Hello, Igniters!
After five prestigious competitions, three academies, tons of playground exhibitors, and a bunch of seminars, this year’s COMPFEST has finally reached its end.
The Main Event of COMPFEST was held for two days, on the 28thand 29thof September, 2019, at Balairung Universitas Indonesia. The theme for this year was “Igniting Technological Awareness on Facing the Hyperconnected Era”. There were 60+ exhibitors from Indonesia’s own startups for Playground, a gamification IT exhibition. Playground was filled with big names startups, such as Grab, DANA, Gojek, and EPSON.
There were also seminars with the topic “Unravel Indonesia’s Hyperconnected Future”. The second day of Main Event started at 9.30 with the first seminar titled “How Far Away is Indonesia from Being Cashless?”. The Moderator for this particular seminar was Rizda Dwi Prasetya, the Tech Lead of Merchant Integration at Midtrans. There were three speakers for this seminar, namely Yukie Iskandar, the Head of Business Partnership at OVO. Kelvin Gani, the Vice President of Product at Moka, and Rangga Wiseno, the Vice President of Product at DANA.
After the first seminar ended, the second seminar started. The title of the second seminar was “Talent: Gap in Tech”, unraveling the current qualities and quantities of tech talents in Indonesia. The speaker for this seminar was Giri Kuncoro, a Senior Software Engineer at Gojek.
This year’s COMPFEST ended with a Talk Show and Performances from Kunto Aji and Sal Priadi. At 14.35, Sal Priadi opened the talk show by performing his songs, namely Ikat Aku Di Tulang Belikatmu, Jangan Bertengkar Lagi Ya?, Amin Paling Serius, and Kultusan.
After Sal finished, it’s finally the time for the talk show to start. Sal Priadi was the Moderator and Kunto Aji was the Speaker. The topic of the talk show was “How the Digital Era Amplify the Creative Industry”. After the talk show, Kunto Aji performed his wonderful songs from his latest album, Mantra Mantra. Everyone was very happy!
Don’t forget to keep up with us through our social media on Twitter and Instagram @COMPFEST, and our main site http://www.compfest.idfor future notice. See you guys next year!
(Editorial Marketing/Diva)