Prof. Ismunandar, Ph.D. currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Indonesia and Head of Advisor for Day of AI Indonesia. Previously, he served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Indonesia to UNESCO, Education Attaché, and Director of SEAMEO QITEP in Science. A Professor of Chemistry, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Sydney and has conducted research across Indonesia, Japan, Australia, and France.