Norway-RI to hold technology seminar<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A 140-member delegation of governmental
\nofficials, scientists and businesspeople from Norway is expected
\nto arrive here next week to hold discussions with their
\nIndonesian counterparts in a seminar on technology.<\/p>\n
Norwegian Ambassador Jan Wessel Hegg announced yesterday that
\nthe three-day seminar from Oct. 15 to Oct. 17 will be held at the
\nAgency for Technology Assessment and Application (BPPT) building
\nunder the co-sponsorship of the agency and the Norwegian Research
\nCouncil.<\/p>\n
The \"Norwegian-Indonesian Science and Technology for
\nSustainable Development\" seminar will be jointly opened by State
\nMinister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie and Norway's
\nMinister of Trade and Energy Jens Stoltenberg, who will lead the
\ndelegation.<\/p>\n
Hegg said that the delegation's visit is a follow-up to the
\nofficial visit by Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland
\nto Indonesia in September last year.<\/p>\n
\"In her conversation with President Soeharto, both leaders
\nagreed that it would be natural for Norway and Indonesia to work
\ntogether in the cause for sustainable development,\" Hegg said.<\/p>\n
The seminar will focus on technologies for oil and gas, marine
\nand maritime, hydropower, environment, aquaculture and
\ninformation, he said.<\/p>\n
Trulyanti Sutrasno, a deputy chairwoman at BPPT, will chair
\nthe seminar's steering committee together with the ambassador.
\nTrulyanti said that after the seminar the Norwegian delegation
\nwill tour several companies in Indonesia, including the state-
\nowned PAL shipbuilding firm in Surabaya, the state-owned aircraft
\nmanufacturer PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) in
\nBandung.<\/p>\n
Stoltenberg is also scheduled to meet with Minister of Mines
\nand Energy I.B. Sudjana, Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky
\nAriwibowo, top executives from state-owned oil company Pertamina
\nand members of the National Commission on Human Rights. (jsk)<\/p>",
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