CURRICULUM VITAE DR. DINO PATTI DJALAL Dr. Dino Patti Djalal ...

- Founded the International Conference on Futurology (ICF) in 2011, an open
forum for officials and experts to discuss future trends on various subjects :
geopolitics, business, world economy, military, information technology, cyber
warfare, youth, energy, food, transport, architecture, etc. The Conference – free
of charge and open to public - is now held in Jakarta annually; the second ICF in
October 2012 was attended by 1,200 participants.
- Launched the American batik design competition in 2011, the first foreign
competition to challenge fashion designers and graphic artists to design
Indonesian batik with American style.
- Initiated a Speech Writer Training Program exclusively for Indonesian officials
at Georgetown University. This very competitive program runs for 4 months and
conducted twice a year – it also includes training at a local comedy school. The
program aims to produce 100 high-quality Indonesian speech writers by 2014.
- Initiated a special presentation at the United States Congress on “Evolving
Compatibility between Islam and Democracy”, on February 2012 to underscore
the theme that Islam and democracy can go together in the 21 st century.
Ambassador Djalal has continued to speak about this issue at numerous
Universities and thinktanks in the United States.
- Organized the first “Indonesia Investment Day” at the New York Stock Exchange
in Wall Street in September 2012, opened by President Yudhoyono and attended
by 11 Indonesian Cabinet Ministers.
- Facilitated the production of “The Philosopher”, the first Hollywood film ever
shot entirely in Indonesia.
- Facilitated a wildlife agreement to protect “orangutan” between Dr. Birute
Galdikas and Indonesia’s palm oil company Sinarmas. Dr. Galdikas is an
international icon and life-long activist for the protection of orangutan, and the
subject of an award-winning documentary called “Born to be Wild”. This
agreement led to the adoption of “zero tolerance” and strict “no harm, no kill”
policy to protect and preserve orangutans by Sinar Mas, Indonesia’s largest palm
oil company. (Note : Indonesia is the world’s largest palm oil producer)
ORGANIZATIONS and PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Dino Patti Djalal is a member of the Governing Board of the Institute for Peace and
Democracy, which was established by the Bali Democracy Forum; and a member of the
Executive Board of the Indonesian Council on World Affairs (ICWA). He has recently
joined the Board of Trustees of the World Resources Institute (WRI), an international
NGO devoted to the environment, based in Washington DC.