The conference, with the theme "Towards An Inclusive Democratic Indonesian Society: Bridging the Gap Between State Uniformity and Multicultural Identity Patterns", a theme which reviewer Alexander Claver described as "timely" owing to the issues of managing diversity and "societal heterogeneity and homogeneity".
Konferensi ini bertemakan "Towards An Inclusive Democratic Indonesian Society: Bridging the Gap Between State Uniformity and Multicultural Identity Patterns", tema yang dianggap "pas" oleh Alexander Claver karena saat itu berkembang isu mempertahankan keragaman dan "heterogeneitas dan homogeneitas masyarakat".