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The Australia-Indonesia Centre's Infrastructure Cluster held its conference on 8 and 9 May 2018 in Surabaya, Indonesia. The conference brought together researchers from both nations, as well as industry and government stakeholders, to share results of the clusters research. This document outlines the events and research showcased at the event.

The Australia-Indonesia Centre has achieved levels of bi-national collaboration that mark us as a genuine contributor to science and economic diplomacy and as a unique co-creator of knowledge and innovation. In 2015, the Centre's research goal of tackling shared problems through highly collaborative research was pursued with vigour. Indeed, the notion and value of sharing was deemed paramount, and demonstrated by: Shared challenges: The AIC established interdisciplinary research clusters and other significant initiatives to address shared challenges in: • providing affordable sustainable energy to all • developing sustainable resilient ports and cities • supporting approaches to address the primary prevention of non-communicable diseases, and • improving food processing and agricultural value chains. Shared funding: Australian funding of AIC activity was supplemented by co-investment by the Indonesian government through its Ministry for Research, Technology and Higher Education. Shared expertise: Each and every AIC project assembled a team of researchers from at least one Australian and one Indonesian partner university.Shared leadership: Every stage of AIC governance contributed to a strong foundation for high quality, high impact research through the bi-national membership and direction. The research outlined in this 2015 Research Report shows promise to generate important outcomes for government, business and community stakeholders alike. In some cases outcomes are already being realised and have been rewarded with co-investment or the knowledge that the research has informed policy and management practice or shone light on the causes of and the potential solutions to our shared challenges.

The Australia-Indonesia Centre delivered the inaugural Australia-Indonesia Leaders Program in May 2015, hosting a group of emerging Indonesian leaders from government, business and academia to Australia. From May 24 – June 4, a group of 32 high-performing diplomats, think-tank members and corporate emerging leaders from Indonesia visited Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne to build networks, skills and knowledge with academic, government and business leaders in Australia. The delegates engaged with over 600 Australians through a series of leadership training courses at Australia's top universities, VIP dinner functions and cultural activities.

The 2nd Australia-Indonesia Leaders Program was delivered in November 2015 for 28 emerging leaders from government, business, academia and media across Indonesia. The 12-day program to Australia included leadership training at Australia's top universities, masterclasses with senior Australian diplomats, business and media leaders as well as a range of cultural experiences. Following the success of the inaugural program, the 2nd Australia-Indonesia Leaders Program expanded to include additional leaders from state-owned enterprises and the private sector from across Indonesia. The 2nd program ran under the theme of 'Economic Diplomacy', which was identified as a key priority for both nations.

In May 2016, the third Australia-Indonesia Leaders Program 'Economic Diplomacy, Energy and Innovation' saw 30 delegates from Indonesia and, for the first time, Australia, travel to Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne over 10 days. The Program focuses on economic diplomacy through the spectrum of energy challenges that face both nations and the innovations which will meet those challenges.

In 2016, the Australia-Indonesia Centre, in partnership with the Indonesia Financial Services Authority (OJK), launched the inaugural Australia-Indonesia Financial Leaders Program. Capitalising on the success of the previous diplomatic leaders programs, the AIFLP aimed to bring together senior members of OJK with leaders from Indonesia's private sector across financial services, insurance, consultancy and retail banking. Twenty-seven delegates visited Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne, sharing knowledge and building networks with Australian government financial regulators, private finance institutions and consultancy firms.

Focusing on public diplomacy, infrastructure, and innovative solutions to shared national challenges, the fourth Australia-Indonesia Leaders Program brought delegates to Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra from November 14-25, 2016. Delegates from government, industry and academia in both nations took part in courses with Monash Business School, Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney and Bandung Institute of Technology, as well as community engagement exercises, site visits to leading innovation hubs, and cultural activities.