Habibie to open seminar

Habibie to open seminar

JAKARTA (JP): State Minister for Research and Technology B.J.
Habibie will open a one-day seminar on product and professional
liability at the Horison Hotel in Bandung, West Java, on
Thursday.

The seminar, organized by the state-owned aircraft
manufacturer PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) and The
Bandung Lawyers, will be entitled: Coping with Product and
Professional Liability towards Indonesia's Main Product and
Service by the Year 2003.

IPTN said in a statement here over the weekend that the
seminar will discuss various topics, including product liability
in the aviation industry, professional and product liability in
Indonesia, professional liability in the service sector and
insurance.

Product liability is the responsibility of producers over loss
experienced by consumers of their products, while professional
liability is the responsibility of professionals over loss
experienced by consumers or a third party from their service or
advice.

Knowledge of both issues are important for Indonesian
businesspeople and professionals in the anticipation of the free-
market era beginning in 2003, IPTN stated.

Besides the keynote speaker Minister Habibie, speakers will
include Habibie's son, Ilham Akbar Habibie, who is the head of
IPTN's N-2130 aviation program, Komar Kantaatmadja, a professor
at Padjadjaran University's School of Law, Cahyana Achmad Jayani,
president of PT Pos Indonesia, E. Saefullah, a professor at the
Padjadjaran University, and Djasiman, technics director of PT
Berdikari Insurance. (jsk)