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Indonesia to host ASEAN Regional Entrepreneurship
Summit in Bali, July 22-24
Over 200 delegates from throughout
ASEAN, India and China expected to attend;
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and
Google Executive Chairman Dr. Eric E. Schmidt to
address the Summit
Jakarta date – The Minister of Trade of the
Republic of Indonesia, Dr. Mari Pangestu,
announced today that the ASEAN Regional
Entrepreneurship Summit (RES) will occur at the
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Denpassar, Bali, July 22 to 24.
The RES is the first regional follow-on to
Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by U.S. President
Barack Obama in Washington DC in April, 2010.
Indonesia sent the second largest delegation among
the 55 countries to President Obama’s Summit and
committed to hold a follow on Summit to continue
the dialogue around the importance of
entrepreneurship in creating jobs, promoting
innovation, and driving economic growth.
Dr. Pangestu announced that U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton will address the
Summit. In addition, a keynote address will be
offered by Dr. Eric E. Schmidt, Executive Chairman
of Google Inc. The Summit is expected to host over
200 delegates throughout ASEAN as well as India
and China. It is timed to occur concurrently with
the ASEAN Regional Foreign Ministers Meeting, also
in Denpassar, Bali.
The Summit will follow the U.S. Department of
State-led Entrepreneurship Delegation to Indonesia
where 13 leading American entrepreneurs and
early-stage investors will meet with over one
hundred of Indonesia’s best start-up teams. The
Summit is being organized on behalf of the
Government of Indonesia by the Global
Entrepreneurship Program Indonesia (GEPI) in
collaboration with Global Entrepreneurship Program
(GEP) of the U.S. State Department. GEPI is also
host for the Entrepreneurship Delegation.
The Regional Entrepreneurship Summit will present
prominent local and international speakers along
with high level participants from the United
States, ASEAN countries, India and China. Minister
Pangestu said that “the Summit aims to catalyze
the entrepreneurship agenda in Indonesia and
connect Indonesia’s rapidly growing startup
community with major investors and
entrepreneurship networks in the United States and
Asia.” She added that it was “an honor for
Indonesia to be the first country to host the
continuation of the conversation following
President Obama’s hosted historic Summit on
Entrepreneurship held in Washington DC in April
2010 and to be able to welcome Secretary Clinton
to Indonesia for this purpose.”
Commenting on the presence of Google Executive
Chairman Eric Schmidt, Chris Kanter, Chairman of
GEPI said, “We are very happy to have Dr. Schmidt,
Executive Chairman of Google Inc., come to keynote
the RES. Google is one of the world’s leading
examples of the power of successful
entrepreneurship. Google is a company that is
young in an industry that didn’t even exist 20
years ago. It is now the largest company in one of
the largest and most important industries in the
world. This is perhaps the best example of the
power and promise of entrepreneurship. Having Dr.
Schmidt come to Indonesia to spread this message
is a telling sign of the importance of our country
and this region as an emerging hub of
entrepreneurship.”
According to Steven Koltai, Senior Advisor,
Entrepreneurship at the U.S. Department of State,
“Indonesia is one of the key countries of focus
for The Global Entrepreneurship Program because we
see it as a prime example of an emerging country
that is about to take off, in large part through
the power of entrepreneurship. We are happy to be
helping Global Entrepreneurship Program Indonesia
get up and running, as what we expect will be one
of the drivers of a growing entrepreneurial
culture in Indonesia.” The RES follows on the
heels of the GEP Entrepreneurship Delegation,
which will take place July 19-22, 2011 in Jakarta.
The finalist for best tech and non-tech early
stage and growth stage companies from the
delegation’s Showcase of Indonesia’s Entrepreneurs
will be announced in a nationally televised Finale
ceremony on July 22, 2011 in Bali. This Finale
Ceremony is also the kick-off to the RES.
Dr. Eric E. Schmidt is the Executive Chairman of
Google. He served as CEO of Google from 2001 –
2011, and previously as chairman and CEO of Novell
and chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems.
He is a member of the President’s Council of
Advisors on Science and Technology and the Prime
Minister’s Advisory Council in the U.K.
Further information about the Regional
Entrepreneurship Summit, the entrepreneurship
delegation, and GEPI can be found at http://www.gep-indonesia.org
and twitter: @GEPIndonesia. Press inquiries should
be addressed to: Dian Abubakar at dabubakar@webershandwick.com.
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Jakarta, 14 February 2011
BALI, INDONESIA HOST OF WORLD RENEWABLE ENERGY CONGRESS – INDONESIA & INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Indonesian Renewable Energy Society (METI – IRES) has launched the plan for organizing the international gathering of experts and practitioners of renewable energy and energy efficiency, World Renewable Energy Congress - Indonesia & International Conference & Exhibition on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency ("WREC- Indonesia 2011") which will be held on 17 - 19 October 2011 at Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC), Nusa Dua.
Acting as Host WREEEC 2011 in Bali is METI - IRES in cooperation with World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) based in United Kingdom (UK).
Bearing the theme "Boosting the Use of Low Carbon Energy for a Better World", WREEEC 2011 is expected to attract some 1500 participants/delegates from all over the world.
The Chairman of Indonesian Renewable Energy Society (METI - IRES), Ir. Hilmi Panigoro, MSc., emphasized the importance of Indonesia being host of World Renewable Energy Congress - Indonesia & International Conference & Exhibition on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency ("WREC -Indonesia 2011") is to promote the investment of clean and renewable energy in Indonesia as well as energy efficiency having strategic role to reduce the dependency to fossil energy and manage its negative impacts to the environment. "We are proud to organize and host WREC-Indonesia 2011 and hope this event will enable participants both from developing and developed countries to boost the utilization of clean and renewable energy worldwide".
The Conference will also discuss in energy efficiency as strategic component essential in the world strategy for future energy management and efforts to reduce Green House Gas causing global climate change we are facing at the moment. "We also wish the Conference will result in producing recommendations and inputs for establishing workable strategy and national action plans on these issues," said Hilmi Panigoro.
In the meantime, Chairman of Organizing Committee WREC-Indonesia 2011, Dr. Herman Darnel Ibrahim, said that, WREC-Indonesia 2011 is a forum for government officials, decision makers and regulators, politicians and legislators, scientists, experts and academicians, NGO, business executives, bankers and industry players, developers, operators, and entrepreneurs dealing with renewable energy and energy efficiency businesses. "Conference participants will exchange new knowledge and technology as well as experiences within all aspects. In conjunction with Conference, an Exhibition will be held to open opportunities for participants to show current technologies and exhibit products and services using clean and renewable energy as well as green technology," said Herman Darnel.
Chairman of OC Herman Darnel continued that the Conference is expected to function as a place to study and exchange valuable experience and knowledge in new and renewable energy as well as energy efficiency for business players, electrical services operators (PLN and their working partners), academicians, community and practitioners of energy, both in the central and local.
In line with the Conference theme and added with the newly established Directorate General of New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia, the Conference is expected to become a momentum and new boost for a bigger and more effective utilization of new and renewable energy.
There are a number of topics in new and renewable energy to be discussed in WREC Indonesia, Bali 2011 in Bali, namely Geothermal, Hydro Energy, Solar Energy, Biomass, Ocean Energy, Wind Energy. In energy efficiency, topics to be discussed include development and technology applied which could save energy in industry and commerce as well as transportation. Moreover, other topics to be discussed are Low Carbon Technology, New and Renewable Energy Financing, Environment Management and Carbon Trade. Conference participants will also be offered to visit some new and renewable energy projects located around Bali and Lombok (West Nusa Tenggara).
WREC-Indonesia 2011 is supported by a number of Indonesian ministries and institutions related with the development and utilization of new and renewable Energy, namely Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, State Ministry of Research and Technology, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Agency for Assessment & Application and Technology (BPPT), National Energy Council, and ISESCO (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Moreover, the Conference is also supported by private sector, both local and international.
For more information, please contact:
Ika Nazaruddin
Secretariat of WREC Indonesia, Bali 2011
c/o Pacto Convex Ltd.
Tel: (62-21) 570 5700 Ext. 432 or 571 9973 (direct)
Fax: (62-21) 570 5798
Mobile: 0812 1000 469
Email: Ika_nazar@cbn.net.id
Website: www.wreeec2011bali.com
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