International Management Accounting Conference (IMAC) Held at the Jakarta Stock Exchange

The ICMA Indonesia Branch held a symposium titled the ‘International Management Accounting Conference (IMAC)’ on Dec 6, 2016, at the Jakarta Stock Exchange. It had 150 very senior participants. At the conference, Professor Bambang Brodjonegoro who is currently the Minister of National Development Planning and Mr. Ignasius Jonan, who is currently the Indonesian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources were inducted to the Global Management Accounting Hall of Fame for their Lifetime of Achievement to the profession in Indonesia.

A number of leading public servants, academics and practitioners spoke at the conference, including Professor Bambang Brodjonegoro, who outlined the National Development Plan of Indonesia for the next 5-years. The speakers from Australia were Professor Janek Ratnatunga, the CEO of ICMA who spoke on the topic, “Sustainable Cost Accounting: Air, Water and Food”; and Prof Brendan O’Connell, the President of ICMA and Professor of Accounting, RMIT University, who spoke on “Anti-Money Laundering Legislations and CFO Responsibilities”.

Mr. Joni Pathiban, CMA, the President of the ICMA Indonesia Branch taking a ‘selfie’ with Professor Bambang Brodjonegoro, the Minister of National Development Planning of Indonesia, at IMAC held at the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
The Organising Committee of the ‘International Management Accounting Conference (IMAC)’ held at the Jakarta Stock Exchange, with Prof Brendan O’Connell, ICMA President and Prof Janek Ratnatunga, ICMA CEO. The second from the right is Mr. Yohanus, the Head of the Organising Committee.

The symposiums were reported in many National and Regional News, including television and newspapers. Congratulations to the entire Indonesian organising teams for the magnificent Conference.

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Professor Janek Ratnatunga is CEO of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants. He has held appointments at the University of Melbourne, Monash University and the Australian National University in Australia; and the Universities of Washington, Richmond and Rhode Island in the USA. Prior to his academic career he worked with KPMG.
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