99designs Cafe was back in Surabaya again last month on October 29th at Cafe Heerlijk at the Central Bank Library (Perpustakaan Bank Indonesia). To Special Database celebrate the Youth Pledge Day, which falls on the day before, we handed out red & white T-shirts, the colors representing the Indonesian flag. Big thanks to Cafe Heerlijk and the Perpustakaan Special Database Bank Indonesia for letting us use their awesome space! IMG_9834 During the event.
We had the pleasure and honor of having Special Database Junanto Herdiawan (Iwan) as one of our speakers. He’s the Chief Economist at the Bank Indonesia Regional Office in Surabaya, as well as an author and a flying traveller (check out his awesome Special Database photos on Instagram). 99 cafe Bank Indonesia’s Chief Economist Junanto Herdiawan (or Iwan as Special Database he likes to be called) delivers a fun yet insightful commentary on today’s creative economy Although his talk was short, it was fresh and inspiring. He spoke about how the creative industry can help increase the economical growth of a country, particularly Indonesia.
There are plenty of resources, and it’s great to see that even Bank Indonesia is supporting this creative growth by providing a space where these Special Database creatives can market and promote their products: “Currently, Indonesia’s economic growth is heading towards the extraction of natural resources, eg. coal, oil, and palm trees. Natural resources can Special Database one day be exhausted, but creativity will never run out. Where there are people, creativity exists. As time goes on, our ideas will keep on evolving,” said Iwan. Our audience definitely believes that he was an insightful and a fun speaker to have!