Event Reports

On 10 July 2020, EuroCham Technology Working Group hosted a Webinar to highlight Digital Transformation particularly on the challenges and opportunities for businesses amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has showcased the value of Information Technology and digital transformation; those who are able to rely on the technology and transform their business model will be the ones ahead of their competition. These are things that that were shared by the key speakers, Dr. I Nyoman Adhiarna (the Acting Director of Digital Economy of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology), Alfred Fahringer (the Country Head of Siemens Healthineer Indonesia), and Nathanael Faibis (Alodokter's Co-founder and CEO). The overall discussion was moderated by Antoine Schweitzer, EuroCham Head of Technology Working Group who is also Country Head of IDEMIA.

On 8 July 2020, EuroCham Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Working Group conducted a dialogue with the Director of Cement, Ceramics, and Non-Metallic Mineral Processing Industry, Adie R. Pandiangan, to jointly discuss the Minister of Industry Regulation No 16 of 2020 on Local Content for Pharmaceuticals, which was enacted on 26 May 2020. The overall discussion was moderated by Hanum Yahya, the Head of the Pharma and Medtech Working Group.

This Meeting seeks to continue the ongoing engagement of the Working Group with the Directorate General of Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Textile Industry of the Ministry of Industry as well as obtain more detailed information on the newly released regulation, while conveying some of the concerns to reach a common understanding and follow-up actions needed for a solution. As a follow-up to this meeting, EuroCham requests participants to submit inputs related to the regulation by no later than 17 July 2020 so as to align perceptions needed for further clarification from the Ministry of Industry.