Supported by KONEKSI, this event will showcase KONEKSI-funded research and its potential policy implications.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, 12 August 2025
Time: 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM WIB
Venue: Auditorium MPKP, Kampus UI Salemba, Jl Salemba Raya number 10, Jakarta
Please note the time above is in WIB.
Event Description
Join us in Jakarta as we hear from ANU researchers and their Indonesian research partners presenting their work on climate resilience and sustainable development in Indonesia. Supported by KONEKSI, this event will showcase KONEKSI-funded research and its potential policy implications. Hear from:
Welcoming address: Dr Chaikal Nuryakin, Director LPEM UI
Welcoming Speech: Prof. Budy Resosudarmo, Head of ANU Indonesia Project
Opening remarks: Mr Tim Stapleton, Minister Counsellor for Governance and Human Development, Australian Embassy
Keynote Speech: Bapak Pungkas Bahjuri Ali, Deputy for Human Development and Culture, Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas
Topic 1: Solar-Powered Desalination Using Hybrid Reverse Osmosis for Fresh Water Supply in Remote Areas
- A/Prof. Jeremy Smith, Australian National University
- Prof. I Nyoman Widiasa, Universitas Diponegoro
- Moh. Irfan Saleh, PhD, Director of Water Resources, Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas)
Topic 2: Building a Sustainable Future: Developing Nutritious and Climate-Resilient Crop Varieties
- Prof. Barry Pogson, Australian National University
- Prof. Yekti Asih Purwestri, Universitas Gadjah Mada
- Ladiyani Retno Widowati, M.Sc., Director of Seedling for Food Crops, Ministry of Agriculture
This event will be moderated by Associate Professor, Alin Halimatussadiah, LPEM UI
Image credit: Image: Josh Estey DFAT
Event Speakers
KONEKSI
This event is in proud partnership with KONEKSI, Australia's flagship program in the Indonesia knowledge and innovation sector.
Jeremy Smith
Dr Jeremy Smith is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering at the Australian National University (ANU). From a systems engineering background, Jeremy has been involved with the creation and nurturing of Humanitarian Engineering in Australia over the last 20 years.
I Nyoman Widiasa
Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Widiasa, ST., M.T. is a Professor of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University.
Mohammad Irfan Saleh
Mohammad Irfan Saleh is the Director of Water Resources at the Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS).
Yekti Asih Purwestri
Dr. Purwestri is an associate professor at the Faculty of Biology and currently serves as Head of Research Centre for Biotechnology Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). Her research group specialise in studying the biochemistry, molecular biology and physiology of local pigmented rice varieties.
Barry Pogson
Barry Pogson completed his PhD at Macquarie University. He joined the ANU in late 1999. He is Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology (www.plantenergy.edu.au) and lead CI on an International Wheat Yield Partnership grant to Improve Wheat Yeild by Optimising Energy Use Efficiency (iwyp.org).
Ladiyani Retno Widowati
Dr.Ir Ladiyani Retno Widowati, MSc (Head of the Soil and Fertilizer Instrument Standard Testing Center) of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Alin Halimatussadiah
Dr. Alin Halimatussadiah is an active lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business – Universitas Indonesia (FEB UI) since 2004. She received her doctoral degree from Universitas Indonesia in 2013 with a focus area on natural resources and environmental economics. Since 2017, she has been trusted as the head of Environmental Economic Research Group at LPEM FEB-UI.
Chaikal Nuryakin
In 2018, Dr Chaikal Nuryakin was appointed Director of the Undergraduate Economics Program in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia, and also Head of the Digital Economy and Behavioral Economics Research Division at LPEM FEB UI. Following this position, Chaikal was appointed Director of LPEM.
Budy Resosudarmo
Budy P Resosudarmo is a developmental and environmental economist working on the economy-wide impact of economic and environmental policies on local economies, household incomes, human development and the environment, and analysing the political economy of environmental policies and natural resource utilisation.
Tim Stapelton
Mr Tim Stapleton is the Australian Embassy Minister Counsellor for Governance and Human Development.
Pungkas Bahjuri Ali
Deputy for Human Development and Culture, Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas