Writer and Journalist Hilmi is a writer and cultural section editor at Kompas. He enjoys literature, fine arts, and travel. Often invited as a speaker in art and literature forums. Has been a short story judge for Kompas since 2019. Often invited as a mentor for several writing classes.

Editor at Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia Ining Isaiyas has been working in book editing since 2012. He won the prize in the 2017 DKJ Literary Criticism Competition. He is now an editor at KPG (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia). His editing works including Indonesian translation of Dragon Palace (Hiromi Kawakami, 2024); Heaven (Mieko Kawakami, 2023); Haruki Murakami's works such as Men…

Writer, Co-Founder Think Policy Andhyta F. Utami a.k.a Afu is the Founder and CEO of Think Policy, a community-driven enterprise focusing on solving intergenerational issues through improving the ecosystem of policy making in Indonesia. She has a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University and has published the best-selling book Menjadi which promotes critical thinking and…

Translator, Writer, Freelance Journalist Joss Wibisono is a freelance writer and journalist based in Amsterdam. For 25 years he worked for the Indonesian Broadcast of Radio Nederland in Hilversum, with his last position as senior editor, before the radio station was closed by the Dutch government in 2012. In addition to writing for various mass media in Indonesia, his writings have…

Journalist Lusia is a journalist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. She started her career in 2015 as a social and political journalist, and started writing about the environment in 2016 as a contributor at Mongabay Indonesia. She joined her current role as Youth Outreach Officer of Mongabay Indonesia in June 2023. She has long been passionate about environmental issues, including the…

Director of Ipas Indonesia Prior to joining Ipas, Dr. Soumokil worked for several international organizations within Indonesia in the areas of HIV, adolescent reproductive health, maternal and newborn health, and health governance. Dr. Soumokil is a trained medical doctor and began her career as a general practice physician in a community health clinic in a remote area in Indonesia.…

Policy Analyst Mimin Dwi Hartono has been working at the National Committee of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) since 2006. Currently, Mimim serves as a Middle Policy Analyst at Komnas HAM since 2020. Previously, while working at Komnas HAM, Mimin served as Acting Head of the Human Rights Advancement Support Bureau (2021-2022), Head of the Study and Research Section (2020-2022), Head of the…

Writer Nissa Rengganis completed her undergraduate program in Political Science at Jenderal Soedirman State University. She continued her postgraduate program in International Relations at Gajah Mada University. She is currently completing her doctoral program in International Relations at Padjadjaran University. She has been a lecturer in Political Science at Muhammadiyah University…

Trend Asia’s Energy Campaigner Novita Indri is Trend Asia’s energy campaigner. She campaigns for the cessation of the use of dirty energy from fossil fuels and the funding of coal projects. Previously, she was involved in Indonesia's climate movement, serving as a steering committee member for Jeda untuk Iklim and as part of the youth climate advocacy community, Climate Rangers.…

Writer Pratiwi Juliani is a writer from Amuntai, South Kalimantan, who now lives in Jakarta. She is one of the founders of the Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa Foundation. Her books include Dust in the Wind (2020).