His Excellency Professor Bambang Brodjonegoro, Indonesian Minister of Finance, will deliver a Public Lecture on laying the groundwork for sustainable development in a highly uncertain world.

Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has served as Indonesia’s Minister of Finance since October 2014. Previously, he was Vice Minister of Finance. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Indonesia in 1990, having majored in economic development and regional economy. He received his master’s degree in 1995 and his PhD in 1997, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, in the United States. In 2002, he became a guest lecturer in that university’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning, before returning to Indonesia and serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia (2005–9) and the Director General of the Islamic Research and Training Institute at the Islamic Development Bank (2009–10). In January 2011, he was named Chair of the Fiscal Policy Office in Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance.

ANU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Brian Schmidt, will conduct the welcome address. Light refreshments from 6.30pm in the foyer.

Registration is essential.