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August 10 -13 2023
Hotel Lombok Raya, Lombok, Indonesia

Welcome Message by the President of AFISMI

Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb.
It is a great pleasure for the Indonesian Associa on of Physicists in
Medicine (AFISMI) to contribute in organizing an 21st SEACOMP and 6th
PIT FMB in Lombok Raya, Mataram. This event is an excellent opportunity
for member of AFISMI to par cipate and contribute to an interna onal
scien fic conference where they can meet and interact with our
colleagues from ASEAN countries and beyond.

AFISMI and the Indonesian Alliance of Medical Physics Educa onal
Ins tu ons (AIPFMI) have regularly organized a na onal scien fic mee ng in Medical Physics and
Biophysics, star ng in 2017 in Depok with Universitas Indonesia as the host. Since then, we have
managed to keep the con nuity of this event by holding it in Semarang for 2nd na onal mee ng
(2018), Bali for 3rd mee ng (jointly held with 17th SEACOMP in 2019), Makassar for 4th na onal
mee ng (2021), and Malang for 5th na onal mee ng (2022).

A er the official recogni on by the government in 2007, the number of medical physicists in
Indonesia as health professional is growing rapidly in 5 years. Currently, we have around 700 clinical
medical physicists working in radiotherapy, diagnos c and interven onal radiology, and nuclear
medicine departments. In addi on, we have around 150 medical physicists working in universi es,
regulatory bodies, research ins tu ons, and service companies.

In 2020, the Ministry of Health has regulated that an Indonesian medical physicist's, at minimum,
has to hold bachelor’s degree of Physics or Nuclear Engineering with addi onal professional training
in medical physics. This is both a good chance and a challenge for AFISMI and the universi es to
conduct the harmonized medical physics professional training in coopera on with na onal
stakeholders and the interna onal community.

In 2023, AFISMI was involved in the steering commi ee for na onal transforma ve program in
Health especially for Cancer. It is an ambi us project of our government of Indonesia to provide
excellent health facili es for cancer treatment. We, AFISMI, would like to convey our special thanks
to our Minister of Health who has decided to provide scholarships for medical physics professional
educa on both at general and specialist levels as part of the endeavour to make available cancer
health service in all provinces throughout the na on.
On behalf of AFISMI, I would also like to thank our Honorable Governor of West Nusa Tenggara who
has supported this mee ng leading to its success. I would like to thank the plenary and invited
speakers from overseas and several Indonesian ins tu ons who have supported this conference.
My hear elt gra tude to all AFISMI members, SEAFOMP members, and all par cipants a ending
this joint 21st SEACOMP and 6th PIT FMB. I thank also all our sponsors who has supported this
event.

Finally, I congratulate all commi ee members from AFISMI and Universi es for this
successful mee ng. We hope that all of you have an excellent conference and mee ng.

Wasalamu’alaikum Wr Wb
Supriyanto Ardjo Pawiro, Ph.D.
President, AFISMI