Welcome to the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS). Hosted by Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang. The 1st BIS-HESS brings up ‘Local resources empowerment towards advance, smart and sustainable system’ as a main theme. This program will be part of the building blocks to fulfilling the 2030 agenda for sustainable development goals of the United Nations and takes place on 16 October 2019 in Grand Artos and Convention Hotel, Magelang, Indonesia.