The meeting brought together important science speakers, who addressed topics related to the way of communicating and the relevance that this process has in different investigations. In addition to the exhibitions, practical workshops were held with professionals.

Raising awareness about the need to communicate science to the community effectively by researchers and communicators working together was the main objective of the seminar called “Science Communication: The Role of Researchers When Communicating” , organized jointly by the U. of La Serena, through the Faculty of Sciences and the Research and Development Directorate, and the Integrated Monitoring System of Forest Ecosystems (SIMEF).

Ehe meeting, which was attended by the Seremi of Agriculture, Rodrigo Órdenes Reyes, university authorities, representatives of the Forestry Institute, SIMEF professionals, researchers, communicators and students, included expository talks by prominent professionals.

The central speaker was Dr. Florencia Tevy, a prominent geneticist and scientific communicator for TV, radio and the written press, who referred to her experience in dissemination and how the way of communicating impacts her career.

For Dr. Tevy, one of the main factors in communicating science is education, “which has been preached for 30 years, but it is still education. To reach the population, on the one hand, it is education, and on the other, it is the decision makers, who are the ones to whom we give trust and responsibility through voting. However, we must also work together with journalists, who are the ones who help our investigation reach everywhere.”

Likewise, the Doctor in History of Science and Scientific Communication and academic from the Alberto Hurtado University, Lorena Valderrama, spoke, who referred to the challenges in this area with the talk “Disseminating the sciences in Chile: Identity, specialization and challenges.”

The day of presentations ended with a joint talk between the entomologist, academic and ULS researcher, Dr. Jaime Pizarro-Araya, and the SIMEF journalist, Richard Velásquez, who shared their experience on the first biodiversity inventory, as a successful case of dissemination. scientific.

On this occasion, they demonstrated that thanks to well-organized work and agreeing on the topics to be disseminated, both parties achieve success, thus delivering a clear and well-codified message to the audience, which is the one who wants to know about new topics and who It is provided by scientists who see the need to transfer their knowledge through direct communication.

The event had the support of the Regional Government, the Forestry Institute (INFOR), the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF), the Natural Resources Information Center (CIREN), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) , the Global Environment Forum (GEF), Panguipulli Model Forest, Cachapoal Model Forest and the Aerophotogrammetric Service of the Chilean Air Force (SAF).

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom