Politeknik Negeri Jember (Polije) held the International Conference on Food and Agriculture (ICoFA) and the International Conference on Social Science, Humanity and Public Health (ICoSHIP) on Saturday (18/11). This year, the international event was held at the JW Marriot Hotel, Surabaya.
This year’s ICoFA activity carries the theme “Enhancing a Substainable Future for Food and Agriculture’s Technology in Saving the Planet” which presents the main speaker, Prof. Dyah Maharani, S.Pt., M.P.,
Meanwhile, ICoSHIP presented by the keynote speakers Prof. Benny Tjahjono, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Eng. from Coventry University, UK, Dr. Faisal Kabir from CARE Bangladesh, and Prof. Nanang Dwi Wahyono, M.M. from Politeknik Negeri Jember (Polije). This year’s ICoSHIP activity carries the theme “Enhancing a Sustainable Future in the Fields of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Public Health with a discussion of Social Sciences and Humanities which discusses Communication Sciences, Economics, Education, Law, Language, Culture, and Linguistics, Psychology, Sociology, Tourism, Anthropology, Arts, and Religion”. And Public Health which discusses “Behavioural Science, Health Education, Biostatistics, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Health Service Administration, Health Behaviour, Health Service Management, Health Policy, Health Information Systems, and Nutrition”.
According to the Director of Polije, Saiful Anwar, S. Tp, M.P., the sixth ICoFA and the fourth ICoSHIP this year with an international seminar agenda. Besides being attended by speakers from within and outside the country, it was also attended by participants from within and outside the country.
“Of course, the international conferences such as ICoFA and ICoSHIP are in the framework of the 35th Anniversary of Polije. Of course, with the 35th Anniversary of Polije, one of the activities is strengthening in the field of research, namely international conferences. The issues developed this year are in line with the vision developed by Polije, which is to become an outstanding Polytechnic in Asia in 2035,” said the Director of Polije. (hnf/iq/hn/ang/vig)