Proceedings of the 3rd Green Development International Conference (GDIC 2020)

As the biggest university in Jambi province, Indonesia, Jambi University has played an important role as a key-player in both human and natural resources development in Jambi province. We have successfully developed cooperation in all sectors of development in Jambi province, Indonesia. We have contributed in the variety of activities such as research, community services, consultancies, training services and provided some experts to speed up the development of Jambi Province and Indonesia in general. Today, Jambi University consistently seeks innovative methods to take part more actively on an inter-discipline study for sharing research relating to green development in all area of knowledge, science and expertise.

In doing so, the Research and Community Service Institute (LPPM) of Universitas Jambi hosted the third Green Development International Conference in 2020 which was carried out once in two years. This Conference is aimed to provide insightful information in relation to the development a number of innovations in science and technology that are environmentally friendly covering the fields of technology, environment, agriculture, energy, health, Law, education and humanities.

In detail, the purposes of holding this international conference are:
1. To unite ideas and thoughts that will be the basis for a plan for solutions to the advancement of environmentally friendly science and technology.
2. To enable lecturers, presenters, researchers, participants and all parties involved to meet and exchange their ideas.
3. To disseminate the results of research by researchers and lecturers from various regions and countries on how to implement green development to support and respond to the recent situations of the spread of Covid 19 pandemic.
4. To develop the capacity of researchers, the academic community and the in mastering innovation to implement sustainable green development.
5. To increase the capacity of researchers and academicians in writing and publishing research articles in accredited international and national journals indexed in leading external databases such as Scopus and Web of Science.

The theme that we chose for this 2020 conference was “Accelerating advancement in green environmental sustainability: best practice for new normal era.” This theme was chosen in response to the recent situation which happens in almost all part of the world that we know as Covid 19 outbreak. As academicians and researchers we are called to find the right strategies to adapt and react against this world pandemic. This proceeding contains studies from four different sub themes, namely:
1. Developing green course Design in Education and Humanities
2. Strengthening Network for Sustainable Agriculture Development
3. Strengthening green technology and energy for Sustainable Future
4. Social Connectedness in Maximizing green economic growth

We hope that these four different sub themes that are strongly anchoring in the idea of the both researchers and educators can help develop a number of innovations in science and technology that are environmentally friendly comprising the fields of technology, environment, agriculture, energy, health, Law, education and humanities.

Chair of the 3rd GDIC
Urip Sulistiyo, S.Pd., M.Ed., Ph.D.