Venue
The conference will take place at Gran Melia, Jakarta. Conveniently located in Kuningan, one of the fastest-growing areas of the Golden Triangle. Steps from the elite embassy district, the venue is outside the main traffic routes yet just 10 minutes away from the Sudirman business district and the main shopping centres. Soekarno-Hatta airport is fast 30 minutes trip by the new toll road.
Business Information
Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia, an archipelago of over 17000 islands with a population of more than 200 million, scattered over a land area of some 2.02 million square kilometers.
The ICT market in Indonesia is expected to bring opportunities for local and foreign vendors, as the country strives to embrace and deploy technologies in the hope to compete with countries in the ASEAN region.
"IT spending in Indonesia is valued at US$1.4 billion in 2003, representing 0.83% of the total Asia/Pacific IT spending market. While IT spending in Indonesia is one of the smallest in the region, its annual growth rate in 2003 is the largest in Asia/Pacific; with almost 21% in comparison to region's growth of 6%," says Huei Min Lee, Research Manager, Malaysian Enterprise Servers and Consulting Research, IDC Malaysia.
"Indonesia's IT services market reached US$206.4 million in 2003, recording an annual growth of 10.6% from 2002. Hardware deployment services take the top spot of the Indonesia IT services market with 19.7% share in 2004," says Roosman Fajar, Analyst, IT Services and Peripherals, IDC Indonesia.
"With a massive population of more than 200 million inhabitants and low teledensity, Indonesia is a market with huge growth potential for telecom services," said Lau Chi Weng, senior analyst, Asia/Pacific Telecommunications. "However, it is also a market that has been beset by challenges in terms of political and economic uncertainty. But despite these challenges, strong domestic demand and technology advancements have ensured that the overall telecommunications growth in Indonesia has not been completely derailed."
System level software makes up 67.9% of the total system infrastructure software and security software market achieved the relatively high growth of 22.3%
Related links:
- Indonesia ICT Overview
- Indonesian IT Spending by Industry
- Indonesia IT Services 2004-2008 Forecast and Analysis and 2003
- Emerging Telecommunications Markets in Asia/Pacific: Indonesia, 2003
Source: IDC
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Travel Information
If you're a golfer
There are 43 golf courses within an hour of Jakarta alone! Some of these courses are championship golf courses, including a few that are par-72. Courses in Indonesia have been designed by world-class designers including, Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus II; Thomson, Woveridge & Perret; Rodney Wright & Robin Nelson, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Greg Norman, Graham Marsh, Gary Player, Walter Raleigh Stewart and Desmond Muirhead.
Source: Living in Indonesia, a site of Expatriates.
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If you're a surfer
Bali offers over 20 top-quality breaks on the southwest and southeast coasts of the island and around the Bukit Peninsula. Some of these breaks like Padang Padang & Uluwatu are world class barreling reef breaks
Source: Wavehunters, the only surfers' choice for surf travel.
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Visa Information
The Department of Justice and Human Rights has officially determined that as of 1 February 2004:
- The Free Visa Facility (length of stay max. 30 days) will be issued to citizens of the following countries: Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macao, Morocco, Chile, Peru.
- The Visa-on-Arrival Facility (length of stay max. 30 days) will be issued to citizens of the following countries: Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United States.
- Citizens of countries not stated above are required to apply for a visa at the Indonesian Embassy/Consulate in their country of domicile.
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