Date: 2 December 2025
Time: 11:00 -12:30 Panama time
Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese with interpretation
Presentations:
- Amancio Oliveira, International Relations Full Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Marcella Ohira, Deputy Director of the IAI, Director of the IAI’s Science Diplomacy Center
- Gabriela Ferreira, STeP Fellow at the Inter-American Institute for Research on Global Change
Panel:
- Agustina Salvati, Coordinator of International Cooperation, CONICET, Argentina
- Ana Figueroa, Deputy for the Department of San Salvador and Chair of the Commission on Salvadorans Abroad, Legislation, and Government of the Legislative Assembly, El Salvador
- Julián Baez, Director of the Regional Office, WMO for the Americas, Paraguay
- Leire Leguina Casas, Head of the Scientific Advice and Diplomacy Unit, FECYT
- Yen Caballero Gonzalez, Coordinator of the Executive Unit of the Central American Policy for Science, Technology, and Innovation Project, SENACYT, Panama
- Luz Cumba, Founder, SciPolicy Global Strategies LLC, USA; former STeP Fellow AAAS/IAI.
Moderator:
- Javier Gracia-Garza, Member of the SDC Advisory Committee (IAI)
Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bU9dk9m7SmSDJtwGviOASA
How is science diplomacy applied? What mechanisms allow scientific evidence to become a key tool for international cooperation and decision-making?
In this webinar, panelists will explore how science diplomacy influences both public policy design and the creation of concrete solutions to socio-environmental problems. They will also analyze the curriculum of the free, open course with certificate “Scientific Diplomacy and Global Environmental Change in the Americas,” created by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) in collaboration with the University of São Paulo (USP).
The course was created based on 17 real-world case studies, simulation games, and online content that helps participants learn about examples of how science has been a bridge for international collaboration, addressing issues ranging from natural resource management to the inclusion of indigenous communities in decision-making processes.
During the webinar, participants will have the opportunity to:
- Learn in detail about the structure and content of the curriculum and the online course based on it.
- Analyze case studies that demonstrate how science diplomacy has driven international collaboration projects in the Americas.
- Explore the levels of training (asynchronous online course, in-person training, co-creation of case studies) and how they adapt to different professional contexts.
- Learn about the cases and training events of the IAI’s Science Diplomacy Center in various countries.
Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bU9dk9m7SmSDJtwGviOASA
