As AI becomes the defining technology of our era, nations face a critical question: will they merely consume AI, or will they create it? Indonesia — home to one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing digital populations — is taking deliberate steps to move from consumer to creator, through a national strategy firmly anchored in AI talent development.
In this session, Dr. Said Mirza Pahlevi will share how Komdigi, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, is spearheading this transformation through the AI Talent Factory (AITF) — a structured, multi-stakeholder collaboration between government, academia, and industry, designed to cultivate AI specialists capable of building sovereign, locally-developed solutions.
Attendees will gain insight into Indonesia’s national AI talent roadmap, the public-private-academic model driving it forward, and the broader vision of achieving national AI sovereignty in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. This session offers valuable and timely perspectives for policymakers, technology leaders, and organisations across the Asia-Pacific region navigating their own AI capability journeys.