Jakarta, February 12, 2025 – Association of CEOs and business and industry leaders Indonesian Business Council (IBC) is organizing the Indonesia Economic Summit (IES) 2025, an international economic forum to accelerate Indonesia’s development and economic growth. IES 2025 will be held on February 18-19, 2025 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta.

Chairman of IBC Supervisory Board, Arsjad Rasjid, emphasized that IES 2025 is designed as a forum for business actors and policy makers to discuss concrete strategies in navigating global challenges such as investment, manufacturing, sustainable energy, talent, innovation, finance.

"Indonesia’s economic growth requires close partnerships across sectors. Alignment of policies in the public sector, private and community is the key to achieving inclusive and sustainable growth," said Arsjad.

He underlined IBC’s commitment to strategically connect the private sector, government and global partners. The initial step in realizing this commitment is through IES 2025. "We hope IES 2025 will be a forum to formulate and accelerate the implementation of policies that are pro-investment and pro-economic growth."

IES 2025 brings business leaders, policy makers, and global thinkers as speakers, who will discuss effective growth strategies amidst the dynamics of the current geopolitical situation. The organizing of IES 2025 is in line with IBC’s commitment to building a resilient and competitive business ecosystem to support long-term economic growth.

IBC CEO Sofyan Djalil said that since its founding in 2023, IBC has become a forum for business leaders to collaborate and strengthen the private sector’s contribution to economic growth and prosperity. IBC members consist of private sector leaders with experience in building and advancing the industry in Indonesia.

"With the support of private sector leaders, IBC seeks to promote a good public policy environment to ease business and economic activities, thus strengthening Indonesia’s competitiveness and accelerating its economic growth," said Sofyan.

IBC also works with the government to develop strategic policy recommendations based on research and connects the private sector and policy makers. IBC’s work at the moment focuses on strengthening the role of the private sector in driving innovation and investment.

IBC COO William Sabandar said IES 2025 offers programs based on topics such as industrialization, fiscal and monetary policy, investment, food security, energy transition, trade diversification, and human talent development.

The summit will also host several roundtable sessions to bring together business leaders and strategic partners to discuss business collaboration and investment in Indonesia.

"IES will be held annually to encourage collaboration between the private sector and government. The first IES will specifically provide an in-depth view of the new Indonesian government’s economic policies," stated William.

IBC confirms 100 national and international speakers will participate at the summit. The speakers come from Indonesia, China, US, Netherlands, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Australia, South Korea, France, India, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the UK.

The upcoming event has also attracted more than 1,000 business leaders who will join as participants. The participants come from various countries accross 48 different nationalities. IES 2025 will also host VIP figures such as CEOs and leaders of leading Indonesian and foreign companies, as well as representatives of foreign countries and international organizations.

IBC invites partners, trade and industry associations, foreign government representatives and other stakeholders to join the forum. In addition to the main program, participants can take advantage of the opportunity to interact directly with business leaders and senior government officials.

For more information about IES 2025, visit the official website: www.indonesianeconomicsummit.com.

About Indonesia Economic Summit (IES): Indonesia Economic Summit (IES) is an annual international economic forum from Indonesian Business Council (IBC). Designed as a high- level platform for collaboration and innovation, IES seeks to drive competitiveness, inclusive growth, and sustainable prosperity for Indonesia. The forum reflects IBC’s commitment to advancing Indonesia’s role in the global economy.

About the Indonesian Business Council (IBC): Indonesian Business Council (IBC) is the association of CEOs and business/industry leaders of leading companies in Indonesia established in February 2023. IBC seeks to promote and strengthen Indonesia’s competitiveness, foster collaboration, and enhance the contribution of the Indonesian private sector to economic growth and prosperity, through advocacy and the creation of good public policy. Visit the IBC website for more information: https://business-council.id/.

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