Mulat Pinoy - Kabataan News Network

Abstract

Mulat Pinoy Kabataan News Network SciComm or MP-KNN Scicomm is an online workshop for young Filipino science communicators. On their third week, they hosted a conversation with scientists from different fields including data science, physics, marine science, and genetics. The session was made open to the public.

Date
Jul 18, 2020 6:00 PM
Event
Webinar Series

The science panel was asked to answer the question: “How might we build ‘A Better Normal’ through Science?”

Panelists

  • Dr. Erika Legara, Data Scientist, Deputy Managing Director ACCeSs@AIM, Asian Institute of Management (AIM)
  • Dr. André David, Research Physicist, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
  • Dr. Aletta Yñiguez, Associate Professor, University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI)
  • Dr. Ryan Collantes, Research scientist, Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School
  • Moderated by TJ Dimacali, Science Writer

This event was organized by Probe Media Foundation, Inc. in partnership with pioneering Filipino podcast network PumaPodcast.

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Erika Fille Legara
Managing Director

My research interests include complexity science, network science, artificial intelligence, and computational social science.