International investors conference held in Bali

International investors conference held in Bali

President Megawati Soekarnoputri will address an
international three-day conference starting Thursday in Nusa
Dua, Bali aimed to attract investors into the country.

The conference titled Accessing New Opportunities is scheduled
to be attended by over 300 high-level local and international
investors, Indonesia's regulators and CEOs of Indonesia's leading
corporations, the organizer Euromoney Conference said in a
statement.

"The conference will be the first major post-Asian crisis
event that will highlight Indonesia's tremendous gains in the
last two years," the statement quoted Coordinating Minister of
Economy Affairs Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti as saying.

Designed as in-country financial roadshow, the event provides
one-on-one dialog between investors and Indonesia 's governmental
officials, regulators and top CEOs.

It said the conference was timely due to several reasons,
including the impending completion of the IMF program in
Indonesia; IBRA's almost-completed restructuring and
recapitalization of the banking and financial sector; and solid
and steady growth of the economy for the past two years.

The conference will also look into the government's response
to terrorism and security issues, and the continuing process of
the democratic and legal reforms

Aside from Megawati and Dorodjatun, the conference will
feature other speakers such as Coordinating Minister of Political
and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Minister of
Finance Boediono, senior advisor to Deutsche Bank Hubert Neiss,
vice chairman of Barclays Capital Sir David Wright, the World
Bank's vice president for East Asia and Pacific region Jemal-ud-
din Kassum. -- JP