Panama Workshop, 2024

Program Participants Speakers

Program

Building Bridges between Science and Sustainable Public Policies

Workshop Topic: Science Diplomacy for Estuaries and Mangroves in the Americas

Date: 

  • June 24-26, 2024: Field Trip to the AIP Coiba Scientific Station (agenda in Spanish and English)
  • June 27-28, 2024: Science Diplomacy Workshop (agenda in Spanish and English)
  • June 29, 2024: Meeting to discuss future steps to be taken

Objectives

Overall, the event aims to enhance collaboration between scientists and policymakers to promote sustainable management of estuaries and mangroves. Four specific objectives were designed:

  • Promote the training of government officials, scientists, and other experts in science diplomacy.
  • Foster the consolidation of a regional transdisciplinary research group on science diplomacy and estuarine science, using COIBA AIP as the initial study site in Panama. (This group should be able to address relevant issues, providing knowledge and recommendations for sustainable national and regional public policies.)
  • Contribute to public policy recommendations for the management and preservation of estuarine and mangrove biodiversity in the Americas.
  • Contribute to the development of regional capacities for the study and implementation of public policies aimed at the conservation of estuaries and mangroves through the execution of the regional action plan.

Workshop Content & Thematic Areas

The "Science Diplomacy Workshop for Estuaries and Mangroves in the Americas: Building Bridges between Science and Sustainable Public Policies" will focus on priority environmental issues for both the government of Panama and other Latin American and Caribbean countries. Science diplomacy will be highlighted as a crucial mechanism to strengthen regional collaboration and to develop and implement scientific initiatives that promote sustainable public policies. Therefore, invitations to attend this event have been extended to government officials of Panama and members of the diplomatic corps residing in the country to attend the event. Thematic areas to be addressed include:

  • Marine biodiversity
  • Estuaries, mangroves, and oceans
  • Climate change

The workshop content will include a field visit to Coiba National Park, allowing participants to directly observe ecosystems central to the discussions.

You can access the whitepaper, the result of this event, here: https://www.iai.int/en/post/detail/Recommendations-for-the-Conservation-of-Estuaries-and-Restoration-of-Mangroves-in-Central-and-South-America

Participants

Andrea Cancela da Cruz
National Coordinator for Ocean and Antarctic Sciences
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Brazil
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Andrea Weilder de Albertini
National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT)
Paraguay
Bioprofile
Álvaro Morales
Director of the Center for Marine and Limnological Sciences Research
Costa Rica
Bioprofile
Eloisa Lasso
Researcher
Coiba Scientific Station (COIBA AIP)
Panama
Bioprofile
Ernesto Brugnioli
Assistant Professor
Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences - University of the Republic of Uruguay
Uruguay
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Johana Segovia
Coordinator of the Marine and Limnological Research Center
El Salvador
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Pablo Muniz
Assistant Professor
Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences - University of the Republic of Uruguay
Uruguay
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Rodrigo Sant Ana
Researcher
Laboratory of Applied Marine Studies - Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
Brazil
Bioprofile
Sofía Zapata
Professional of the Public Policies Division
Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation
Chile
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Yani Aranguren
General Director
Center for Biodiversity and Climate Change Research – Adaptia
Colombia
Bioprofile

Speakers

Anabella Vásquez Fábrega
Head of the International Cooperation Office
National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT)
Panama
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Branislav Pantovic
STeP Fellow
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
Bioprofile
Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson
Director of the Coiba Scientific Station (COIBA AIP)
Panama
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Edwin Castellanos
Science Director
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
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Hilario Espinosa
Belmont Forum
Panama
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Ivonne Torres
University of Panama
Panama
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José Antonio Castillero Gálvez
National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT)
Panama
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Kim Portmess
STeP Program Lead
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
Panama
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Luisa F. Echeverría-King 
Director of Science Diplomacy and International Science Cooperation
Simón Bolívar University
Colombia
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Marcella Ohira
Deputy Executive Director
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
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Omar Lopez
National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT)
Panama
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Onel Masardule
Executive Director of the Foundation for the Promotion of Indigenous Knowledge
Panama
Bioprofile
Rolando Gittens
Institute of Scientific Research and Services of High Technology (INDICASAT AIP)
Panama
Bioprofile