The First Public Forum on Indonesia:
Current Political & Economic Trends
Friday, 23 July 2010
Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto UniversityAgenda
09:30 a.m.: Registration
10:00 a.m.: Opening Speeches
by Mr. Ibnu Hadi (Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in Osaka)
by Prof. Dr. Shimizu Hiromu (Director of CSEAS- Kyoto University)
10.10 a.m. – 12.20 p.m.: Contemporary Politics
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Honna Jun (Ritsumeikan University)
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Shiraishi Takashi (Executive Member of the Council for
Science and Technology Policy):“Indonesian Politics in Comparative and Historical Perspective”
Speakers:
1. Prof. Dr. Syamsuddin Haris (Head of P2P, LIPI):“Indonesia dan Politik Yudhoyono Pasca-Skandal Century" (Indonesia andYudhoyono's Politics: After the Bank Century scandal)
2. Prof. Okamoto Masaaki, CSEAS (Kyoto University):“Weakening Islamic Parties in the Islamizing Indonesia: A Paradox or Not?”
3. Prof. Dr. Dewi Fortuna Anwar (LIPI/ CSEAS Visiting Research Fellow):"Indonesia-Japan Relations: Beyond Bilateralism".
12.20 p.m. – 14.40 p.m.: Lunch
14.40 p.m. – 16.10 p.m.: Economic Challenges
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Kano Hiroyoshi (Tokyo University)
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Anwar (Ambassador of Indonesia to Japan)
Speakers:
1. Prof. Dr. Sri Adiningsih (Gadjah Mada University):“Current Economic issues in Indonesia”
2. Prof. Dr. Mizuno Kosuke (CSEAS – Kyoto University):“Alternative strategy to development in Indonesia”
3. Mr. Ibnu Hadi (Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in Osaka):“Indonesia-Japan Economic Relations”

Sri Adiningsih is the Head of Pusat Studi Asia Pasifik at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta.
She holds a Ph.D in Economics, University of Illinois, 1996 with a thesis titled “Optimal bankportfolio choice and Bank regulation: The Indonesian case.” Her publications include: (coauthored with Dini N. Setiawati, and Sholihah) “Macroeconomic vulnerability in Indonesia,” inEast Asian Development Network, Regional Project on Indicators and Analyses of Vulnerabilities
to Economic crises (Thailand Development Research Institute, 2003).

Dewi Fortuna Anwar is Deputy Chair for Social Sciences and Humanities at the Indonesian
Institute of Sciences (LIPI). She is also Director for Program and Research at the Habibie Centerin Jakarta and a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Information and Development
Studies. She obtained her PhD from Monash University, 1990 with a thesis titled "ASEAN as an
aspect of Indonesian Foreign Policy." Her BA and MA were obtained from the School of Orientaland African Studies (SOAS), University of London in 1981 and 1982 respectively. She is therecipient of Distinguished Alumni Award from Monash University in 2008. Her main publications
include: Indonesia in ASEAN: Foreign Policy and Regionalism (Singapore: ISEAS, 1994),
Indonesia at Large: Collected Writings on ASEAN, Foreign Policy, Security and Democratisation(Jakarta: Habibie Center, 2005). She is currently Visiting Research Fellow at the CSEAS, Kyoto
University.

Jusuf Anwar is the Ambassador of Indonesia to Japan. He served as the Minister of Financeunder the Presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (October 2004- December 2005). He was
Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank (in Manila) representing Indonesia, NewZealand, the Republic of Kyrgyz, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and the Cook Islands (2000-2004). He holds
a Master degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D in Law, Padjadjaran
University, Graduate School of Law.

Ibnu Hadi is the Consul General of Indonesia in Osaka. He obtained his BA in Economics,
University of Indonesia, 1986 and Master degree in Economics, Macquarie University, Australia,
1990. He has joined the Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1986 and served in Osaka as
Consul for Economics in 1996-2000 and as Consul General in Osaka since January 2010. During
his tenure as diplomat, he has been involved with economic issues, bilateral issues of trade,investment and technical cooperation, as well as regional cooperation including APEC.

Syamsuddin Haris is Head of Pusat Penelitian Politik at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences(LIPI). He holds a Master degree and Ph.D in Politics, University of Indonesia, and teaches at theDepartment of Politics, Universitas Nasional, Jakarta. His main publications include: Demokrasi
di Indonesia: Gagasan dan Pengalaman (Jakarta: LP3ES, 1995), “General Election under theNew Order”, in Hans Antlov and Sven Cederroth (eds.), Election in Indonesia: The New Orderand Beyond (Routledge Curzon, 2004), Partai dan Parlemen Lokal Era Transisi Demokrasi diIndonesia (Jakarta: LIPI Press, 2007), “Dilema Presidensialisme Pasca-Orde Baru dan Urgensi
Penataan Kembali Relasi Presiden-DPR”, in Moh. Nurhasim and Ikrar Nusa Bhakti (eds.), Sistem
Presidensial dan Sosok Presiden Ideal (Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar, 2009).

Honna Jun is Professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University. He
holds a Ph.D in Politics, Australian National University, 1999. His main publications include:“The Military Ideology in Response to Democratic Pressure during the Late Suharto Era,” inBenedict Anderson (ed.), Violence and the State in Suharto’s Indonesia (Cornell University Press,2001), Military politics and democratization in Indonesia (Routledge Curzon, 2003), “Local CivilMilitary Relations during the First Phase of Democratic Transition, 1999-2004: A Comparison ofWest, Central, and East Java”, in Indonesia 82 (2006), “The Peace Divided” in Inside Indonesia
92 (April-June 2008), “Instrumentalizing Pressures, Reinventing Mission: Indonesian Navy
Battles for Turf in the Age of Reformasi,” Indonesia 86 (2008)

Kano Hiroyoshi is Professor at Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, Tokyo University. Heholds a Doctorate degree in Economics, Tokyo University, 1990. His main publications include:"The Economic History of Javanese Rural Society: A Reinterpretation," Developing Economies
16-1 (1980), Pagelaran: Anatomi Sosial Ekonomi Pelapisan Masyarakat Tani di Sebuah Desa
Jawa Timur (Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 1990), Chubu Jawa Nouson no KeizaiHenyou: Chomaru-gun 85 nen (Economic Change in Rural Central Java: 85 Years of ComalDistrict; University of Tokyo Press, 1994), (co-edited with Frans Husken and Djoko Suryo) Di
Bawah Asap Pabrik Gula: Masyarakat desa di pesisir Jawa sepanjang abad ke-20 (Akatiga andUGM Press, 1996), Indonesia o kajiru: Chishiki no haba o hirogeru Kokoromi (MunchingIndonesia: An Attempt to Enrich Our Knowledge; Mekong Tokyo, 2003), Indonesian exports,
Peasant agriculture and the World Economy, 1850-2000: Economic structures in A Southeast
Asian state (NUS, 2008).

Mizuno Kosuke is Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. He
served as the Director of CSEAS, 2006-2010. He holds a Doctorate degree in AgriculturalEconomics, Kyoto University, 1994. His main publications includes: “Perubahan sektor ekonomi
nonpertanian dan perpindahan tenaga kerja di Desa Karang Tengah dan desa pesantren,” inHiroyoshi Kano et al. (eds.), Di Bawah Asap Pabrik Gula: Masyarakat desa di pesisir Jawasepanjang abad ke-20 (Akatiga and UGM Press, 1996), Rural industrialization in Indonesia: A
case study of community-based weaving industry in West Java (IDE, 1996), "From Colonial
Studies to Sustainable Humanosphere: Japanese Studies on Rural Southeast Asia" in Asia-Pacific
Forum (40): 1-20, (co-edited with Pasuk Phongpaichit) Populism in Asia (NUS and Kyoto
University Press, 2009).

Okamoto Masaaki is Associate Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto
University. He is interested in Southeast Asian local politics, especially Indonesia, and in theprivatization of violence in Asia. His publications include: (co-edited with Abdur Rozaki)
Kelompok Kekerasan dan Bos Lokal di Indonesia Era Reformasi (2006); “An Unholy Alliance:
Political Thugs and Political Islam Work Together,” Inside Indonesia 93 (August-October 2008);“Jawara in Power, 1998-2007,” Indonesia 86 (October 2008); and “Populism underDecentralization in Post-Suharto Indonesia,” in Mizuno Kosuke and Pasuk Pongpaichit (eds.),
Populism in Asia (NUS and Kyoto University Press, 2009), (co-edited with Ota Atsushi andAhmad Suaedy), Islam in Contention: Rethinking Islam and State in Indonesia (forthcoming).

Shiraishi Takashi has a Ph.D. in History, Cornell University in 1986 and taught at the Universityof Tokyo (1979-1987), Cornell University (1987-97), and Kyoto University (1996-2005). His
main publications include: An Age in Motion (Cornell University Press, 1990, Ohira Masayoshi
Asia Pacicfic Studies Award, available also in Indonesian with the title Zaman Bergerak),Indonesia: Kokka to Seiji (Government and Politics in Indonesia; Libroport, 1990, Suntory
Academic Award), Umi no Teikoku (The Making of a Region; Chuokoron, 2000, YomiuriYoshino Sakuzo Award), Network Power: Japan and Asia (Cornell University Press, 1997) andBeyond Japan: The Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism (Cornell University Press, 2006). He
also serves as editor of Indonesia (Cornell University) and editor-in-chief of Japan Echo. He
currently serves as executive member, Council for Science and Technology Policy and President,
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO).