Visiting Indonesia, Mastercard CEO Miebach Offers Cyber Security Collaboration
A series of CEOs of global technology companies visited Indonesia. Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach among them.
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JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach is scheduled to visit Indonesia. Miebach has been in Jakarta since Wednesday (17/4/2024). Miebach's visit as the number one person in the global payment technology company adds to the list of names of top officials from giant technology companies who are or will be visiting Indonesia.
While in Indonesia, Miebach reportedly had several collaboration events. On Wednesday (17/4/2024), he met with Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir. Through Erick Thohir's official Instagram account, he stated that he and Miebach discussed cyber security.
"We are opening up opportunities for Mastercard to collaborate with state-owned enterprises in strengthening the digital payment sector to improve the productivity of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that have specific characteristics and become drivers of the people's economy in Indonesia," said Erick.
In addition, Miebach has other collaboration agendas. As an example, the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cyber talent development in Indonesia through The Indosat-Mastercard Center of Excellence. The management of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison confirmed the agenda and stated that the signing would take place tomorrow, Thursday (18/4/2024) at around 11:30 am WIB at the Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison headquarters in Jakarta.
The management of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison said that the signing event will involve the President Director and CEO of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Vikram Sinha. Minister of Communication and Information Technology Budi Arie Setiadi is scheduled to attend the procession.
The daily Kompas/Kompas.id had the opportunity to have a special interview with Miebach, Thursday (18/4). The report will be uploaded on Kompas.id.
Prior to this, Apple CEO Tim Cook had been present in Indonesia since Tuesday (16/4) night. His team had uploaded a photo of Cook dining on satay with photographer Sofyan Pratama on X (formerly Twitter). Later, on Wednesday, Cook met with President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta. Shortly after, Cook also met with the presidential candidate who won the 2024 elections, Prabowo Subianto.
After Miebach and Cook, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella is also scheduled to appear in Jakarta on Tuesday (30/4/2024). On that date, Nadella was the keynote speaker at the Microsoft Build: AI event. Citing the Microsoft page, Nadella will talk about the new era of artificial intelligence and the opportunities for every organization to adopt it.
The Microsoft Build: AI event will also include discussion panels on various topics, such as increasing productivity with artificial intelligence and data in the era of artificial intelligence. There are also breakout sessions in the form of GitHub Copilot Hackathon and Azure OpenAI Hackathon.