Panel devoted to showcase experiences from early career Colombian researchers of different academic backgrounds, from Natural Sciences to Arts and Humanities, and how they intersect to lead the transformation of Colombia towards a more sustainable society. 

Moderator: Dr. Pedro Mendes Loureiro, Economics, Researcher at the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge

Panelists [all doctoral researchers]: 

* Mabel T. Rojas Rueda, M.Sc. student in Development Economics and Policy, The University of Manchester

* Ivone Campos, Laboratory of Animal Welfare, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University

* Jorge Ravagli, Philosophy of Religion, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham

* Juan Sebastián Cañavera, Future Infrastructure and Built Environment Centre for Doctoral Training, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Meet Brian Corbett from Cambridge Enterprise, a serial entrepreneur with a 40 year career in technology commercialisation. Mr Corbett’s experience includes being the CEO of Entropic, a University of Cambridge’s speech technology spin-out successfully sold to Microsoft.

His talk will give you the opportunity to learn novel ways to transfer your research generating impact into society. It also will give you insights on how to become an entrepreneur and have your own business based on your academic research.

Get familiar with the transformative research paradigm and how the model was implemented by Colciencias to develop the Colombian science, technology and innovation policy for the next 12 years.

Dr. Rory O’Bryen is a Senior Lecturer in Latin American Literature and Culture at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge.

Dr. O’Bryen’s teaches and researches on Modern Latin American Culture. We are thrilled to learn from his expertise and fascination for Colombian culture and history.  His address will be crucial to highlighting the role research in social sciences, arts and humanities plays in the social, economic and environmental transformation of Colombia.

This dynamic activity is designed to facilitate networking among participants from different backgrounds. Delegates will pair for a short period to introduce their research or interests, and to discuss the relevance of their activities in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Colombia scenario.

We hope each participant interacts with at least 10 other attendants, and that these interactions lead to novel interdisciplinary collaborations and unexpected breakthroughs.