Organizing Committee

The official conference host will be The Center for Agrarian Studies (Pusat Kajian Agraria, or PKA) of the Bogor Agricultural University (Institut Pertanian Bogor, or IPB), Indonesia. IPB is the largest and oldest agricultural university in Indonesia, and is situated in Bogor, West Java, and 60 kilometers south of the capital, Jakarta.

PKA was established in December 1999 as the newest in a suite of research institutes at IPB. The Center is devoted to the study of agrarian questions in support of the agrarian reform process in Indonesia. The Center’s staff and directors include many of Indonesia’s foremost scholars in the field of agrarian research.

The Center’s goals are:

• To promote the development of policies in agrarian and related fields in support of a balanced fulfilment of the state’s as well as community-wide interests.
• To provide references and recommendations through studies of agrarian problems and issues.
• To foster the development of expertise in the field of agrarian studies.
• To foster the cooperation between national as well as international institutions

 

Conference Chairperson and Organizing Committee

Conference Chairperson:

Ernan Rustiadi
Director of the Center for Regional Development Planning, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)

Co-Chairperson:

Satyawan Sunito
Executive Secretary of the Center for Agrarian Studies, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)

Conference Coordinator

Tejo Wahyu

Conference Secretary

Heny Hannie

Organizing Committee:

Moira Moeliono
Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research

Herry Purnomo
Consultant, Center for International Forestry Research

Soeryo Adiwibowo
Faculty of Human Ecology, Dept. of Communication & Community Development, IPB

Endriatmo Soetarto
Faculty of Human Ecology, Dept.of Communication & Community Development, IPB

Damayanti Buchori
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, IPB

Laksmi Savitri
Center for Agrarian Studies, Bogor University

Hariadi Kartodihardjo
Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Product Technology, IPB

Martua Sirait
International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Craig Thorburn
Senior Lecturer Monash University-Australia