Tri Hita Karana Future Knowledge Summit, 14-18 November

Technology and Digital Transformation remain the cornerstone of President Joko Widodo’s vision of turning Indonesia into the world’s fourth largest economy by 2045. In 2018, Indonesia launched its ‘Making Indonesia 4.0’ to help design the nations’ Fourth Industrial Revolution strategy and roadmap. Indonesia has also become the home to the largest number of unicorns in Southeast Asia, totalling 13 unicorns of which 9 achieved unicorn status throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Digital Transformation was ascribed as one of the three key pillars (besides global health architecture and sustainable energy transition) for Indonesia G20 Presidency ‘Recover Together, Recover Stronger’ for nations to build back better. The G20 Bali Leaders’ Declaration has outlined how digital transformation can be more inclusive and is essential in helping developing countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Tri Hita Karana Future Knowledge Summit was held in response to President Joko Widodo’s aspiration to establish the Tri Hita Karana Center of Future Knowledge in Bali to join with the world in envisioning a ‘New Era Bali Kerthi Economic Roadmap’ for health, green and blue economy and digital inclusion. Key to the Summit’s vision is to promote the awareness-based technology innovation and entrepreneurship to foster human-centric advancement and sustainable development for a common happy future.

The THK Future Knowledge Summit kicked off with the “Intergenerational Dialogue for Our Emerging Future” featuring honorary guest Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors in conversation with H.E. Nadiem Anwar Makarim, Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of Indonesia, attended by over 600 are university students and 100 professional and entrepreneurs. The event was jointly hosted by Indonesia Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology as part of 2022 Festival Kampus Merdeka, and Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment with the United In Diversity

(UID) Foundation to support Indonesia’s digital vision through the development of the nation’s talents and future generation. Elon emphasised the importance of education system that inculcates critical thinking so required in the current digital age, and to that Minister Nadiem responded that Indonesia has replaced its subject-based testing system with problem-solving, critical thinking and computational logic as key foundational skills. To Minister Nadiem’s question on what will make Indonesia a global economic power by 2045, Elon highlighted widespread education and high-speed internet connectivity will be key determinants. On his closing response to a student on dealing with mistakes, Elon said, “Well, to be frank, I’ve made so many mistakes that it would take far too long for me to list them all .. but the higher principle is to assume you are always wrong, aspire to being less wrong overtime …. and seek critical feedback, especially from friends.”

In his keynote on “New Era Bali Kerthi: Intergenerational Partnership for Our Sustainable Future”, Prof Jeffrey Sachs, President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network highlighted three key points to ponder: the importance of knowledge and insight for a purpose, not simply for power or wealth or the next technological advance, but to build a decent future; financing and investing in transformation for the future through the partnership of the public and private sector supported by the civil sector; and finally inculcating human values for a sense of common future, destiny, purpose, and the values of Tri Hita Karana to seek harmony of people, nature and spirituality as the pathway to peace, prosperity and sustainability. In the session on “Future Technology to Realize the Happiness for All”, Dr Sehat Sutardja, Founder, Marvell Technology Group enthused about thinking out of the box and doing things differently, not for the purpose of making more money but to be able to do it better and more efficiently to help the world. From technology and product perspective, he said it is about enhancing energy efficiency, reducing energy consumption, prolonging product lifecycle to reduce wastage and pollution into the environment. Dr. Sutardja is widely respected as one of the pioneers of the modern semiconductor age whose breakthrough designs have revolutionized several semiconductor industry segments. and the Del Institute of Technology to start a national genome project that covers genomics development initiatives, joint research and personnel training. BGI Group is China’s largest genetic sequencing company and one of the leading ones in the world.

In the dialogue for “New Era Bali Kerthu Roadmap for Future Knowledge in Healthcare and Innovation Ecosystem”, Dr Wang Jian, Co-Founder and Chairman of BGI Group spoke about the revolution that genomic sciences can bring to benefit human health, agriculture and marine biology and environment protection. He encouraged students to consider life sciences as the sector is going to be the next big thing soon. He said genomic sequencing will help in the prediction and control of birth defects, early cancer and infection diseases. BGI Group signed a MoU with Indonesia’s Ministry of Heath, University of Indonesia,

Ray Dalio, Co-Founder of Ocean X and Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Bridgewater Associates attended the 16 November UID-THK Forum Partners Gathering and Key Launches and Gala Dinner event to sign the “Partnership in Marine Research, Technology and Capacity Development” between the government of Indonesia, Group 42, Ocean X and GTech Digital Asia to jointly develop ocean research to help protect marine environment and building technical know-how. Led by the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment, the partnership aims to improve the management of marine resources and biodiversity and conservation of marine ecosystems through the use of new technology and methodologies, ocean exploration to create greater global awareness through educational media. The collaboration also includes training and knowledge transfer to build human capacity and supporting infrastructure for Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment. G42 is a UAE-based AI and cloud computing company, while Ocean X is a global nonprofit ocean exploration organisation, and G-Tech Digital Asia, a leading global developer of data-driven ecosystem and platform.

At the THK Forum ‘Health of Nations’ session on 17th Nov at the UID Bali Campus, Sir Gordon Duff, Hon President of UID and ex-Chair of UK’s medicines agency (MHRA), and UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) gave 3 reasons why this event is timely: lessons from the pandemic; genomic identification of drug targets; new technology for specific molecular design. The first section on the new ‘$30Billion Health of Nations’ fund was led by MIT Professor Andrew Lo with a brilliant account of his risk-reduction model. Alexandra Eldemir from Blackrock, followed up by outlining investment tools to optimise success in the high-risk/high-return arena of drug development and Professor John Climax, co-founder of Icon, the world-leading Clinical Research Organisation gave a masterly account of the future of clinical trials. All agreed, never has the need, or the potential, for effective, new medical innovations been so timely. The event finished with a strong and inspiring discussion, testament to the huge potential of Indonesia’s future Healthcare.

The THK Massive MSMEs for Inclusive Happiness session highlighted the urgency for MSMEs to innovate, strengthen business model and grow their business impact, and explored the potential of a tech platform in developing a robust ecosystem, and stimulate collaboration across all stakeholders, aided with catalytic fund. H. E. Teten Masduki, Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs, who was represented by Bu Siti Azizah, Deputy for Entrepreneurship, emphasized that digital transformation of MSMEs in Indonesia needs to accelerate across the region of Indonesia as only 19 out of 65 million MSMEs are embracing digitalization, and cross-sector collaboration is urgently required to support this transformation of MSMEs for creating a flourishing economy.

THK “Health of Nations” hybrid session with stellar panelists Prof. Andrew Lo, Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Philip Yeo, Chairman of Advanced MedTech and Chairman of EDIS, Prof. Tarun Khanna, Professor at Harvard Business School, Suci Arumsari, Co-founder, ‘Alodokter’, Alexandra Eldemir, Head of Global Factors, Sustainability and Solutions Investment Strategy for BlackRock, Dr. John Climax, co-founder ICON and Dr. Martha Siahaan, CEO of Premier Bintaro Hospital chaired by Sir Gordon Duff, Honorary President of United in Diversity and ex-Chair of UK’s medicines agency (MHRA), and UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

Together with panelist Prof. Bambang Brodjonegoro, Head of People’s Economic Empowerment Agency KADIN Indonesia; Ronald Walla, Chair of SMEs APINDO; Leonard Theosabrata, Director SMESCO Indonesia; Donald Wihardja , CEO MDI Ventures; Tom Courly, Co-Founder, Bali Impact Capital; and Virginia Tan, Founding Partner Teja Ventures, the session announced a number of initiatives such as SMESCO hub for Bali MSMEs, $100-150 mil Bali Impact Fund, including the $50 mil Future of Consumption Fund for Southeast which has raised $10 million for startups with social and environmental impact.

Pope Francis delegation to G20, Luca Collodi, Natalin Faravelli, Father Marcin Schmidt and Benedict Mayaki, and Catharina Widjaja CEO of Alun Alun at the Tri Hita Karana Future Knowledge Summit “Intergenerational Dialogue for Our Emerging Future” in front of United in Diversity Campus Kura Kura Bali

Knowledge Innovation Technology Alliance (KITA) is an alliance comprising the United In Diversity (UID) Foundation, donors, industries, experts, global and local universities as well as distinguished domain representatives to foster knowledge and resources sharing, cultural and scientific exchanges, innovation and talent development cooperation amongst its members that is guided by the people- and nature-centric philosophy of Tri Hita Karana. Launched 14 November 2022, the MoUs were signed with member institutions such as the University of Indonesia, Islamic University of Malang, Gajah Mada University, Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB), Yogyakarta State University, Hasanuddin University of Makassar, Muhammadiyah University of Education Sorong, Malang State Polytechnic, Makassar State Polytechnic, Ujung Pandang State

Polytechnic, Gajah Tunggal Polytechnic, Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI), GASING Academy, Center for Future Knowledge, and PT Kalbe Farma, with more members expected to join in the future. KITA will be housed at the UID Bali Campus in Kura Kura Bali and will work with the Future Knowledge Prize Alliance and a broader network including the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Southeast Asia.

United In Diversity Foundation and Tri Hita Karana Forum Partners with Key Launches and Gala Dinner, 16 November 2022, attended by honorary guests, H.E. Luhut Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment, and H.E. Sandiaga Uno, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia with leading Universities faculty and partners and fellows from MIT, Tsinghua University, Harvard University, Columbia University, Rocky Mountain Institute, Oxford University, National Technology University, University of Indonesia, Institute Technology Bandung, Udayana University, and partners from Civil Society, Finance, Technology, Arts and Business sectors

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M20 Summit and Concert: “Music & SDGs: Powerful Agent of Social, Environment, and Economic Change.”

For the very first time, in the history of G20, Music is recognized as a movement to create great changes. The M20 Summit and Concert was held on 31 October and 1 November with the theme “Music & SDGs: Powerful Agent of Social, Environment, and Economic Change.” Spearheaded by the United in Diversity

Foundation and Indonesian Music Awards Foundation, and supported by the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises with all other prominent music organizations in Indonesia, the movement is nonetheless a ‘call of duty’ for artists to express their concerns and vision in powerful message. The aim is to use music as the universal language to inspire and motivate action for a shift towards sustainable living, including raising awareness on the ‘greening’ of the industry itself by reducing waste and minimising its

To all our Tri Hita Karana and United In Diversity Foundation Partners, we convey our deepest appreciation for the unwavering support in our journey towards the 2022 G20 Bali Summit, and shared commitment to align catalytic finance and technological innovation in unlocking transformative system change solutions for a sustainable and inclusive recovery for Indonesia, the region and the world.

The journey does not stop here! To support the Tri Hita Karana Forum, please reach out to info@thkforum.org carbon footprint. There were sharing sessions on best practices to support climate and the SDG goals as well as the digital transformation in the music industry. The summit also covered policy alignment to support the welfare of musicians and creative workers. H.E. Erick Thohir, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises witnessed the release of the final draft of the M20 communique which was handed over to India as the host country for the G20 Presidency in 2023.