UNAIR NEWS聽– Two 东京热 students were selected among the 10 delegates of universities from different countries who had the opportunity to participate in an event called Indonesia Global Scholars Forum (IGSF), a forum of academic meetings that took place on February 23-25, 2018 in Perth, Australia.
Through a selection process, selected 10 papers were entitled to attend the conference, one of them paper belongs to students of Faculty of Pharmacy .聽The two students are Rebhika Lusiana and Erwin Chandra Christiawan who are studying in their final semester.
Besides UNAIR, other delegates came from the University of Birmingham, the University of Canberra, Wollongong University, Gadjah Mada University, and Darussalam University Gontor.
“There were ten selected papers.聽Our paper is one of them, “Rebhika told聽UNAIR NEWS聽on Wednesday, February 2.
The event was held for three days at Murdoch University and the Republic of Indonesia Consulate General in Perth.
“Our team was the only undergraduate student.聽Other delegates were mostly post-graduates, taking a master or Ph.D., “added the student who has attended the conference abroad for five times.
In the聽event themed聽Global Maritime Fulcrum, Rebhika and Erwin presented a paper on Indonesian marine in the field of pharmacy.聽Under the guidance of Catur Dian Setiawan, S.Farm., M.Kes., Apt., they drafted a paper entitled聽Intelegente Salzfabrik: 聽The Concept of Self-Integrated Pharmaceutical Raw Materials Industry which is Energy Independence and High Accessibility on Coastal with Sea Toll and Power Flow to Achieve an Imported Medicine Raw Materials Independence in Indonesia.
In the paper, Rebhika and Erwin focuses on the concept of energy-independent pharmaceutical salt industry with high accessibility.聽The goal is to free Indonesia from the dependence of imported raw materials, especially pharmaceutical salts.聽Both wrote the paper with Danik Mahfirotul Hayati.聽However, due to some obstacles, Danik failed to participate in Australia.
“Up to now 95% of raw materials in Indonesia are still imported from various countries.聽The concept of our聽intelligent salzfabrik聽is expected to free Indonesia from the problem, “added the student from Bojonegoro.
“Aussie is a clean and tidy country, just like any other developed country.聽Its transportation made me envious.聽Indonesia should be like that, and even better later,” said Rebhika about the first time setting foot in Australia.
Her experience of meeting great people makes Rebhika feels compelled to contribute more to Indonesia.聽Rebhika continued, nationalism really grows when we are being in other country.
“I am very happy to meet聽great聽speakers聽, especially ProfessorHasyim Djalal (Indonesian diplomat and international marine law expert, ed), Dino Pati Djalal (diplomat, son of Hasyim Djalal, ed) and other professors or meet other delegates.聽Very happy, “said Rebhika.
Erwin, with the participation in the conference, understood that many of the natural resources existing in the maritime of Indonesia has not been properly processed.聽As a pharmacy student, he admitted that there are opportunities to cultivate and develop maritime Indonesia.
“Many countries are eyeing marine resources around Indonesia so as a nation that wants to be maritime axis we have to work together with every stakeholder,” said Erwin.聽(*)
Author: Binti Q. Masruroh
Editor: Nuri Hermawan
