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The 2 International Seminar of Science and Technology
“Accelerating Sustainable innovation Towards Society 5.0”
ISST 2022 FST UT 2022
Universitas Terbuka
On this very special day, I would like to express my heartfelt
gratitude to everyone that has joined this seminar. Ladies and
gentlemen, this international seminar is our annual program, being
held as part of UNIVERSITAS TERBUKA DIES NATALIS, which is
celebrated on the 4th of September every year. In our 38th
anniversary this year, our DIES NATALIS main theme is “Advancing
Altogether in Universitas Terbuka towards a Fully Autonomous Higher
Education Institution” (“Bangkit dan Maju Bersama Dalam Tatanaan
Perguruan Tinggi berbadan Hukum”). To strengthen the theme, our
faculty, particularly the Faculty of Science and Technology, is holding
this international seminar with the topic of “Accelerating Sustainable
Innovation towards Society 5.0”.

Distinguished colleagues and guests, the increasing number of
human populations can potentially cause various problems in the
quality of life. Global and local challenges related to uncontrolled
population growth include more consumption of resources such as
space, food, water, fuel, etc. Moreover, waste materials discharged
from certain populations or communities can also increase. In other
living organisms, biodiversity is increasingly threatened, and the
impact of climate change has been more and more felt recently.
Therefore, the fields of science and technology have a very important
role in providing solutions to these problems.

Almost all aspects of human life are closely related to products
derived from science and technological advancement. Such
development can provide solutions to various existing problems, as
echoed in the era of Society 4.0 (known as information society).
However, several criticisms have been echoed in this era, including
the increasing dependence of humans on technology, without
considering other aspects, such as groups of people with minimum
access to information and communication technology (ICT). This has

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International Seminar of Science and Technology “Accelerating Sustainable
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