UNS — Democracy and National Resilience Study Center (Pusdemtanas) Institute for Research and Community Service (LPPM) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta held a national seminar inviting the Minister for State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), Erick Thohir. The national seminar of “Unicorn Indonesia for the World: Discussing Government’s Strategies in Growing New Economic Power Towards Golden Indonesia 2045” in G.P.H. Haryo Mataram UNS Auditorium, Sunday (6/2/2022).
The Chairwoman of Pusdemtanas LPPM UNS, Dr. Sunny Ummul Firdaus, stated that the existence of startup companies received wide attention recently. This condition leads to the massive increase in unicorn growth in Indonesia that will be highly beneficial in achieving Golden Indonesia 2045. “Considering this opportunity, Pusdemtanas LPPM UNS holds this seminar,” Dr. Sunny explained.
The Rector of UNS, Prof. Dr. Jamal Wiwoho, stated in his remark that since 2020 the world had been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic that struck almost all economic sectors. In this condition, unicorn startups played a significant role in maintaining the development and growth of Indonesia’s economy. “Therefore, I fully appreciate this national seminar and thank you to the Minister for SOEs for making time to visit UNS and share tips to develop unicorns in Indonesia,” Prof. Jamal stated.
The seminar was opened with sharing on digital citizenship from Prof. Dr. Triyanto as a Professor in Civic Education (PPKn) Program UNS. Prof. Triyanto stated that the sign that Indonesian people have digital citizenship is digital literacy and technology skill. The sharing was followed by materials from Putra Pamungkas, Ph.D., an expert, and researcher in UNS Fintech Center. Dr. Putra shared that unicorn startups could grow in Indonesia because of the diversified market conditions that could be optimized through a clear target market, innovation, collaboration, and venture capital for additional funding. Dr. Putra also underlined several issues regarding unicorn startup management, such as sharing economy, corporate governance, securities, and PO, that could ensure unicorn startups’ impact on the community in general.
The last material was delivered by the Minister for SOEs, Erick Thohir, discussing the digital ecosystem in Indonesia. Erick Thohir believes that considering Indonesia’s economic growth that moves between 3-5%, and it is possible that Indonesia could grow into the largest economy globally. Therefore, Indonesian people should be able to face various challenges and disruptions, including pushing for the digital ecosystem. Erick Thohir added that Indonesian people need to master eight skills: skill programming, artificial intelligence, digital design and data visualization, digital project management, digital marketing, social media, data science dan data analytics, and leadership decision making. He also mentioned that Indonesian SOEs had initiated the development of a digital ecosystem that focuses on infrastructure, trades, and aggregator sectors.
Additionally, the minister also emphasized the crucial factors in developing technology: human resources and ecosystem. “We need to ensure that the market supports the economic growth and opens jobs for the Indonesian people,” he stated. The seminar was concluded with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing between UNS and the Ministry for SOEs. Humas UNS
Reporter: Lina Khoirun Nisa
Editor: Dwi Hastuti