2024 Indonesia Update: How Jokowi changed 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.
This program is subject to change. Session times, speakers, chairs, and topics may be updated in the lead up to the conference.
Day One: Friday 13 September
| Time (WIB) | Time (AEST) | Topic and speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 6.00am | 9.00am | Opening address |
| Speaker: Genevieve Bell Vice-Chancellor and President, The Australian National University with Helen Sullivan Dean, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University | ||
| 6.10am | 9.10am | Political update |
| Chair: Ed Aspinall (The Australian National University) | ||
| Speaker: Sana Jaffrey and Eve Warburton The Australian National University | ||
| Discussant: Inaya Rakhmani (Universitas Indonesia) | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 7.20am | 10.20am | Tea break |
| 7.40am | 10.40am | Economic update |
| Chair: Paul Burke (The Australian National University) | ||
| Speaker: Cosimo Thawley (Australian Treasury) and Masyita Crystallin (Systemiq) | ||
| Discussant: Riandy Laksono (The Australian National University) | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 8.50am | 11.50am | Lunch break |
| 9.50am | 12.50pm | Session 1. Keynote address |
| Chair: Lauren Bain (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) | ||
| Jokowi’s world: power, democracy and international contestation in Indonesia | ||
| Speaker: Marcus Mietzner (The Australian National University) | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 10.35am | 1.35pm | Session 2. Growth and development |
| Chair: Janine O’Flynn (The Australian National University) | ||
| Political economy of Jokowi’s development | ||
| Arianto Patunru (The Australian National University) | ||
| Land rights and agrarian reform during Jokowi era | ||
| Suraya Afiff (Universitas Indonesia) | ||
| How Jokowi became the infrastructure president | ||
| James Guild (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and Monash University, Indonesia) | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 12:05pm | 3:05pm | Tea break |
| 12.25pm | 3.25pm | Session 3. Security |
| Chair: Björn Dressel (The Australian National University) | ||
| Politicization of security forces under Jokowi | ||
| Sidney Jones (Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict - IPAC) | ||
| Islamism and state control in the Jokowi era | ||
| Nava Nuraniyah (The Australian National University) | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 1.25pm | 4.25pm | Session 4. The state of welfare |
| Chair: Firman Witoelar (The Australian National University) | ||
| Rebranding and expanding: social assistance during the Jokowi presidency | ||
| Nurina Merdikawati (The Australian National University) | ||
| Transforming health under Jokowi: Forced innovation and lessons for democratic health governance | ||
| I Nyoman Sutarsa (The Australian National University) | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 2.25pm | 5.25pm | END OF DAY 1 | Day Two: Saturday 17 September |
| Time (WIB) | Time (AEST) | Topic and speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 6.00am | 9.00am | Session 5. Local politics and governance |
| Chair: Eva Nisa (The Australian National University) | ||
| Jokowi and his dynasty: an organizational analysis of dynastic succession | ||
| Yoes Kenawas (Atma Jaya Catholic University Jakarta) | ||
| Jakarta and the rest: The trend of center-region relations in Indonesia | ||
| Hana Satriyo (The Asia Foundation) | ||
| Papua’s conflict under Jokowi’s administration: superficial development amidst increasing violent escalation | ||
| Hipolitus Wangge (Universiti Sains Malaysia) | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 7.30am | 10.30am | Tea break |
| 7.50am | 10.50am | Session 6. Democratic rights and institutions |
| Chair: Elly Kent (The Australian National University) | ||
| Jokowi and the dismantling of the constitutional court | ||
| Simon Butt (University of Sydney) and Tim Lindsey (The University of Melbourne) | ||
| A dark legacy: the Jokowi administration’s record on corruption | ||
| Laode Syarif (The Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia (KEMITRAAN)) | ||
| Civic space, political activism and protest under Jokowi | ||
| Fauziah Mayangsari (Independent researcher) | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 9.20am | 12.20pm | Closing address |
| Chair: Julien Barbara (The Australian National University) | ||
| Indonesia’s foreign policy under Jokowi: retreat, return, and the problem of reputational cost | ||
| Speaker: Rizal Sukma Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia | ||
| 9.50am | 12.50pm | Final remarks |
| Sana Jaffrey (The Australian National University) | ||
| Eve Warburton (The Australian National University) | ||
| 10:00am | 1:00pm | End of conference |
| 1.00pm | Optional in-person lunch (pre-order required) |
