The main topic discussed—and at the same time became the main theme of the conference—was ‘Strengthening a Comprehensive Global Health Architecture to Realize World Collaboration in Facing A Pandemic.’ This topic was discussed in detail by Dr. Sergio Da Lobo, the Consultant for World Health Organization (WHO) from East Timor as keynote speaker, alongside three other invited speakers, namely Dr. Tonang Dwi Aryanto, Ph.D., Viddy Firmandiaz, and Dr. Sunny Ummul Firdaus. The conference and discussions went interactively, with Rachma Indriyani, LL.M., Ph.D. as moderator.

This international conference was attended by UNS International Students from East Timor, Egypt, Bangladesh, Sudan, Nigeria, Suriname, Chad, Algeria, Izwanda, Yemen, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and Syria, as well as undergraduate students from UNS and other universities in Indonesia. This event was opened with the Executive Chairman’s report recited by R. Prihandjojo Andri Putranto, dr., M.Si., and followed by the opening remark delivered by the Rector of UNS, Prof. Dr. Jamal Wiwoho, SH, M. Hum., the Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs UNS, Prof. Dr. Ir. H. Ahmad Yunus M.S., who at the same time officially opened the conference.

Delivering a keynote speech following the opening remarks, Dr. Sergio Da Lobo explained the Covid-19 condition that lasted for two to three years, which surprised the world, especially with its large socio-economic impact and health impact. “With the extensive experience and efforts in preventing and handling the spread of Covid-19, this pandemic has become a lesson to create a global construction for pandemic management, starting from government policies, appropriate health management systems, cooperation among communities and countries, and policies on the financial-economic system,” said Dr. Sergio Da Lobo.

The material presented was then followed by the topic of “Learning from the Past for Possible Next Pandemic,” delivered by dr. Tonang Dwi Ardyanto, Ph.D., provided an explanation of the history of pandemic transmission in the world, the development of the Covid-19 pandemic case, lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic, and necessary steps to be prepared to deal with the possibility of the next pandemic. The following material, discussing legal problems that occurred during the spread of Covid-19 in the Indonesian community, was delivered by Dr. Sunny Ummul Firdaus, who describes the legal roadmap for disease outbreak vaccination implementation, which includes solutions and recommendations for the five problems that occurred. “The ideal concept that can be applied to overcome this situation is to improve the applicable legal substance, disseminate and educate the community, create communication strategies and community targeting, evaluate legal problems, establish a legal umbrella for assuring clinical trials of vaccines, and coordination with relevant stakeholders,” explained Dr. Sunny.

The Rector of UNS, Prof. Dr. Jamal Wiwoho, SH, M.Hum., in his remarks, states that this international conference will provide novelty value in the education sector, better health innovation, and bring a positive contribution to the people’s lives to help them face the next pandemic. “This benefit can be seen from various ideas and innovations presented by the participants through their scientific papers in each sub-theme. The presented scientific papers will also be published in the indexed proceeding Atlantis Press,” said Prof. Jamal.

With this international conference, Dr. Andri Putranto, as the Committee Chairman, hopes that this conference can provide a great scientific contribution, especially in terms of prevention, preparation, and handling efforts in various sectors that will be affected by the development of a future pandemic. 

“With the idea and innovation presented at this conference, this will certainly be a novelty and a separate recommendation for Indonesia—and other countries—to prepare policies and efforts to strengthen the global health sector and encourage international cooperation efforts. Moreover, this conference cannot be separated from the support of BPD Bank Jateng,” concluded Dr. Andri. Humas UNS

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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

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In his opening remark, the Rector of UNS, Prof. Dr. Jamal Wiwoho, stated that since March 2020, Covid-19 had affected various aspects of life in Indonesia, including educational activities that were shifted into online teaching and learning due to the pandemic. Considering the high level of infection at national and international levels, vaccination becomes one of the efforts proposed to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infections. Prof. Jamal emphasized that he highly appreciates the efforts taken by research centers in LPPM, especially Pusdemtanas, that continue to conduct research and community services.

“Including this Seminar on Research Result of Legal Standard for Vaccination Process,” Prof. Jamal stated.

Dr. Sunny Ummul Firdaus, in her opening remark, added that the pandemic had reached a new stage in which prevention does not rely on external efforts but is extended to the efforts in increasing public immunity through the vaccination process. “The vaccination process for Covid-19 in Indonesia is regulated in several regulations. The regulations are Health Minister Decree No. 19 of 2021 regarding the Implementation of Vaccination as a Countermeasure of Covid-19 Pandemic, Circular Letter on Covid-19 Vaccination Acceleration for the Head of Provincial and District/City Health Offices in Circular Letter Number HK.02/I/1727/2021 regarding Stage 3 Vaccination for Vulnerable and General Community and 12-17 years old,” Dr. Sunny explained.

However, Dr. Sunny added that the way towards Indonesia’s independence of vaccine production faces diverse challenges from the upstream to downstream implementation. These challenges are on the legal basis for research in vaccines development in Indonesia that is lacking, not integrated, less responsive, and limiting researchers. There is also a rejection of vaccines by the community, legal rights to determine their choices, and distribution challenges caused by infrastructures, which need to be considered by the government in planning public policies in Indonesia. These issues, according to Dr. Sunny, are related to the absence of a legal basis for the vaccination process and could be solved by developing appropriate legal constructions.

Dr. Sunny also emphasized the importance of vaccine independence in increasing the nation’s resilience against non-military threats. “The government needs to map the stages of policymaking process including through roadmaps for Legal Standard for Vaccination Process. Thus, the policies taken during the process will be measurable, effective, and efficient,” Dr. Sunny concluded. Humas UNS

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