ICT for Rural Development: Digital Economy and Human Resource Development

Johnny Gerard Plate, born in Ruteng, East Nusa Tenggara in 1956. He graduated from Catholic University Atmajaya Jakarta on 1986 on Economics. He was formerly House of Representatives of The Republic of Indonesia before apointed as Minister of Communication and Informatics Indonesia.

Doctoral Degree major in Electrical Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has Competency Certification Body of Chartered Information System Auditor verified by the American Academy of Project management and also Principal Engineering on Technology Solution Center (BPPT), He was formerly Deputy of Data and Information (KPK) for 4 years. He is currently Assistance Team ICT Commission in the Research National Council (DRN), his main research interests in Telecommunication and Broadcasting,Information Technology and Electronics, Information System and Modelling.

He was a member of the principal engineer in the LAPAN-TUBSAT satellite. He was appointed as System Engineer and Chief Engineer respectively in the development of LAPAN-A2/LAPAN-ORARI (2010-2013) and LAPAN-A3/IPB (2013-2016) satellites in Indonesia, which are in orbit since 2015. He is a Senior Member of IEEE in Aerospace & Electronics Systems & Computer Society. He is currently Chair of IEEE Indonesia Section Elect 2021. His main research interests in microsatellite system engineering.

Anang Achmad Latif is a civil servant who specialized in communications and informatics fields. He started his career as Radio Spectrum Frequency planner at the Ministry of Communications and Informatics of the Republic of Indonesia. He was trusted to manage ICT infrastructure development in the Ministry. He, who was born in Bandung (West Java), graduated in Electronic Engineering at Institut Teknologi Bandung and completed his Master of Science degree in Operational Telecommunications major at Coventry University (London). He also known internationally as he served as Chairman of Special Task Force on digital TV Implementation between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore in 2009-2011. He also is a member of the ASEAN Digital Broadcasting from 2009 until present. In June 2016, he was promoted as Director of Balai Penyedia and Pengelola Pembiayaan Telekomunikasi dan Informatika (BP3TI) or known as BAKTI, a unit under the Ministry of Communication and Informatics which manage Universal Service Obligation or USO.

Erik Bohlin is Professor at the Department of Technology Management & Economics at Chalmers University of Technology. He has published in a number of areas relating to the information society - policy, strategy, and management. He is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Telecommunications Policy. He obtained his graduate degree in Business Administration and Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics (1987) and his Ph.D. at Chalmers University of Technology (1995).

As a professor of communication science at the technical University of Twente, Alexander van Deursen is interested in the role of technology in the processes of human communication and in ensuring that technology development is at the service of people. He is especially known for evaluating the contribution of technological developments within debates on inclusive societies. In a scientific manner, Alexander maps barriers of technology engagement – for example using his widely acknowledged framework of digital skills – and explains differences in the positive and negative outcomes that people receive from engagement with (emerging) Internet technology. He is interested in how different people appropriate technology into daily life, and under what conditions technology actually can be used to improve wellbeing. Alexander has published widely in communication science journals that critically discuss key issues arising from the scale and speed of technology development. His publications on digital skills and digital inequality have won awards as best dissertation worldwide on technology and communication from the International Communication Association, best dissertation in communication science in the Benelux from the Netherlands School of Communication Research, best paper award from the International Communication Association, and the UT in the Media award from the University of Twente.

Sara Bice is Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. She is Vice Chancellor’s Futures Scheme Senior Fellow for her work on The Next Generation Engagement program, Australia’s largest study into community engagement in infrastructure, to date. She is President of the International Association for Impact Assessment, the world’s leading organisation for impact assessment practitioners, researchers and clients, representing almost 7,000 members in 120 different countries. Sara is Associate Professor (Special International Guest) at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing. Sara is an award-winning author and her latest co-edited book, Public Policy in the Asian Century is available from Palgrave Macmillan.