Today I visited Mr Arief Hamdani, Director of the Leadership Program at the BUMN School of Excellence, Danantara. As the Advisor and Chair of the IEEE Indonesia S&S SIGHT, we discussed the IEEE framework for cultivating strategic leadership founded on technological capability and the orchestration of humanit program.
Happy IEEE Day! Started as professional collaborations in 1884, the IEEE expands to research & dissemination, to strategic global plan and standardization, to cutting-edge technology design & deployment, to the engagement of industry, universities, schools, students, and startups, and to humanitarian technology activities. IEEE: advancing technology for humanity.
In April 1884, a group of pioneers, including Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George A. Hamilton, met in New York to form a professional body for the nascent field of electrical engineering, establishing the AIEE under Norvin Green. That same year, on 7–8 October, the AIEE held its first technical meeting at the International Electrical Exhibition in Philadelphia, an event widely regarded as the birth of organised electrical engineering in America. Among its early contributors were Nikola Tesla, Elihu Thomson, Edwin Houston, and Edward Weston, whose collective work later shaped the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Upon returning from Tokyo, I flew straight to Yogyakarta to attend the reunion of the 1988 Electrical Engineering cohort of Universitas Brawijaya.
Although the reunion has been held several times over the past three decades, this was my first time joining.
Of roughly a hundred alumni, about seventy were able to attend this special year’s gathering. The event took place at Sambi Resort in Kaliurang, Yogyakarta — a serene venue that perfectly suited the occasion.
The reunion was filled with laughter, old stories, and the kind of humour only long friendships can carry. Many of those memories, along with a few personal reflections, I have previously shared on https://kun.co.ro and other blogs.
In addition, there were a few smaller gatherings — delightful offshoot reunions with fellow alumni from SMPN 3 and SMAN 3 Malang.
A real enchantment to take part in the IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference 2025, Chiba University of Commerce, 28 September to 1 October, themed “Beyond SDGs, A New Humanitarian Era with Intelligent Partners.”
The day before the Conference, I reported the IEEE President-Elect Mary Ellen Randall and HTB President Grayson Randall about the IEEE humanitarian collaborative innovations in Indonesia, strengthening digital ecosystems and sustainable innovation.
During the Opening Ceremony, HTB President spoke about the unique role of engineers as architects of hope — those who bridge innovation with social responsibility. IEEE President-Elect Mary Ellen Randall followed the next day with a visionary keynote on IEEE’s global roadmap to elevate the engineering profession while enhancing the quality of human life.
I had the privilege of speaking in Special Program 15, “Synergy for Sustainable Impact,” sharing insights on how synergy, complexity, and ecosystem collaboration can drive sustainable transformation. Drawing from Indonesia’s national vision, I presented examples of the MSME digital ecosystem, where engineering, entrepreneurship, and social innovation intersect to empower local communities. I also highlighted initiatives under IEEE Indonesia SIGHT in Sociopreneurship and Sustainability, where student branches are developing real solutions — solar-powered water systems, IoT monitoring, and sociopreneurship incubation — now being implemented at Gadjah Mada University and Udayana University.
The IEEE R10 HTC 2025 was not just a conference of ideas, but a living demonstration of synergy — where intellect, empathy, and technology converge. It reaffirmed a truth I deeply value: engineering is not merely about machines or systems, but about humanity itself.
As expected, I have been reassigned from Vice President of Synergy under Strategic Portfolio Directorate, to Senior Principal Expert of Synergy within the CXO Office, effective yesterday. Today marks my first official meeting with the CXO, Dr M. Awaluddin, a distinguished authority on the quintuple-helix approach of technology-based strategic management.
The reorganisation of the SBDP Directorate is scheduled for today. I haven’t received the definitive information; but I suppose this is the last SBDP meeting I attended.
(I have no idea why there was an August 26 mark on the screen. But obviously today is September 1.)
After the meeting:
TRIBUNJABAR.ID – Surabaya, Pemberdayaan Usaha Mikro, Kecil, dan Menengah (UMKM) yang terintegrasi dalam ekosistem kewirausahaan yang inovatif dan berdaya saing terus didorong melalui berbagai program pemerintah. Dalam upaya ini, UMKM memainkan peran aktif dan strategis dalam menciptakan lapangan kerja produktif, mendukung transformasi industri nasional, serta mewujudkan kedaulatan pangan dan energi.
Sebagai bentuk dukungan nyata, Kementerian BUMN bersama dengan PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Telkom) berkolaborasi dengan BUMN lainnya, melalui salah satu platform digitalnya, PaDi UMKM, kembali menyelenggarakan PaDi UMKM Hybrid Expo & Conference 2025 yang digelar di Pakuwon Mall Surabaya, pada Jumat (1/8), sebagai bagian dari bentuk komitmen dalam memperkuat peran UMKM di tingkat nasional.
Peresmian pembukaan dilakukan secara simbolis oleh Wakil Menteri BUMN Aminuddin Ma’ruf dan Staf Ahli Bidang Keuangan dan Pengembangan UMKM Kementerian BUMN Loto Srinaita Ginting, didampingi Ketua Harian Dewan Kerajinan Nasional Destry Anna Sari, Kepala Departemen Ekonomi Keuangan Inklusif dan Hijau Bank Indonesia Nita Anastuty, VP Synergy Telkom Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, CEO PaDi UMKM Jimmy Karisma, SVP Procurement PT Pertamina (Persero) Hery Murahmanta, dan Regional CEO VIII/Jawa 3 PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk Hendra Wahyudi.
Dalam sambutan pembukaannya, Wakil Menteri BUMN Aminuddin Ma’ruf menyampaikan bahwa kegiatan PaDi UMKM Hybrid Expo & Conference 2025 menjadi wadah strategis untuk memperluas jaringan dalam upaya mendukung UMKM Go Digital dan Go Global.
Kementerian BUMN memiliki salah satu fokus utama yaitu penguatan UMKM. Penguatan untuk UMKM melalui platform PaDi UMKM dilakukan melalui berbagai aspek seperti akses pembiayaan dan pelatihan serta pendampingan untuk mendorong UMKM lebih maju. Diharapkan, UMKM ke depan dapat masuk ke dalam pengadaan pemerintah dan rantai pasok BUMN, melakukan substitusi terhadap produk impor, bahkan menembus pasar global, yang pada akhirnya dapat berkontribusi lebih signifikan terhadap perekonomian Indonesia.
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