Unspun

Bounce back, take the  risk, grab the gain, revival path are the buzzwords for the seminar leading up to the Grand Launch of the The Point next Monday. One of the panel speakers is Adam Suherman, the president director of Adam Air for the session on Plan, Obstacle, Progress and Expectation where he will present his business plans and strategies “to overcome possible hindrances…” Should be interesting.

Here’s the blurb from their proposal to sponsors

SEMINAR
“BOUNCING BACK: THE REVIVAL PATH OF INDONESIA’S AIRLINES INDUSTRY”

BACKGROUND

Grand Launching of “The Point” daily
“The Point”, an independently-run English daily newspaper is going to hold a one-day seminar as part of the activities marking its grand launching. The big theme of the grand launching is “Take the Risk, Grab the Gain” which is mainly aimed at encouraging its readers as well as the general public to face the future with a positive attitude, with readiness to make bold decisions, even if it involves some risks. In other words, the newspaper intends to urge the people, the business circles in particular, to avoid an attitude where they only seek to minimize risks instead of maximizing risk-adjusted returns.

“The Point” believes that such a theme is very relevant to the country as it has been ten years since the Asian financial crisis swept through the Southeast and East Asian regions and Indonesia is still struggling to totally overcome the aftermath of the crisis.

Nevertheless, although the country in general still has to catch-up with its neighbors in terms of post-crisis economic growth, but there are also several cases showcasing that those who dare to take risks have started to gain lots of benefits.

Seminar on “The Revival Path of Indonesia’s Airline Industry”
Indonesia’s airline industry has suffered from a major blow with the recent decision of the European Union to apply a fly-ban over its member countries, because of safety concerns to all the 51 Indonesian state-owned and privately-run airline companies.

However, at the same time, we also heard about certain companies which have just decided to enter the industry and about the existing airline firms massively expanding their fleet.

“The Point” considers such companies “risk takers” and thus deserve some supports in such a way that not only they will gain the benefits but also Indonesia’s airline industry as a whole.

The supports, from all the stakeholders, are also expected to enable the industry to regain its reputation as one of the best in Asia that it enjoyed in the early 80s.

Through the seminar, “The Point” hopes to help identify the weaknesses and threats in the Indonesian airline industry, to look at the opportunities and finally to formulate the best strategies to revive it.