2023 Indonesia Update: Governing urban Indonesia

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Times displayed below are in Waktu Indonesia Barat (WIB) or GMT+7 and in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) which is GMT+10.

Day One: Friday 15 September

Time (WIB) Time (AEST) Topic and speakers
6.00am 9.00am Opening address
Speaker: His Excellency Siswo Pramono (Indonesian Ambassador to Australia)
6.10am 9.10am Political update
Chair: Sana Jaffrey (The Australian National University)
“Jokowi End Game”: Cooptation, coercion, and the narrowing field of political contestation
Speaker: Jacqui Baker (Murdoch University)
Discussant: Liam Gammon (The Australian National University)
Q&A
7.25am 10.25am Tea break
7.45am 10.45am Economic update
Chair: Jonathan Gilbert (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Trade policy in Indonesia: Between pragmatism, ambivalence and nationalism
Speaker: Arianto Patunru (The Australian National University)
Discussant: Masyita Crystallin (Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia)
Q&A
9.00am 12.00pm Lunch break
10.00am 1.00pm Session 1. Keynote address
Chair: Eve Warburton (The Australian National University)
Governing urban Indonesia
Speaker: Abidin Kusno (York University)
Q&A
10.30am 1.45pm Session 2. Comparative and demographic perspectives
Chair: Firman Witoelar (the Australian National University)
Urban planning in Indonesia and its contribution to Southern planning
Sonia Roitman (The University of Queensland)
Urbanisation in Indonesia: Demographic changes and spatial patterns, 2000 - 2020
Meirina Ayumi Malamassam (National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN))
Q&A
11.45am 2.45pm Tea break
12.05pm 3.05pm Session 3. Governing urban Indonesia
Chair: Lila Sari (The Australian National University)
Patterns of urban reform in Indonesia: The role of political coalitions and mobilisation
Mochamad Mustafa (The Asia Foundation)
Local budgets in urban Indonesia: Different characteristics need different fiscal policies
Erman Rahman (The Asia Foundation)
Q&A
1.05pm 4.05pm Session 4. The politics of urban land and relocation
Chair: Rini Astuti (The Australian National University)
Kampung Susun: Collective strategies of resistance in the struggle for housing rights in Jakarta
Elisa Sutanudjaja (Rujak Center for Urban Studies)
Housing at an impasse: Living in a state of protracted transition in rental social housing in Jakarta
Clara Siagian (The Australian National University & PUSKAPA, Universitas Indonesia)
Q&A
2.05pm 5.05pm END OF DAY 1

Day Two: Saturday 16 September

Time (WIB) Time (AEST) Topic and speakers
6.00am 9.00am Session 5. Governing the urban environment
Chair: Phil Cummins (The Australian National University & Geoscience Australia)
The political economy of flood management in Indonesian cities
Yogi Setya Permana (Universiteit Leiden & National Research and Innovation Agency (Brin))
Causes of and policy responses to traffic congestion in urban Indonesia: What can we learn?
Muhammad Halley Yudhistira (Universitas Indonesia)
Governing garbage: Solid waste management reform in Surabaya
Nur Azizah (The Australian National University)
Q&A
7.30am 10.30am Tea break
7.50am 10.50am Session 6. The new urban landscape
Chair: Eva Nisa (The Australian National University)
The view from the gated community: Public infrastructure and services from the perspective of the middle class in South Tangerang
Corry Elyda (freelance writer)
Urban security governance in contemporary Jakarta
Ian Wilson (Murdoch University)
Public space in the city: Civil society perspectives
Rita Padawangi (Singapore University of Social Sciences)
Q&A
9.20am 12.20pm Closing address
Chair: Edward Aspinall (The Australian National University) & Amalinda Savirani (Gadjah Mada Universitas)
Challenges of city government: A mayor’s view
Speaker: Bima Arya Sugiarto (Mayor of Bogor, Indonesia)
9.40am 12.40pm Final remarks
Edward Aspinall (The Australian National University)
Amalinda Savirani (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
9.50am 12.50pm END OF CONFERENCE
1.00pm IN-PERSON LUNCH (pre-order required)

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