Digital Platforms and Impactful Innovation: Towards Sustainable Development in Indonesia

The Tech for Good Institute will be co-organising a public seminar with the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) in Jakarta, Indonesia on 22 August, 2024 to discuss the role of digital platforms and their roles to contribute to sustainable development and public benefit in the country.

Join us in-person at the public seminar, Digital Platforms and Impactful Innovation: Towards Sustainable Development in Indonesia, to discuss the role of digital platforms and their roles to contribute to sustainable development in the country. This event is organised in partnership with the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN).

Tech for Good Institute will share its latest research report on “Leveraging Digital Platforms for Public Benefit”. The research sharing will focus on use cases, best practices and possible policy recommendations on how digital platforms can further support social, environmental, and developmental goals of Indonesia.

A panel discussion will follow to discuss the role of digital platforms and their roles to contribute to sustainable development in the country.

The session will explore the following questions:

  • How do digital platforms contribute to sustainable development and public benefit?
  • What are opportunities for digital platforms to nudge merchants and consumers towards a more sustainable future?
  • How may digital platforms partner with the government to achieve desired policy outcomes that are vital for sustainable development?


Details

Date

22 August, 2024, Thursday

Time

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM GMT+7

Venue

The Piccadilly Room, The Langham, Jakarta

(Sudirman Central Business District 8 Lot.28, Senayan, Kec. Kby. Baru,
Kota Jakarta Selatan, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 12190)

Conduct

English

(Simultaneous translation service in Bahasa Indonesia will be provided;
a translation audio device may be picked up at the registration area.)


Tentative Programme

Time

(GMT + 7)

Activity

9:30 – 9:40 am

Welcome Remarks

  • Dr. Ming Tan, Founding Executive Director, Tech for Good Institute
  • Firlie H. Ganinduto, Vice Chairman of Communications and Informatics,
    Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (KADIN)

9:40 –  10:00 am

Research Sharing Session:

Leveraging Digital Platforms for Public Benefit

10:00 –  11:00 am

Panel Discussion: Digital Platforms and Impactful Innovations: Towards Sustainable Development in Indonesia

Panellist*

*Panel composition may vary depending on the availability of our esteemed
panellists.

11:00 – 11:25 am

Open Discussion + Q&A

11:30 – 12:30 pm

Networking and Lunch

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Mouna Aouri

Programme Fellow

Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.

Dr Ming Tan

Founding Executive Director

Dr Ming Tan is founding Executive Director for the Tech for Good Institute, a non-profit founded to catalyse research and collaboration on social, economic and policy trends accelerated by the digital economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide.  Her research interests lie at the intersection of technology, business and society, including sustainability and innovation.

 

Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, which supports Singapore’s future growth as a global innovation hub for intellectual property creation, commercialisation and management. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group and the founding Executive Director of COMO Foundation, a grantmaker focused on gender equity that has served over 47 million women and girls since 2003.

 

As a company director, she lends brand and strategic guidance to several companies within the COMO Group. Ming also serves as a Council Member of the Council for Board Diversity, on the boards of COMO Foundation and Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.

 

In the non-profit, educational and government spheres, Ming is a director of COMO Foundation and Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) and chairs the Asia Advisory board for Swiss hospitality business and management school EHL. She also serves on  the Council for Board Diversity and the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.

 

Ming was educated in Singapore, the United States, and England. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University and her doctorate from Oxford.