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WELCOME MESSAGE

Carmelita Hartoto
Vice-Chairperson of
Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry
for Transportation Sector (KADIN Indonesia)

Indonesia has the potential to spearhead the growth of its transport and logistics industry to be
able to deliver complex local and regional solutions with lower cost and dwell time. The focus of
the government on improving infrastructure has included improving logistics and transportation
infrastructure, with a goal of achieving domestic and regional connectivity and integration.
Indonesia will in time become further integrated into global logistics network in the coming years.
This integration will help customers and service providers realize an integrated and multimodal
transportation solution.
The development of the industry in Indonesia are increasingly being integrated is supported
by the use of technology, such as IOT (Internet of Things), Artificial Intelligence, Automation
and so on, has encouraged Indonesia’s transportation, logistics and supply chain industries to
collaborate intensively. In addition, the corporate business model in the transportation, logistics
and supply chain sectors is also required to continue to be adjusted considering that this sector is
one of the industries affected by disruption, mainly due to technological advances and changes in
the tastes of its customers. In organizing ITSCL 2018, observers and actors in the transportation,
logistics and supply chain sectors can find out more information about the application of the
latest technology and the direction of the national policy in the fields of transportation, logistics
and supply chain.

The implementation of ITSCL 2018 is expected to be a perfect moment to showcase the progress
of transport and logistics in Indonesia, both transportation by air, land, and sea, to the role of
technological progress in creating integration with business e-commerce and other logistics
business.

The 5th edition of Indonesia Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics (ITSCL) 2018, Intra Logistics
Indonesia (ILI) 2018, Indonesia Trucks and Commercial Vehicle (ITCV) 2018, Jakarta International
Logistics Summit and Expo (JILSE) 2018 and Indonesia International Seaport Services (IISS)
2018 is an excellent platform to bring government, international and domestic participants of
the complete transport and supply chain industry all together in one place. The participants will
come from International business leaders in the global transport and logistics community and
more senior executives from the world’s leading manufacturers, retailers, distributors, ports,
shippers, cargo owners, shipping lines, freight forwarders, terminal operators railway operators
and many international bodies.

I am confident that you will find the exhibition and conference interesting and insightful. With
that, let me end by wishing all of you a fruitful exhibition and conference.

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