - ACT Health
Mr. Sutarsa Nyoman - ANU College of Health and Medicine, ANU
Dr. Alwen Tiu - Research School of Computer Science, ANU
Dr. Iwu Utomo - School of Demography, ANU
Mr. Ario Wicaksono - Institute for Governance, University of Canberra