IR Fiesta 2010 'Asian Partnership On The Move'

The third year of the International Relations Fiesta has ?Asian Partnership on the Move? as its theme. This has been a pride of International Relations Department and become the biggest celebration in the department. The program is held for 5 days, which began on Monday, October 11, 2010.

The opening ceremony was highlighted by the appearance of Massive Dance Company, featuring a dance with various Asian costumes. The event was surely attracting and entertaining.

Professor Aleksius Jemadu Ph.D., as the Associate Dean and Roy Vincent Pratikno, B.Sc., MM as Head of International Relations Department, opened this International Relations Fiesta. They were accompanied by Eri Buwono ? International Relations 2008 ? as the Head of Committee in releasing three doves as the opening symbol. In his Speech, Aleksius expressed his big appreciation to the students who have been preparing for this event well, and hope it would encourage and broaden the knowledge of students.

Eri Buwono, said that there are two goals in holding this event. First, to inform people about what is happening in Asia today. Second, to get the right questions for Indonesian society, that is how we put our position in the emerging Asian environment in terms of cooperation relations.

To achieve these objectives, the program concept is interestingly and educationally arranged, especially about the relationships among Asian countries. There are several events held in this event, namely, talk shows, short courses, competitions for university and high school students, and food bazaar. These events are supported by highly competent parties in their fields, such as Raditya Dika, Jerry Sambuaga, Dr. Ben Drajat Perkasa (Foreign Ministry Training Center), Vishnu Pratignyo Eddy (Sub Directorate Head of Functional Cooperation ASEAN), Joey Ayala (United Nations Information Center’s Representatives), and Olla Ramlan. Then, there are also special guest performances such as Raguel, Grace, Bluekywooky, chere, Goodnight Carol, Kanalea, Sindhu, and Calvin Jeremy as a guest star. (feb)

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