Events 2022

Yesterday we celebrated “Dag van de ondernemer” together with MKB-Nederland. We had two events in Jakarta and Bali with almost 50 people in both events.  Both with great atmosphere, a lot of enthusiasm and a good mix with familiar faces and also new faces. Thank you Matthijs Wiggers Ivo van Dijk Steven Debrabandere Wouter van der Kolk for hosting the events.

Last Tuesday we had our last Business Breakfast Talk of the year where we had the honor of Veranita Yosephine, CEO Airasia Indonesia, speaking about Retaking The Skies during and after the CoVid19 pandemic & her life-passion Gender Balance.

We certainly may say we ended our breakfast talks on a high this year with the energy and passion Vera brings into the room. Vera is a fantastic role model and showing Indonesia what women can realise in traditionally jobs meant “for-men-only”. And even more importantly showing girls that no dream is large enough to aspire for!

Thanks a lot Vera for this great inspiring presentation!

On Friday October 28 the Dutch Business Network organized, in a combined effort with De Nederlandse Club (DNC), the traditional Atradius Oranje Golf Tournament. At one of the most prestige golf courses in the city, The Pondok Indah Golf Club, 60 attendees enjoyed a beautiful day of golf with lunch, dinner, and Dutch snacks along the course.
During the 18 holes Texas Scramble game both seasoned golfers and beginners could contribute to the team effort to win the honorable Willem Alexander Trophy for best gross score. Other great prices were won for the longest drive and nearest to the pin.
The excitement rose during dinner when the great door prizes were raffled after which people stuck around for an evening of networking and catching up with old friends!

We would like to thank all sponsors for the contribution to this event and hope to see all back next year.

The Atradius Oranje Golf 2022 sponsored by: Atradius, Vanoord Dredging PrivateLimited., Philips, The HEINEKEN Company (Multi Bintang Indonesia – a Heineken Company), The Intercontinental Hotel – Bandung, Shangri-La Group (Shangri-La Hotel Jakarta) and The Eastern Promise.

Welcoming newcomers at Dutch Business Network ‘s New Members Breakfast. Great to see the diversity of our community in terms of nationality, duration of stay in Indonesia (from weeks to decades) and business activity.

As previously, we started by an introduction rounds which was led by our Chairman Sander Halsema, followed by other new members.  We were also spoiled by great breakfast menu by Koi Mega Kuningan. 

We really hope that our new members can benefit from our community!

Last Tuesday morning, September 13, we were pleased to welcome Air FranceKLM Royal Dutch Airlines to our monthly DBN Breakfast Meeting to speak about their sustainability commitments.

Roland Coppens and Estee Ng offered us a well-detailed presentation regarding the reduction of carbon emissions, waste reduction, energy usage together with competitiveness now and in the years to come.

It was good to see an audience of more the 45 members and invited guests, showing great interest in this topic and asking many questions in order to get a clear view on what an airline and the aviation sector can do to improve Sustainability In the Air, On the Ground and In the World.

We especially like to thank; Estee Ng and Roland Coppens of AirFrance KLM for flying into Jakarta to offer this insightful presentation, as well as the Dutch Embassy Indonesia and the Erasmushuis for hosting this event in a remarkable way.

Further thanks to all the participants for their interest and the many valuable questions asked and answers.

Thursday 2 June, we organized the traditional Herring party. We were very happy to receive more than 115 Member & Non Members who enjoyed the delicious fresh Dutch herring which were flew in from The Netherlands.

A special thank to Lamudi for opening their great Rooftop terrace. MultiBintang for the beers, Mamma Rosy for the catering & Lekker Snacks for the Bitterballs.

On Tuesday morning 29th of March, DBN organized a panel discussion on the impact of the Ukraine war on the already surging inflation and supply chain challenges.

Four cross-industry panel members shared their experiences and actions on how to react to this unseen perfect storm. It was great to see how different industries from FMCG, over Animal Feed to Tire manufacturing in Indonesia have similar but also different challenges and answers to these global problems.

We ended the panel discussion with a Q&A session from the 30 participants in the Erasmushuis to get further insights on the current problems.

Of course we want to thank the panel, interviewer and also the participants for the interactive session and the Dutch embassy for hosting us!

On March 10, DBN organized its second in person New Members’ Breakfast at KOI Mega Kuningan. This event is the substitute of our Virtual New Members Coffee which we started to organize for new members during the pandemic.

Since our last New Members’ Breakfast we welcomed around 15 new members of which a small group joined the breakfast. During this breakfast,  both our new members and the DBN Board had the opportunity to introduce themselves.