JID Discussion Forum 2025 Schedule Released

Various strategic issues regarding city development and the future of Jakarta are ready to be discussed through a series of seminars and discussion forums titled 'Innovation Talks'.

innovation is a shared space for all city residents

As part of the Jakarta Innovation Days (JID) 2025: Explore, Connect, Impact! series, this forum serves as a platform for sharing ideas and perspectives across sectors, involving university leaders, research institutions, creative industry players, and communities.

Jakarta Innovation Days 2025: Exploration Space for the Various Potentials of Jakarta City

The Innovation Talks session featured more than 90 speakers from various fields, including Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Irene Umar, Deputy Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Veronica Tan, Hilmar Farid, Ilham Habibie, Bambang Susantono, Iyas Lawrence, Adjie Santosoputro, Candra Darusman, Georgius Budi Yulianto, Elisa Sutanudjaja, Gerald Sebastian, and Diana Nazir.

Head of Jakarta Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda), Atika Nur Rahmania, said that this seminar forum provides a meeting place for university leaders, research institutions, and collaborative partners to exchange strategic ideas towards strengthening research, innovation, and academic collaboration that are rooted in the city's real needs.

"JID 2025 for Jakarta Provincial Jakarta means innovation is a shared space for all city residents," she said, Monday (10/20).

All seminars will take place at various locations in the Dukuh Atas area, such as the Thamrin Nine Ballroom, the Dukuh Atas Transport Hub, and Jalan Blora. She hopes these forums will foster a closer exchange of ideas between the government, academics, and the public.

"So that every research and innovation result can make a real contribution to the development of an empowered, inclusive and sustainable city," she stated.

Here are the complete schedules of Jakarta Innovation Days 2025;

October 21, 2025

• 1 PM–2 PM — Research & Innovation Ecosystem: Connecting Government, Startup, and Academia in Jakarta

• 4 PM–5:30 PM — Talk Human to Me!: How to Do Research That Actually Connects?

• 7 PM–8:30 PM — This City Needs You: Let’s Talk Innovation (and Where to Start)?

October 22, 2025

• 1 PM–2:30 PM — Living the City: Rethinking Housing, Mobility, & Spaces

• 1 PM–2:30 PM — Thousand of Possibilities! Innovating Livability in Kepulauan Seribu

• 1 PM–2:30 PM — Techsavvy+Inclusive: Enhancing Health Ecosystems for All

• 3 PM–4:30 PM — Digital Jakarta: Transforming City Services

October 23, 2025

• 1 PM–2:30 PM — Together, We Innovate the City

• 1 PM–2:30 PM — Smart, Safe, Sustainable: How Tech Can Make Cities Climate-Ready

• 1 PM–2:30 PM — Harvesting Innovation: Building Food-Resilient Cities for All

• 1 PM–2:30 PM — Connected Jakarta: Building Accessible and Sustainable Mobility

• 2 PM–3:30 PM — Blok M: Innovation for Identity and Urban Livability

• 3 PM–4:30 PM — From Local Vibes to Global Feeds: Reinventing Culture and Tourism for the City

• 7 PM–8:30 PM — Performative Architecture: Rethinking Jakarta in an Age of Urban Challenges

October 24, 2025

• 3 PM–4:30 PM — A City’s Pulse: Dukuh Atas as the Model of Urban Fusion

• 3 PM–4:30 PM — Circular by Design: How the Creative Economy Shapes Tomorrow’s Cities

• 3 PM–4:30 PM — Making Cities Feel Human: Social Needs, Public Care, and Local Action

• 3 PM–4:30 PM — The Everyday City: Safe, Green, and Open for All

• 7 PM–8:30 PM — Mindful City: Why Mental Health is Urban Health?.