MBA alumni Achmad Yahya Sjarifuddin and lecturer Yos Sunitiyoso, awarded as the Best Paper on the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Collaboration In Business, Technology, Information and Innovation (SCBTII) on 15 November 2018. The title of the paper is The Analysis of Industrial Future-Shaping on Information and Communication Technology for Indonesia with Transformative Scenario Planning Approaches.

This year, the conference focused on theme Fostering Inclusive Development and Sustainability in Industrial Revolution 4.0 through Digital Business Ecosystem where the topic of discussions included empowering disruptive innovation and data technology to foster inclusive development and sustainability.

The conference invited feature speakers from outside and inside the country. Erik Meijer, CEO of Telkom Telstra, Indonesia, came as a Keynote speaker. While for the panel discussion session the conference invited Prof. Barbara Igel (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand), Associate Prof. Sulfikar Amir (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Dodie Tricahyono (Dean of Faculty of Economics and Business, Telkom University), and Andry Alamsyah (Big Data Scientist & Director of Digital Business Ecosystem Research Center Telkom University, Indonesia).

The 9th SCBTII 2018 is a forum that provides an opportunity for all stakeholders to discuss and convey ideas those are relevant to the current Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. This is an effort to achieve a synergy in the form of a solid digital ecosystem towards inclusive and sustainable development in accordance with the Penta Helix concept which includes five important components, namely government, private sector, social organizations, education, and citizens.