Indonesian delegates

Agustian Sutrisno

Senior Lecturer, Atma Jaya Catholic University

Agustian Sutrisno is a senior lecturer at Atma Jaya Catholic University in Jakarta. He is concurrently a Consultant for Australia Awards in Indonesia. He was awarded the Prime-Minister’s Endeavour Australia-Asia Postgraduate Scholarship to undertake his PhD at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Dr Sutrisno won the 2014 QUT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award and the 2015 Outstanding Post-Graduate Thesis Award from the International Education Association of Australia. Prior to his PhD studies, he was the National Program Officer for Governance at the Jakarta Bureau of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Policy Adviser (Education and Training) at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. Dr Sutrisno completed his master’s degree from the University of New South Wales. He was the best graduate of the University of Indonesia in 2003, where he completed his BA. His research interests include knowledge transfer, higher education management, and transnational education.

Agustian is this year’s UNSW delegate.

Ahmad Fikri Harahap

Associate, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners

Ahmad is a lawyer practicing in Indonesia. He currently works with Assegaf Hamzah & Partners (a member of Rajah & Tann Asia) as associate of the Banking & Finance practice group.

He took his LLB at Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, and his LLM at the University of Melbourne. He enjoys playing guitar and swimming.

Ahmad is one of this year’s Australia Awards delegates.

Alifia Fithritama

Senior Officer of Managed Network Services, telkomtelstra

Alifia Fithritama (Fia) from Indonesia is currently a Senior Officer of Managed Network Services at telkomtelstra, a joint-venture company between Telkom Indonesia and Telstra Australia. Previously, she worked for IBM Indonesia from 2011 to 2013 until she decided to pursue a higher study. She received her joint Master degree in Erasmus Mundus Pervasive Computing and Communication for Sustainable Development (PERCCOM) from University of Lorraine, France, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, and Lulea University of Technology, Sweden in 2015. She serves as Regional Communication Manager of Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association of South-east Asia Chapter from 2014 until now. She graduated with honour from Electrical Engineering Department, University of Indonesia (UI) in 2011 and represented her university in 2010 Japan-Asia Youth Scientist and Engineer Study Visit (JAYSES). Prior to that, she received the 2009 ASEAN and South Korea International Student Leader Exchange Program scholarship to study at Daejeon University.

Alifia is one of this year’s telkomtelstra delegates.

Doni Agung Nafiri Marmer

Resource Development Officer, IDEP Foundation

Doni Marmer works as Resource Development Officer in a 17-years old local NGO called IDEP Foundation, is a community development organisation, based in Bali, working across Indonesia on a range of programs in sustainable agriculture, water security, disaster risk reduction, small islands waste management, inclusive conservation, alternative livelihoods, education training and media, and many more.

Graduated as International Relation bachelor in Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, Doni engagingly active to communicate with most of ACICIS delegates and introduce Indonesia through a different perspectives. As social, economical, and political grass root developments are part of his interest, he choose to take parts in several community development and youth empowerment projects in Indonesia that will closely ties problem solving methodology for socio-cultural and environmental problems.

Eliza Tan

Solicitor, Henry Carus + Associates

Eliza is an Australian lawyer who was born in North Sumatera and spent her formative years in Riau, Indonesia. 10 years ago she moved to Melbourne to pursue a double degree in Law and Arts from the University of Melbourne. During this time, she gained invaluable insight into Australian perspectives of the Indonesian legal system, and formed a greater awareness about how the law compares between both countries. She also gained an intimate understanding of the intricacies and idiosyncrasies unique to each culture.

After graduating her double degree with Honours, Eliza moved to Singapore where she was exposed to the legal systems and perspectives of the Singaporean jurisdiction, both through her further study for the Singapore bar examinations and work in the legal field. Alongside personal injury matters, she was also involved in cross-border transactional work between Singaporean and Indonesian companies.

Eliza recently moved back to Melbourne in order to obtain her Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, allowing her to practice law in Australia. Eliza has continued to specialise in personal injury. Eliza is also a member of the Australia Indonesia Business Council and regularly writes articles in the monthly newsletters.

Eliza looks forward to offering differentiated perspectives to the conference in a mission to bring Indonesia and Australia closer together.

Emirza Adi Syailendra

Research Analyst, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Emirza Adi Syailendra is a Research Analyst at the Indonesia Programme of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He obtained his Bachelor Degree in International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2012, and Master Degree in Strategic Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU in 2014. His research interests include: Indonesia defence policy, foreign policy, and domestic politics. He has written a dissertation on Indonesia titled “The Analysis on Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Foreign Policy (2004-2014)”. He is working on various projects related to Indonesia’s strategic culture with regards to Indonesia’s use of force and diplomacy in the post-Suharto era. Emirza’s latest field work was in Aceh and Papua. He is currently working on two pieces that are related to Indonesia’s counterinsurgency efforts in Papua as a case study and civil military relations in Aceh as another case study.

Indra Yohanes Kiling

Co-Founder, Bunga Research Community

Indra is passionate about children and disability issues in rural parts of Indonesia. He is the Co-Founder of Bunga Research Community, a small research community focusing in empowering young researchers in investigating child-related issues. He also contributes as a Research Fellow in Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change. Previously, he has worked as a lecturer in a public university and as a social worker in an International NGO.

He is a current candidate in the PhD degree at School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide. Indra’s research aims to develop a best-practice model to support the development of young children with disabilities in West Timor, Indonesia. His study is fully funded by Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education. He finished his bachelor degree in Psychology at Satya Wacana Christian University, and his master degree in Clinical Psychology at Gadjah Mada University. He loves watching thriller films in his free time.

Joos Meikhel Gaghenggang

Public Officer, Ministry of Finance

Joos is a public officer in Ministry of Finance of Republic Indonesia. He is a Head of IT Policy Subdivision in Central of Financial Information System and Technology. He holds a Bachelor of Informatics Engineering from De La Salle University of Manado. He then completed a Master of Business Process Management from Queensland University of Technology.

During his time in Brisbane, Joos was active in various activities related to enhance Indonesia-Australia relationships, such as: his responsibility as a Head of Member’s Development of PPIA in 2014-2015, his role as a Brisbane International Student Ambassador, his participation in ASEAN-Australia Youth Summit and G20 Leaders Summit, as well as his participation in volunteering activities both at campus and society.

After returning home, as an Australia Awards Alumni, he still actively involved in Australia Global Alumni and QUT Indonesia Alumni activities. He participates in several events in order to keep the networking and relationship sustained.

Joos is one of this year’s Australia Awards delegates.

Lia Zakiyyah

Communications Specialist, President’s Special Envoy on Climate Change

Lia is now serving as communication specialist for the President’s Special Envoy on Climate Change. She has been involved in various initiatives in national and regional level, both as organiser or speaker, mainly related to environment, climate change, and entrepreneurship.

She has been trained as a Climate Leader and has organised international youth session in Indonesia Pavilion at global climate change summit at COP21 in Paris last December 2015. She has been active in advocating sustainable lifestyle in Indonesia and through her network in South East Asia. Her master thesis was in the field of behavioral change communication related to low-carbon lifestyle.

She was one of the participants of Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program (AIYEP) in 2008. She sits in the board of several organisations, among others are Youth for Climate Change Indonesia and Purna Caraka Muda Indonesia East Java chapter. She is also a founder of Junior Achievement Alumni Network Indonesia, an organisation to empower young Indonesians in entrepreneurship and financial literacy.

She dances salsa regularly and enjoys singing and recording music in her spare time.

Lusia Efriani Kiroyan

Founder and CEO, Cinderella From Indonesia Center

Lucia is a social entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of “Cinderella From Indonesia Center”, based in Batam. CFIC have 4 programs on women prisoners empowerment,save street children program, entrepreneurship for poor single parent and support program for women with HIV. She is an alumnus of the Muslim Exchange Program (2012). For the last 4 years, she has focussed on women prisoners empowerment program called “Batik Girl”.

Marlon Arthur Huwae

Lecturer and policy strategist

Marlon Arthur Huwae is lecturer and policy strategist. He is currently working in University of Papua. He is also the member of IUCN Committee on Environment Economy and Social Policy. He got his master from Crawford School of Public Poilicy, ANU.

Marlon is one of this year’s Australia Awards delegates.

Mary A. Rasita

Business and Sales Analyst, MatahariMall.com

Mary A. Rasita is a Master of Arts graduate in Political Communication from the University of Leeds. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media and Communication & Political Science from the University of Melbourne, where she also received a Melbourne Global Mobility Scholarship to complete a summer exchange at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Currently a Business & Sales Analyst at Indonesia’s e-commerce giant, MatahariMall.com, Mary is also a monthly columnist for Indonesia Mengglobal, a forum for study-abroad mentorship and scholarship.

During her time in Melbourne, Mary has co-founded a Melbourne-based print magazine called Perspektif, which is publishing its sixth volume. With this role, she has served twice as a panelist for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News 24 and ABC #TalkAboutIt during discussions on Indonesia’s 2014 Legislative and Presidential Election. She has also served as a panelist for a live web conference held by The Melbourne Globalist, during which she directly conversed with Julian Assange, founder and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks.

Mikhael Yosia

Medical Intern

Mikhael has lived in both countries (Indonesia and Australia) interchangeably this past years. Though both are near in distance, vast differences present in countless of fields. He has seen how ideas present in this two countries can work hand in hand whilst at the same time witness how differences in ideology and cultures sometimes clashes.

Currently, he is completing a medical internship in Papua, serving as an assistant to the Orthopedic and Traumatology Department in one of the Indonesian Army’s hospital. He plans on staying in Papua for the long run and hopefully able to give meaningful contributions towards general healthcare for people in the rural areas.

Novia Dewi

Social entrepreneur

An enthusiast in technology innovations aiming to be a social entrepreneur. Novia has an extensive experience in managing numerous projects and business process coordination. She is a graduate of University of Technology Sydney with a Bachelor of Computer Science, used to lead and run different student organisations. Prior to that Novia worked with Goodman Group, consolidating systems across 27 countries. Latest project is on developing Lightwork Android App that won the National ENERGY GLOBE Award Australia 2016. Heavily involved in the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme for 2.5 years in New South Wales which was one of the first in the world to establish the scheme. The Energy Smart Lighting App will deliver efficiency gains across the sector, helping to deliver an estimated 5 million tons of carbon abatement and enabling stakeholders to understand the benefits of this revolutionary lighting technology.

Rey Sihotang

Deputy Chief of Staff, telkomtelstra

Rey Sihotang is the Deputy Chief of Staff for telkomtelstra, a joint venture between Telkom Indonesia and Telstra Australia. Returning back to Indonesia in 2008 after spending 14 years in California, Rey started off his career in Jakarta working in the Alarm Centre for International SOS. Being a Registered Nurse in the state of California, his medical skills came in handy when dealing with patients with critical conditions during his time with SOS.

In 2009, Rey ventured outside the medical industry and joined the Consular Department of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta (DFAT). Taking on the role as Consular Manager in 2012, Rey worked closely with the Consul and Minister-Counsellor to provide overall managerial support to the consular section, including the management of high-profile consular cases. Prior to joining telkomtelstra in early 2015, Rey spent a year in 2014 with Thiess Contractors Indonesia as Senior Specialist, Business Development for Renewable Energy and Mining.

Rey is one of this year’s telkomtelstra delegates.