Jakarta, The opening of the XXX Annual Professional Meeting and the 2021 PERHAPI Congress which was held hybridly at Aston Kartika Hotel Jakarta and through the online application Zoom, was successfully held on Wednesday, 20 October 2021, and was attended by 200 participants with the theme “The Role of Mineral and Mining Coal to Support Strategic Industries and National Resilience”.

Present at the event the General Chairperson of Perhapi Ir.Rizal Kasli, ST., I.P.M., Chief Executive Dr. Ir.Irfan Marwanza, ST., MT., I.P.M., (Head of Mining Engineering Study Program – USAKTI). DKI Jakarta Governor H. Anies Rasyid Baswedan, S.E., M.P.P., Ph.D., was present online to give a speech, and the keynote speech at this opening was the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ir. Arifin Tasrif.

As for the series of events that will be held:

• Wednesday, 20 October 2021, Plenary and Interactive Discussion
• Thursday, October 21, 2021, Professional Webinar and Student Paper Contest
• Friday – Wednesday, 22 – 27 October 2021, Technical Paper Contest
• Saturday, October 28, 2021, Congress