Our sustainability soundtrack in Southeast Asia

[Music plays and an image appears of the CSIRO Ian Wark Laboratory building, and then the image changes to show the Australian Coat of Arms CSIRO logo on the side of a building]

[Images move through to show Octavia Rizky Prasetyo presenting, inside roof lights, a CSIRO ARRC sign on the side of a building, and then two colleagues using laptops]

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[Image changes to show Amelia Fyfield talking to the camera, and text appears: Amelia Fyfield, CSIRO Director Southeast Asia]

Amelia Fyfield:  The Data 4 Development program is a flagship of CSIRO’s engagement with Indonesia.

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around the Ian Wark Laboratory building, and three male colleagues walking towards the camera]

D4D empowers high performing data specialists from partner government agencies in South East Asia to use best practice technology to support economic growth and sustainable development.

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Octavia presenting, colleagues looking at an open laptop, and then in conversation with a male]

Selected fellows undertake a three month fellowship in Australia, working with experts at CSIRO’s data and digital specialist arm Data61 to solve complex high value development and data related problems.

[Images move through to show Brendan Dowling talking to the camera, Amelia presenting, and then Fajar Wijitrisnanto presenting, and text appears: Mr Brendan Dowling, Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]

Brendan Dowling:  Australia is committed to partnering with Indonesia to harness the opportunities and address the challenges posed by the region’s expanding digital connectivity.

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CSIRO’s Data61 is working with key Indonesian government agencies to improve cyber resilience and unlock the power of digital technologies to support sustainable economic development in our region.

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Amelia Fyfield:  Partnering with two Indonesian government agencies, the Central Bureau of Statistics or BPS, and the National Cyber and Crypto Agency of Indonesia or BSSN, we’ve welcomed four qualified civil servants to join our Data 4 Development program as fellows.

[Image changes to show Arif Handoyo talking to the camera, and text appears: Arif Handoyo, D4D Fellow 2023 BPS-Statistics Indonesia]

Arif Handoyo:  I’m Arif Handoyo Marsuhandi. I come from BPS Statistics Indonesia.

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I’m building a model to classify the paddy growth phase from the remote sensing and the build phase.

[Images move through to show Dr Eric Lehmann and colleagues walking together, Eric talking to the camera, Eric and colleagues walking down the stairs, and Eric talking to the camera, and text appears: Dr. Eric Lehmann, D4D Mentor, CSIRO Data61]

Dr Eric Lehmann:  It’s been very rewarding to be able to host Arif here for for two to three months. It’s allowed me to to be exposed to a different problem that I hadn’t worked on before and also to to improve my skills in collaboration and mentoring.

[Image changes to show Fajar talking to the camera, and text appears: Fajar Wijitrisnanto, D4D Fellow 2023, National Cyber and Crypto Agency of Indonesia]

Fajar Wijitrisnanto:  My name is Fajar Wijitrisnanto and I am from the National Cyber and Crypto Agency of Indonesia.

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I came to Australia to better solve my agency’s problem which is related to cyber threat intelligence.

[Images move through to show Dr Alsharif Abuadbba pointing at Fajar’s laptop screen, Fajar talking to the camera and then Alsharif watching Arif pointing at Fajar writing on a whiteboard]

By doing that, we hope that we could increase the other organisation’s cybersecurity resilience.

[Image changes to show Alsharif Abuadbba talking to the camera, Alsharif pointing at Fajar’s laptop and then Alsharif talking to the camera, and text appears: Dr Alsharif Abuadbba, D4D Mentor, CSIRO Data61]

Dr Alsharif Abuadbba:  The collaboration was great in the sense that they have the field experience and the pain. We have the the depth of the cybersecurity understanding and the AI and we combine those two. So I could see it as a win-win experience.

[Image changes to show Octavia talking to the camera, and text appears: Octavia Rizky Prasetyo, D4D Fellow 2024, BPS-Statistics Indonesia]

Octavia Rizky Prasetyo:  My name is Octavia Rizky Prasetyo.

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The project focuses on developing an alternative methodology to estimate a rice yield.

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It is built upon Arif’s project as well.

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We can use them to estimate the price production.

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Dika Atmawati Sukaedi:  My name is Dika Atmawati Sukaedi.

[Image changes to show Dika walking with a male into the CSIRO building, and then the image changes to show Dika talking to the camera, and text appears: Dika Atmawati Sukaedi, D4D Fellow 2024, National Cyber and Crypto Agency]

My project is about cyber security index analysis.

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Here with my mentor at Data61, I would like to tailor the suitable cyber security index for Indonesia.

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Amelia Fyfield:  After completing their fellowship in Australia, fellows returned to their respective agencies to share their progress, knowledge and experience with their colleagues and the Australian Global Alumni Network in Indonesia.

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Dr. Eng Imam Machdi M.T.:  This program is really beneficial for us.

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We can use the Earth observation to produce the official statistics in agriculture.

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We collaborate with the National Development Planning Ministry and also the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Research and Innovation Agency to bring up this project into reality.

[Images move through to show Drs. Slamet Aji Pamungkas talking to the camera, Slamet presenting, colleagues posing, Fajar presenting, and then Slamet talking to the camera, and text appears: Drs. Slamet Aji Pamungkas, Deputy for Cyber Security and Economic Cryptography, The National Cyber and Crypto Agency of Indonesia]

Drs. Slamet Aji Pamungkas:  This program is highly beneficial as it enhances the skills, abilities and expertise of the human resources at BSSN, thereby supporting cybersecurity in Indonesia.

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Amelia Fyfield:  We hope that through this fellowship we can drive impactful solutions, build stronger collaborations and share the benefits to broader communities, not only in Indonesia but across the region.

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