This series of Citiestalk discussed a plan to develop ten new cities and metropolitan areas, as well as the discourse on moving the capital city. Through Indonesia’s Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia’s government planned to develop ten areas/regions into a new metropolitan area to decrease the regional disparity. The talks presented Bernardus Djonoputro as the moderator and Indonesian and International experts with various backgrounds.

The discussion summarized that many financing alternatives encourage accelerating new city development. In this session, Tim Anderson highlighted that the commercial risks of developing a new capital on a greenfield site are very high, making government facilitation essential in enabling financing mechanisms. He also emphasized that the economic strength and continued growth of the Jakarta megacity could serve as a key financial driver to help support and fund the development of the new capital.