Jakarta. Indonesia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) will convene its 2025 National Leadership Meeting (Rapimnas) next week, with business leaders set to tackle a series of structural challenges ranging from high logistics costs to industrial decline and the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence.

Kadin Chairman Anindya Novyan Bakrie said the annual gathering, scheduled for Dec. 1–2 at the Park Hyatt in Jakarta, will serve as an important moment for Indonesia’s business community to evaluate progress over the past year and refine strategic priorities for 2025.

“The natonal meeting is a forum to assess what has been done over the past year and to improve and prepare our work plan for the year ahead,” Anindya said in a statement on Wednesday.

For the first time, Kadin is reshaping the meeting's format to use a bottom-up decision-making model. Instead of the central board setting the agenda, recommendations will be compiled from regional chapters and industry groups through a series of pre-meetings.

“This year, we shifted the approach from top-down to bottom-up. All coordinating vice chairpersons were asked to conduct national coordination meetings before the meeting,” Anindya said.

He added that the new format aims to make policy inputs more representative and aligned with sector-specific realities, rather than dictated by the central organization. Discussions will prioritize technical substance over ceremonial activities.

“Each topic will be discussed directly with the relevant ministers, and the results will be submitted to President Prabowo Subianto as input from the business community,” he said.

Key Structural Challenges in Focus

Despite Indonesia’s relatively steady economic growth, Kadin noted several persistent structural issues that require concrete solutions. Among them:

• Logistics costs remain around 14% of GDP, far above regional competitors.

• The industrial sector’s contribution continues to decline.

• Labor-market mismatch persists, leaving employers struggling to find workers with the right skills.

• Rapid technological transformation, including advances in artificial intelligence, is reshaping industries faster than the workforce can adapt.

“These are real issues on the ground that we must address,” Anindya said. “Rapimnas will bring together business leaders, economists, associations, and regional representatives to formulate solutions.”

Kadin’s national meeting is expected to generate policy recommendations that will shape Indonesia’s business climate as the government pushes to strengthen competitiveness and navigate rapid technological shifts.