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International Association of Software Architect (IASA) launched its Indonesia Chapter yesterday (May 22nd, 2008) in conjunction with the e-Indonesia Initiative Forum in Jakarta.

Having been involved in IASA Singapore Chapter, I attended the event to see and help with the Indonesian counterpart. The event was officiated by Yang Terhormat Mr. Cahyana Ahmadjayadi, Direktorat Jendral Aplikasi Telematika Indonesia on behalf of Yang Terhormat Prof. Dr. Ir. Mohammad Nuh, DEA, Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Republik Indonesia. Keynote speakers in the event include Mr. Aaron Tan Dani, Chairman of IASA Asia Pacific and Mr. Zul Irfan, President of IASA Indonesia. Mr. David Forden from SAP (LinkedIn profile) delivered a presentation about The Role of IT Enterprise Architect.

IASA Indonesia is currently still at an infant stage but it has a lot of promising potential in the future to bring together and contribute to the development of IT in Indonesia, IT architecture in particular. Programs and events from IASA are designed to build and encourage the sharing of knowledge among its members on matters related IT architecture and/or IT in general.

I would like to invite all IT practitioners, IT architects specifically, in the country to join and participate actively in the IASA Indonesia Chapter. For further details on IASA Indonesia Chapter and membership information, please visit http://indonesia.iasahome.org. IASA Global site can be found in http://www.iasahome.org. Let’s join hands and work together in building our knowledge and network around IT architecture in Indonesia.