Innovation Summit Southeast Asia (ISSA) is CME’s flagship event, organized with the Tholos Foundation (Washington, DC).
The 2025 edition was held in Jakarta on 6 May and it was supported by Universitas Prasetiya Mulya, Provalindo Nusa and Ecolex Animal Nutrition.
THE RECORDINGS FROM THE DIFFERENT SESSIONS ARE AVAILABLE HERE: https://marketedu.me/
Event Flow and Sessions
Opening Remarks (09:00 AM – 09:10 AM)
- Carmelo Ferlito – CEO, Center for Market Education (CME)
Keynote Speech: Entrepreneurship and Innovation (09:30 AM – 09:45 AM)
- Fathony Rahman – Vice Rector, Universitas Prasetiya Mulya
Keynote Speech: Indonesia’s Growth Strategy (09:45 AM – 10:00 AM)
- David G. Sumual – Chief Economist, Bank Central Asia (BCA)
Premier Launch of the International Trade Barrier Index 2025 (10:00 AM – 10:45 AM)
- Philip Thompson – Policy Analyst, Tholos Foundation
- Effendi Andoko – Expert Staff to the Minister, Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas
- Yose Rizal Damuri – Executive Director, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- Moderator: Carmelo Ferlito – CEO, Center for Market Education (CME)
Panel Discussion: A Comprehensive Strategy for Industrial Transformation (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
- Ashok Kaul – Senior Partner, Roland Berger
- Tikki Pang – Former Director, Research Policy & Cooperation, World Health Organization, Geneva
- Mada Ayu Habsar – Chairwoman, Indonesian Solar PV Association
- Fithra Faisal Hastiadi – Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia
- Moderator: Poltak Hotradero – Business Development Advisor, Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX)
Panel Discussion: Innovation, Commodities, and Food Security (01:00 PM – 02:00 PM)
- Zainul Azmi – Planner, Bureau of Plannin, Ministry of Agriculture
- Bustanul Arifin – Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Lampung (UNILA)
- Edward Manchester – Global Commercial Director, Ecolex Animal Nutrition
- Moderator: Meliyana Dahlan – Contributor, Poultry & Meat Asia
At the beginning of the panel discussion, Ecolex Animal Nutrition received the Most Innovative Company Award 2025.
Panel Discussion: Innovation and Real Estate (02:00 PM – 03:00 PM)
- Fahri Hamzah – Deputy Minister of Housing, Republic of Indonesia
- Thomas Go – Vice President, Real Estate Indonesia (REI), DKI Jakarta
- Permata Nur – Dean, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Universitas Prasetiya Mulya
- Moderator: Chandra Rambey – Vice President, Real Estate Indonesia (REI) DKI Jakarta; President, CME Indonesia
Concluding Remarks and Photo Session (03:00 PM – 03:15 PM)
- Alfian Banjaransari – Country Manager (Indonesia), Center for Market Education (CME)
The ISSA 2025 provided a comprehensive and multidisciplinary dialogue platform to discuss Indonesia’s path toward sustainable development, highlighting key drivers such as innovation, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, agriculture, and housing.
The diversity of speakers and topics ensured a holistic exploration of Indonesia’s economic strategies and opportunities.
Parallel sessions were held to discuss each topic only with the media representatives.
CME has created a dedicated webpage where the links to the recordings of the different sessions can be found: https://marketedu.me/
