Recently ‘Asianization’ becomes a new icon after hundreds years of ‘Westernization’. The shift of pendulum generated some consequences; some of them lead to natural resources depletion, shortage of carbon based energy, shortage of food and water, as well as over-utilization of natural and/or over/under-utilization of human resources. The future economic and technology heavily rely on either the proper utilization of Asian natural resources, or well-prepared human resources.

Take for instance Indonesia. The country has huge preserve of the natural and human resources, of which will strongly affected by these pendulum movements. The effects can be both positive and negative, depending on how the stakeholders oblige the movements. The positive effect will lead the country to sustainable future; however the negative side will bring the country to the hundreds of years of environmental disaster, poverty and hunger.

On the other side, every country can own one or several competitive advantages but the difficulty is figuring out and determining what they are. Furthermore, the next challenge that will be faced is how to create some special and unique characteristics of the nation which cannot be replicated by competitors, or can only be replicated with great difficulties. In addition, some factors must be addressed to foster competitive advantage, such as how to acquire a sound macro economic condition to attract and sustain private sector participation in long-term investment.

From these situations, it can be concluded that socio-culture, economic, scientific and technological cooperation are important factors to empower relationship among countries. The scientific conference is one medium to discuss and elaborate the region competitive advantage by presenting ideas, innovations and breakthroughs from different fields. The desire and ability to continuously learn from any sources anywhere and to rapidly convert this learning into action is an ultimate competitive advantage.

Therefore, the Indonesian Student Association (ISA) in Kansai, Japan, will organize an international conference to answer the above mentioned issues.

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