Welcome Dinner was also attended by the President of PBSI Gita Wirjawan, the Director of BCA Suwignyo Budiman, the Ministry of Sports' Joko Pekok, the Secretary General  of BWF Thomas Lund, former PBSI president Djoko Santoso and representative from Djarum Foundation, Yan Haryadi.

"This is an honor for BCA to play a major role by sponsoring Indonesia Open. 2015 will be the second year for BCA to sponsor the tournament, hopefully next year we will still be given the chance to contrbute the Indonesian badminton development." said Suwignyo in his speech.

"Indonesia is the lanf of badminton fanatics and here stands the most iconic stadium for badminton player, the Istora stadium," Lund said.

"BIO 2015 is a half way to 2016 Olympic. Everyone wants to breech the top eight for their way to Rio Olympic," Lund added.

PBSI's Gita Wirjawan closed the welcoming speech by thanking to all related parties supporting BIO 2015, and congratulated the players who are about to perform.

"Thank you for all who have been here for the support of BIO 2015 event.l, especially for all the athletes. I am aware of that all of you must have been tired after fighting at Australia Open 2015. Good luck for all of you, may you achieve success," Gita said. 

The three hour dinner was also featuring traditional dances fron Yogyakarta. All the guests were also entertained by some traditional crafting, as well as grand prize.