Jakarta, May 16 -- Indonesian delegation is preparing to take part in the 2nd WNI Weather & Climate Forecast Conference (WCFC) 2026 in Tokyo, Japan, aimed at strengthening cross-border collaboration in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for Asia's weather and climate systems.

Founder and strategic advisor of the Sakuranesia Foundation, Tovic Rustam, said in Jakarta on Saturday that the Indonesian delegation is expected to include representatives from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the University of Indonesia (UI), Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS), as well as entities within the ecosystem of state-owned energy company PT Pertamina (Persero).

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