Starfruit (malangkota.go.id) – The Communication and Informatics Service (Diskominfo) of East Java Province held East Java Digital 2024 to 2026 'Step Together for East Java to Advance Globally' at the Harris Hotel & Convention in Malang City for two days, January 21-22, 2025. The activity presented speakers from the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN), Satu Data Indonesia, the AI Center of Brawijaya University, and the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Digital was attended by the Communication and Information Offices throughout East Java, including Malang City.

Assistant for Government and Public Welfare of the Regional Secretariat of East Java Province, Benny Sampirwanto, who was present to open the event, said that the achievements that East Java Province has successfully achieved so far cannot be separated from the successful implementation of digital transformation which can make government performance more efficient.
"This digital transformation has three pillars, digital government, digital economy, digital society. For digital transformation in the government sector, optimizing our performance in providing services to the community, as well as through digital administration," he said, Tuesday (21/1/2025).
In this global era, Benny reminded the importance of digitalization for regional progress. Therefore, Benny asked the districts/cities to strengthen synergy. "For the period 2025-2029, let's all strengthen synergy and ensure that digital development in East Java. Not only in line with national policies, but also intrusive, protecting all people in our province, in districts and cities," he added.
In line with this, the Head of the East Java Provincial Communication and Information Office, Sherlita Ratna Dewi Agustin, said that the theme raised shows the importance of synergy and collaboration in realizing an advanced East Java. "Let's continue to synergize and work together to make East Java the center of digital transformation in Indonesia," said Sherlita.
In this series of activities, a discussion was held which presented resource persons Deputy III for Cyber Security and Government Encryption and Human Development BSSN, Sulistyo and Manager of Planning, Analysis, and Data Utilization, Satu Data Indonesia Central Level, Dicky Rahardiantoro.
Also present were the Director of Information Technology and Deputy Chair of the AI Center of Brawijaya University, Raden Arief Setyawan, Director of Innovation and Science and Technology Area of Brawijaya University, Senior Product Manager of Resource & Public Sector Industry Solution at Lintasarta, Muhammad Athoillah, and the Chair of the Synergy Team of the Central and Regional Programs of the Ministry of Communication and Digital of the Republic of Indonesia, Murtias Desi Hartanti, who participated online.
Meanwhile, on the second day, Wednesday (22/1/2025), a group discussion was held with four topics, namely Informatics Applications, Public Information and Communication, Cryptography and Information Security, and Data and Statistics. (iu/yn)