GREETING MESSAGE
Abstract
Bismillahirrohmanirrohim
Assalamualaikum Wr Wb
Good morning and best wishes
The Honorable, Rector of University of Jember
The Honorable, Dean School of Nursing, University of Jember
The Honorable, All Speaker of the International Nursing Conference
The Honorable, Guests
The Honorable, Conference Committee
Dear All, All Participants of the conference
Thank God we praise the presence of Allah SWT, because of the blessing and grace, we all
can be present in this place, in order to attend the International Nursing Conference. Solawat
and greetings may still be delegated to the Great Prophet Muhammad SAW.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As the beginning of this speech, I would like to say welcome to the third international nursing
conference, with the theme "Community Health Empowerment: Step Up Action Attaining
Sustainable Development Goals".
Good development for the community is sustainable development. Sustainable development
is a development aimed at improving the quality of life of people around the world, both from
present and future generations, without exploiting the use of natural resources that exceeds
the capacity as well as capacity of the earth. This goal can be achieved through four elements
of sustainable development objectives: (1) Economic growth and justice; (2) Social
development; (3) Conservation of natural resources (environmental protection); (4) Good
governance. These four elements are mutually supporting each other, creating relevant and
sustainable development goals.
At the United Nations (UN) Conference held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in June 2012, a
sustainable development agenda called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was
discussed. SDGs are a set of objectives, targets, and indicators of sustainable development
that are universal. SDGs are a continuation and expansion of the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) that have been undertaken by countries since 2001 until the end of 2015.
At a summit meeting at the UN headquarters in September 2015, 193 UN member states
agreed to make SDGs the framework of the political development and policy agenda over the
next 15 years from 2016 to 2030. Governments in every UN member country, whether rich or
poor, both developed and developing countries, have the responsibility to implement SDGs to
achieve SDGs. SDGs consist of 17 goals and 169 targets, covering various Sustainable
development issues. Of the 17 objectives of the SDGs, one of them is on Education and
Health. How is the implementation of the SDGs in our country and the Asian countries?
To answer that question, then for the next 2 days starting from today on 4-5 November 2017
at Royal Hotel, we will discuss the implementation of SDGs with speakers from 5 countries
namely: iii
1. Prof. Dr. Nursalam,M.Nurs., (HONS).Chairman of Indonesian National Nurses
Association (East Java Region) (Indonesia).
2. Prof. Ching-Min Chen from National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)
3. Prof. Violeta Lopez from National University of Singapore (Singapore)
4. Associate Prof. Dr. Wandee Sutarangsee from Prince of Songkla university (Thailand)
5. Br. Noel M. Tecson, SVD, RN, MSNfromUniversity of San Carlo (Philipines)
6. Ns. Tantut Susanto, Ph.D. from University of Jember (Indonesia)
Ladies and Gentlemen
This conference is attended by students, health department delegates, academics, hospital and
community clinic practitioners with a total of 193 participants.
This event can be held because of the support and efforts of all parties. Therefore, I would
like to thank the Rector of University of Jember, Head of School of Nursing- University of
Jember, Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA) or PPNI, Royal Hotel and all the
committees who have worked hard to carry out this activity. I also thank to the sponsors who
have worked with us so that this event run as expected. Amen.
We as the committee, apologize if there is anyinconvenience during this event. Our hope that
this activity can increase our knowledge that benefits all of us. Amen.
Before I end my speech, I want to say "when we interpret that today is an ordinary day, then
we will come out of this room as an ordinary people, but when we interpret that today is a
very extraordinary day, then we will come out of this room as a very wonderful person ".
Finally, please enjoy this conference, may Allah SWT always gives blessings to all of us.
Amen
Wassalamualaikum Wr. Wb.
Chairperson
Ns. Siswoyo, M. Kep.
