 Like the opening ceremony, host event broadcasting company International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS) broadcast the ceremony live internationally.Vice President of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla, president of International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, and president of Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah were among the dignitaries in attendance.President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, accompanied by then-West Nusa Tenggara Governor Muhammad Zainul Majdi, addressed the ceremony via teleconference from an emergency shelter in Lombok, where a string of earthquakes struck weeks earlier.