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Indonesian Ministry of Industry held the Indonesia 4.0 Conference & Expo 2021 online from  August 18 to 20, 2021. Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said in a written statement, Thursday (19/8) that this event could be a venue for showing the world about the capabilities of manufacturing sector and other sectors in Indonesia to transform to industry 4.0.

The Indonesia 4.0 Conference & Expo 2021 was organised  by the Industrial Services Policy and Standardization Agency of the Ministry of Industry. It was held to coincide with the celebration of the 76th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia. Thus, according to the Minister of Industry, this event is also the right momentum to continue to improve national unity and integrity through collaboration towards Indonesia 4.0. In accordance with the theme of this year's celebration, 'Indonesia Resilient, Indonesia Grows', it is hoped that the manufacturing industry sector will be independent, sovereign, advanced, just and inclusive. He added that the implementation of Making Indonesia 4.0 would be able to encourage the growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) by 1-2 percent per year. Thus, it will increase from the baseline of 5 percent to 6-7 percent in the period 2021-2030.

The Indonesia 4.0 Conference & Expo 2021 is also intended to be a forum to strengthen networks between policy makers, industry players, technology providers and academics. In this activity they can share ideas and research results related to the latest technology and solutions as a formula to support the acceleration of industrial transformation in Indonesia.

The Head of the Standardization and Industrial Services Policy Agency of the Ministry of Industry, Doddy Rahadi, said that the acceleration of the transformation of industry 4.0 in Indonesia is one of the government's efforts to restore the national economy. Synergy and collaboration between parties in the industrial 4.0 ecosystem in Indonesia is very important in order to accelerate the transformation process of Industry 4.0. These parties include the government, industry players/associations, universities, academics and R&D institutions, technology providers, consultants, and financial players.