Indonesia, the world’s third largest democracy has chosen Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, a man not usually associated with the country’s political elite, to become the seventh president of the country. Many believe that Indonesia has entered a new era. Join us as prominent scholars and practitioners from institutions as varied as UBC, Stanford, Cornell, the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, the University of Indonesia as well as NGOs come to discuss the Indonesian presidential elections of 2014 as well as the prospects of the incoming Jokowi presidency and how it will impact Indonesia and the rest of the world.
This will be a day-long conference jointly organised by the UBC Centre for Southeast Asian Research, the UBC Institute of Asian Research, the UBC Department of Asian Studies, and the UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues. Lunch will be provided courtesy of the Consulate-General of the Republic of Indonesia in Vancouver.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
9:00 – 9:15
Welcoming Remarks by
MR BAMBANG HIENDRASTO
Consul-General of the Republic of Indonesia in Vancouver
DR YVES TIBERGHIEN
Director, UBC Institute of Asian Research
9:15am – 10:20am
Panel 1 – Political Economy and International Relations
Chaired by Dr Brian Job
DR DON K EMMERSON Director, Southeast Asian Program, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Centre, Stanford University
DR YVES TIBERGHIEN
10:25am – 12:15am
Panel 2 – National and Local Politics
Chaired by Dr Kai Ostwald
DR NATHAN ALLEN
Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada
DR JOHN ROOSA
Associate Professor, Department of History, UBC
DR TOM PEPINSKY
Associate Professor, Department of Government and Associate Director, Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University
12:15-1:15pm
Lunch Generously sponsored by the Indonesian Consulate-General
1:15-3:00pm
Panel 3 – Media, Culture and Gender
Chair TBA
DR MANNEKE BUDIMAN
Vice Dean for Academic, Research and Student Affairs, Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia
MS PINGKAN IRWIN
Founder, Ayo Vote! and Head, Digital Media Strategy, BeritaSatu Media Holdings
MS SHAHIRAH MAHMOOD
PhD Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3:15-4:30pm
Roundtable Discussion
Chaired by Dr Paul Evans
DR DON EMMERSON
MS AYU RATIH
Director, Indonesia Social History Institute
MR YUEN-PAU WOO
Immediate Past President, Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada
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