The first Australia–Indonesia Science Symposium brought together more than 100 leading researchers and emerging scientists to find out how science and innovation can meet shared challenges.
Held over four days, scientists from the two nations shared their research, looking for solutions to some of our most pressing challenges in health, marine science, climate change and agriculture.
On track to become the fourth largest economy in the world by 2050, Indonesia is undergoing massive economic and social change. Poverty is declining, health is improving, and the nation is urbanising.
Indonesia is keen to develop energy, health, water and food security, with Indonesians being early adopters of new technologies.
Using social media to inform scientific policy, developing drought-tolerant crops, breeding dengue resistant mosquitoes, working with big data and managing marine and coastal health to address climate change were just a few of the topics covered at the symposium.
The event was jointly organised by the Australian Academy of Science, the Indonesian Academy of Sciences, the EMCR Forum, and the Indonesian Young Academy of Sciences with the support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Indonesian Ministry of National Development and Planning (Bappenas) and the Knowledge Centre Initiative.
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