Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) held the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation (ICOSI) for the fourth time from Tuesday to Wednesday (13/10 to 14/10). Unlike the previous years, ICOSI 2020 was held virtually considering the earth has not yet fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, the ICOSI 2020 opening ceremony was held through the Microsoft Teams platform and Youtube streaming and broadcasted live from the 5th Floor Meeting Room, AR Fachruddin B Building, UMY. The international conference which was attended by 1373 participants from 8 countries and 4 continents was opened by the UMY Rector, Dr. Ir. Gunawan Budiyanto, M.P., IPM and Chairman of the UMY Daily Management Board, Dr. Agung Danarto, M.Ag., symbolically sounded the siren on Tuesday afternoon (13/10).
In her opening remarks, the Chief Executive of ICOSI 2020, Dr. Yeni Rosilawati, S.IP., S.E., M.M., said that the virtual conference had different values. “This virtual conference is the first time in the history of our university that the entire conference is completely transferred to a digital platform,” she said. Apart from the virtual implementation, this conference is also different because it has 14 disciplines.
The conference, which raised the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its focus, was opened with a presentation by 3 keynote speakers, namely Prof. Dr. Med. Jorg Haier, LL.M., from Hannover Medical School, Germany, Sudarisman, Ph.D., from Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, and Prof. Dr. Khoirul Anwar, from Telkom University. The three keynote speakers delivered their material virtually and were moderated by dr. Imam Permana, M.Kes., Ph.D.
In his presentation, Jorg Haier delivered material titled Impact of COVID-19 on Telemedicine Usage: Framework and Implementation. The material presented by Jorg is closely related to point 3 of the SDGs, namely Good Health and Well Being where he raises the issue of the coverage of health facilities and one of the data sources is the user of the Social Security Administering Body (BPJS) in Indonesia. This issue is very relevant to the current situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and the limited health facilities, especially in disadvantaged areas. “Indonesia has big and specific challenges regarding these health facilities and infrastructure. For this reason, adopting a telemedicine system can be of great help,” he said.
Jorg added that the use of Telemedicine with could be a solution to the limited health facilities when dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. “Telemedicine changed the health system from a traditional one to a modern one. With this system, the hospital is no longer the center for everything because patients can access health facilities such as consultations and get prescriptions without meeting face to face. Especially during this pandemic, where physical interactions should be reduced,” he added. (ays)
