Preface

SIDI International Conference 2019 (SIDI IC 2019) is organized by the Consortium of Sustainable Island Development Initiatives (SIDI) of Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), held at the Research Center Building, ITS Campus – Surabaya on 2nd – 3rd September, 2019. This is to provide a forum for exchanging views, ideas, perspectives, research results, academic and business experiences from the stakeholders who have certain concerns to the community and environment of small islands from around the world. Overall this forum is expected to offer a good opportunity to build relationships and also provide dynamic foundations in the effort of developing small islands in sustainable manners. The current conference is organized in collaboration with a number of national partners, namely the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, University of Pattimura, University of Airlangga, and Maritime Polytechnics Surabaya. Further, the collaboration is also established with the international partners, namely Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Technische Universität Berlin and Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst of Germany. List of Organizers and Hosters and logos are availble in this pdf.