Welcome to the 1st International Seminar on Family and Consumer Issues (ISFCI) in Asia: “Challenging Family in Asia: Present and Future” held at IPB International Convention Center, Bogor, Indonesia. Department of Family and Consumer Sciences has collaborated with the Indonesian Association of Family and Consumer Science (IAFCS) to organize ISFCI 2018. The Indonesian Asscoiation of Family and Consumer Sciences (IAFCS) is a profession association that shade individuals or institutions engaged in family and consumer sciences in Indonesia. This collaboration is expected to provide broader usefulness of this International Seminar. This seminar will focus on a very important theme that aims to highlight the challenges families face the existing problems, and that would come to change and improve the development of the country This seminar will be held in some session, namely: 1) Country Experiences; 2) Oral Presentation; 3) Poster Exhibition; and 4) Association Meeting.
Oral presentations consist of two group namely family issues and child development issues and consumer issues. The objectives of this seminar are to disseminate research findings or (output) in the field of family, child development, and consumers in improving the quality of resources, to share research findings or (output) to promote a better understanding of the role of the family in build nation's civilization, to share views on current family, child development and consumer situations in Indonesia, to highlight family-related issues particularly in the areas of consumer empowerment, family and child policy, and family life in the future, to promote sustainable practices in the area of family and consumer counseling services, and to create networks among IAFCS members, academics, policymakers, service providers, researchers, NGOs, students, practitioners and the general public.
The successs of this seminar depends ultimately on the many people who have worked with us in planning and organizing both the technical program and supporting social arrangements. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to all committee members, keynote speakers, speakears, moderator, session chairs, presenters, and organization staff. Accordingly, I hope you will find the sessions and social events both enjoyable and valuable.