Emmerson and Fingar meet with Indonesian president

Donald K. Emmerson, director of the Southeast Asia Forum, and Thomas Fingar, the Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, spoke at an international futurology conference in Jakarta on July 28. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with them and a small number of other noted experts the day before before the event. During his conference address, President Yudhoyono suggested with just a touch of levity that perhaps he might like to become a futurologist himself after his term concludes in 2014.